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Gnaphosa brumalis Thorell, 1875

	FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898     Genus: Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804         Species: Gnaphosa brumalis Thorell, 1875
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Family Common Name:  stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Alaska
Nearctic States & Provinces: AB YT CA CO MT NH WY

Specimen Search Specimen list 57, 63

Feeding Guild:^† ground 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): under stones in pine forests, talus slopes, tundra
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Old growth; Aspen forest; Bog; Mountain forest; Ridge top; Mixedwood forest, 75% standing trees; Aspen, grass, willow; Coniferous-dominant forest, 50% standing trees; Beach ridge;

Life & Natural History: Adult males have been collected from June to August while adult females have been collected from April to September. This species has been collected up to 4400 m elevations in Colorado.

Seasonality of Contributed Specimen Records:

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Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Male Dimensions: A = 3.33 mm  A+B = 7.21 mm  C = 2.62 mm

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Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Female Dimensions: A = 3.75 mm  A+B = 8.72 mm  C = 2.79 mm

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Descriptions Source:
Platnick, N. I. & C. D. Dondale. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 19. The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.

Gnaphosa brumalis Thorell 1875 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:246745

Gnaphosa scudderi Thorell 1877 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:246746

Gnaphosa brumalis Emerton 1890 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9736115

Gnaphosa brumalis Chamberlin 1933 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2093665

Gnaphosa brumalis Kaston 1948 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2093666

Gnaphosa brumalis Platnick & Shadab 1975 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2093667

Gnaphosa brumalis Platnick & Dondale 1992 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2093668

Gnaphosa brumalis Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2010448

Chamberlin, R. V. 1933. Four new spiders of the family Gnaphosidae. Amer. Mus. Novit. 631: 1-7.

Emerton, J. H. 1890. New England spiders of the families Drassidae, Agalenidae and Dysderidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 166-206.

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

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

Platnick, N. I. & C. D. Dondale. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 19. The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.

Platnick, N. I. & M. U. Shadab. 1975. A revision of the spider genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in America. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 155: 1-66.

Thorell, T. 1877. Descriptions of the Araneae collected in Colorado in 1875, by A. S. Packard jun., M.D. Bull. U. S. geol. Surv. 3: 477-529.

Thorell, T. 1875. Notice of some spiders from Labrador. Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 17: 490-504.

^‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

Platnick, N. I. & C. D. Dondale. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 19. The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.

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Author of this page in progress: Shorthouse, David P. dshorthouse(at)eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2006-03-22T19:21:07Z