Herpyllus ecclesiasticus Hentz, 1832
parson spider
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FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898 Genus: Herpyllus Hentz, 1832 Species: Herpyllus ecclesiasticus Hentz, 1832  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
parson spider
Distribution & Point Collections
Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
AB CO LA MN MT NH NC ND OK SC WY
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Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
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): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Riparian, Cliff Banks;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Contributed Specimen Records:
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Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Females
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Bryant, E. B. 1908. List of the Araneina. In Fauna of New England, 9. Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 7: 1-105.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1922. The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 35: 145-172.
Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1890. New England spiders of the families Drassidae, Agalenidae and Dysderidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 166-206.
Heiss, J. S. & R. T. Allen. 1986. The Gnaphosidae of Arkansas. Bull. Ark. agric. Exp. Stn 885: 1-67.
Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.
Hentz, N. M. 1832. On North American spiders. Sillimans J. Sci. Arts 21: 99-122.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1887. Neue Spinnen aus America. VII. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 37: 421-490.
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. 1977. A revision of the spider genera Herpyllus and Scotophaeus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 159: 1-44. 
Roewer, C. F. 1951. Neue Namen einiger Araneen-Arten. Abh. naturw. Ver. Bremen 32: 437-456.
Ubick, D. & V. D. Roth. 1973. Nearctic Gnaphosidae including species from adjacent Mexican states. Am. Arachnol. 9(suppl. 2): 1-12.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris, 1: 1-682.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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