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Gnaphosa parvula Banks, 1896

	FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898     Genus: Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804         Species: Gnaphosa parvula Banks, 1896
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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 ON YT CO CT MT NH WY

Seasonality Specimen Search Specimen list 53, 33

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, boards, beach debris, meadows, bogs
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Pine forest; reclaimed mine tailings; Grassy creek bank; Wet Grassland; Alpine, dry grassland; Riparian, Black Cottonwood closed Forest; Deciduous-dominant forest, 50% standing trees; Mixedwood forest; Riparian, Cobble stone bank; Site 1; Riparian, Beaver Ponds, Wet Grassland; Deciduous-dominant with coniferous understory, 10% standing trees; Deciduous-dominant with coniferous understory, 20% standing trees; Deciduous-dominant with coniferous understory, 75% standing trees;

Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image(s) of Habitus:  email an image

Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Male Dimensions: A = 2.99 mm  A+B = 6.41 mm  C = 2.25 mm

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Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Female Dimensions: A = 3.34 mm  A+B = 8.01 mm  C = 2.41 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 parvula Banks 1896 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:246740

Gnaphosa parvula Emerton 1909 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2094107

Gnaphosa parvula Kaston 1948 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2094108

Gnaphosa parvula Platnick & Shadab 1975 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2094112

Gnaphosa parvula Platnick & Dondale 1992 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9736124

Gnaphosa parvula Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2010457

Banks, N. 1896. New North American spiders and mites. Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 23: 57-77.

Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.

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.

^‡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: 2006-03-22T00:12:45Z