Hyptiotes cavatus (Hentz, 1847)
triangle weaver
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FAMILY: ULOBORIDAE Thorell, 1869 Genus: Hyptiotes Walckenaer, 1837 Species: Hyptiotes cavatus (Hentz, 1847)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
hackled orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
triangle weaver
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database) 
ON CT KY NC SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)
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Specimen Search
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Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† (not yet recorded or unknown)
†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: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records: (from the Nearctic Spider Database - Requires Flash plug-in - refresh this page if not visible)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
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
Dondale, C. D., J. H. Redner, P. Paquin & H. W. Levi. 2003. The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1888. New England spiders of the family Ciniflonidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 7: 443-458.
Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
McCook, H., C. 1881. The snare of the ray spider (Epeira radiosa); a new form of orb web. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1881: 163-175.
Muma, M. H. & W. J. Gertsch. 1964. The spider family Uloboridae in North America north of Mexico. Am. Mus. Novit. 2196: 1-43. 
Opell, B. D. 1983. The female genitalia of Hyptiotes cavatus (Araneae: Uloboridae). Trans. Am. microsc. Soc. 102: 97-104.
Opell, B. D. 1979. Revision of the genera and tropical American species of the spider family Uloboridae. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 148: 443-549.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Shear, W. A. 1967. Expanding the palpi of male spiders. Breviora 259: 1-27.
Wiehle, H. 1929. Weitere Beiträge zur Biologie der Araneen insbesondere zur Kenntnis der Radnetzbaues. Zeits. Morphol. Ökolog. Tiere 15: 262-308.
Wilder, B. G. 1875. The triangle spider. Popular Sci. Monthly 1875(April): 1-15.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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