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Agroeca ornata Banks, 1892

  FAMILY: LIOCRANIDAE Simon, 1897
    Genus: Agroeca Westring, 1861
        Species: Agroeca ornata Banks, 1892 LSID
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Common Names

Family Common Name:  liocranid spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Point Collections & Seasonality

Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Alaska, Russia
Nearctic States & Provinces: Click for State/Province abbreviations AB YT CT MN NH

Agroeca ornata Banks, 1892 collection map
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Seasonality

Agroeca ornata Banks, 1892 seasonality


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Natural History & Image(s)

Feeding Guild: foliage runners
Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): ground litter, decaying logs in fir, pine, spruce, cedar, oak, maple, beach, poplar forests, pastures, meadows, marshes, sphagnum bogs, mosses, lichens (Dondale & Redner, 1982).
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Lodgepole Pine open Forest; Mixedwood forest; Aspen (closed) Forest; Riparian, Shingle Bed; Riparian, Black Cottonwood closed Forest; Deciduous-dominant forest, 75% standing trees; Aspen/Spruce Ecotone; Pine forest; Rock Slide; Lodgepole Pine closed Forest; Aspen/ Spruce Forest;

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Details About Males

Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Male Dimensions:
Male dimensionsA = 2.28 mm 
A+B = 4.75 mm 
C = 1.75 mm 
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Details About Females

Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Female Dimensions:
Female dimensions A = 2.21 mm 
A+B = 5.55 mm 
C = 1.68 mm 
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Descriptions Source:
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1982. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 9. The sac spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Clubionidae and Anyphaenidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1724: 1-194.

Synonyms and Chresonyms

Agroeca ornata Banks 1892 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2086133
Agroeca repens Emerton 1894 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2086134
Agroeca ornata Kaston 1938 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9735967
Rachodrassus monroensis Kaston 1938 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2086135
Agroeca ornata Chickering 1939 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2086136
Agroeca ornata Kaston 1945 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2086137
Agroeca ornata Kaston 1948 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2086138
Agroeca ornata Dondale & Redner 1982 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2086139
Agroeca ornata Mikhailov & Marusik 1996 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2086140
Agroeca ornata Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2009418

Taxonomic References Instructions

Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.

Chickering, A. M. 1939. Anyphaenidae and Clubionidae of Michigan. Pap. Michig. Acad. Sci. 24: 49-84.

Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1982. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 9. The sac spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Clubionidae and Anyphaenidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1724: 1-194.

Emerton, J. H. 1894. Canadian spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 9: 400-429.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Kaston, B. J. 1945. New spiders in the group Dionycha with notes on other species. Am. Mus. Novit. 1290: 1-25. To publisher...

Kaston, B. J. 1938. North American spiders of the genus Agroeca. Amer. Midl. Nat. 20: 562-570. To publisher...

Kaston, B. J. 1938. New spiders from New England with notes on other species. Bull. Brooklyn ent. Soc. 33: 173-191.

Mikhailov, K. G. & Y. M. Marusik. 1996. Spiders of the north-east of the USSR. Families Clubionidae, Zoridae, Liocranidae and Gnaphosidae (genus Micaria) (Arachnida, Aranei). In Entomological Studies in the North-East of the USSR. USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biologica

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

Natural History References Instructions

Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1982. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 9. The sac spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Clubionidae and Anyphaenidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1724: 1-194.

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