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Chalcoscirtus carbonarius Emerton, 1917

	FAMILY: SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841     Genus: Chalcoscirtus Bertkau, 1880         Species: Chalcoscirtus carbonarius Emerton, 1917
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General Comments: Carapace, jet shiny black. Abdomen slate matt grey, no scutum. All legs a bark brown. Females can be distinguished from other species by the copulatory tubes being long with a double curve. This species also has received the common name, black jack.

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

Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Russia
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)   AB MT
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)

Specimen Search Specimen list 14, 12

Feeding Guild:^† stalkers
^†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
Recorded Habitats: A specimen has been collection in an alpine riparian habitat at 2,209 m (Hancock, pers. obs.).
Life & Natural History: Collected from Carthew Lake at 2209m, under slabs of sandstone, part of a ridge that holds back the waters of the lake. Site having a south/west aspect and a gentle slope of 3%. The lake’s level is maintained be melting snow. August 13th was the date of collection and both adult females and males were taken (with great care). Sub-adults of both sexes were also present as were spiderlings, fully pigmented within egg-sacs. This species was discovered in 1917, and there is still a thriving community here.

Seasonality of Specimen Records: (from the Nearctic Spider Database - Requires Flash plug-in - refresh this page if not visible)

Image(s) of Habitus:

Description: Male, Carapace Shiny jet black,. Abdomen, shiny jet -black scutum covering dorsal portion. Males can be distinguished from other species by the forked tibial apophysis.

Male Dimensions: A = 1.3 mm  A+B = 3 mm  C = 0.9 mm

Image of External Male Genitalia: Credit: Hancock, John

Description: Carapace, jet shiny black. Abdomen slate matt grey, no scutum. All legs a bark brown. Females can be distinguished from other species by the copulatory tubes being long with a double curve.

Female Dimensions: A = 1.5 mm  A+B = 3.7 mm  C = 1.07 mm

Image of Epigynum: Credit: Hancock, John

Chalcoscirtus carbonarius Emerton 1917 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:1992944

Chalcoscirtus carbonarius Swann & Robey 1975 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9736423

Chalcoscirtus carbonarius Prószynski 1987 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:1992945

Chalcoscirtus carbonarius Cutler 1990 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:1992947

Chalcoscirtus carbonarius Marusik 1990 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:1992948

Cutler, B. 1990. A revision of the western hemisphere Chalcoscirtus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 8: 105-108.

Emerton, J. H. 1917. New spiders from Canada and the adjoining states. Canad. Ent. 49: 261-272.

Marusik, Y. M. 1990. Spider genus Chalcoscirtus (Aranei, Salticidae) from the USSR: Communication 1. Zool. Zh. 69(6): 45-57.

Prószynski, J. 1987. Atlas rysunkow diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyzszej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej, Siedlcach.

Swann, P. H. & C. Robey. 1975. A redescription of the North American jumping spider Chalcoscirtus carbonarius Emerton 1917. Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 3: 101-104.

^‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

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