Scotophaeus blackwalli (Thorell, 1871)
| FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898 Genus: Scotophaeus Simon, 1893 Species: Scotophaeus blackwalli (Thorell, 1871) ![]() |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CA CO
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
Specimen list |
Natural History & 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): Outside house; Suburbs; Suburban area; In house;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Male Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
Image of External Male Genitalia: |
Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Almquist, S. 2006. Swedish Araneae, part 2--families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 63: 285-601.
Banks, N. 1904. Some Arachnida from California. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (3) 3: 331-376.
Becker, L. 1896. Les arachnides de Belgique. Ann. Mus. Roy. Hist. nat. Belg. 12: 1-3788.
Blackwall, J. 1861. A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, 1: 1-174.
Bösenberg, W. 1902. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. II-IV. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14: 97-384.
Braendegaard, J. 1966. Edderkopper: Eller Spindlere I. Danmarks Fauna 72: 1-224.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1919. New Californian spiders. Jour. Ent. Zool. Claremont 12: 1-17.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1897. Araneae hungariae. Budapest, 2: 151-366.
Grimm, U. 1985. Die Gnaphosidae Mitteleuropas (Arachnida, Araneae). Abh. naturw. Ver. Hamb. 26: 1-318.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Hu, J. L. 2001. Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp.
Kulczynski, V. 1898. Symbola ad faunam aranearum Austriae inferioris cognoscendam. Rozpr. spraw. wydz. mat. przyrod. Akad. umiej. Cracov 36: 1-114.
Lessert, R. de. 1910. Catalogue des invertebres de la Suisse. Fasc. 3, Araignées. Musée d'histoire naturelle de Genève, pp. 1-635.
Levy, G. 1999. Spiders of six uncommon drassodine genera (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Israel. Israel J. Zool. 45: 427-452.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1951. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 1: 1-310.
Menge, A. 1875. Preussische Spinnen. VII. Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N. F.) 3: 375-422.
Noordam, A. P. 1992. Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of the Netherlands, drawings, some notes, and some thoughts about ant-mimicry. Published by the author, Groenesteeg 104, 2312 SR Leiden, Netherlands.
Pavesi, P. 1873. Catalogo sistematico dei ragni del cantone ticino con la loro distribuzione orizontale e verticale e cenni sulla araneologica elvetica. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 4: 5-215.
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. 
Reimoser, E. 1937. Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. VII. Gnaphosidae oder Plattbauchspinnen. In Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Jena, 33(16): 1-41.
Reimoser, E. 1919. Katalog der echten Spinnen (Araneae) des Paläarktischen Gebietes. Abh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien 10(2): 1-280.
Roberts, M. J. 1998. Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1995. Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1985. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
Schenkel, E. 1950. Spinnentiere aus dem westlichen Nordamerika, gesammelt von Dr. Hans Schenkel-Rudin. Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 61: 28-92.
Simon, E. 1914. Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 1re partie. Paris, 6: 1-308.
Simon, E. 1883. Études arachnologiques. 14e Mémoire. XXI. Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique des îles de l'Océan Atlantique (Açores, Madère, Salvages, Canaries, Cap Vert, Sainte-Hélène et Bermudes). Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 3: 259-314.
Simon, E. 1878. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 4: 1-334.
Thorell, T. 1871. Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part II. Uppsala, pp. 97-228.
Tullgren, A. 1946. Svenska spindelfauna: 3. Egentliga spindlar. Araneae. Fam. 5-7. Clubionidae, Zoridae och Gnaphosidae. Entomologiska Föreningen, Stockholm, 141 pp.
Ubick, D. & V. D. Roth. 1973. Nearctic Gnaphosidae including species from adjacent Mexican states. Am. Arachnol. 9(suppl. 2): 1-12.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog





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