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Euryopis argentea Emerton, 1882

	FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833     Genus: Euryopis Menge, 1868         Species: Euryopis argentea Emerton, 1882
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Family Common Name:  cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

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

Specimen Search Specimen list 4, 2

Feeding Guild:^† space web builders
^†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: Deciduous leaf litter, rocky grassland and its field layer (Hancock, pers. obs.).
Life & Natural History: Believed to actively hunt rather an spin a web. A European species and is known to feed on ants (Levi, 1954).

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

Image(s) of Habitus:

Description: Carapace yellow, cephalic area a dusky black. Legs yellow. Abdomen black with a variable number of silvery spots. E. argentea has a pointed abdomen and an elevated carapace (Levi, 1954).

Male Dimensions: A = 0.86 mm  A+B = 2.3 mm  C = 0.08 mm

Image of External Male Genitalia: Credit: Hancock, John

Description: Carapace yellow, cephalic area a dusky black. Legs yellow. Abdomen black with a variable number of silvery spots. E. argentea has a pointed abdomen and an elevated carapace (Levi, 1954).

Female Dimensions: A = 0.83 mm  A+B = 3 mm  C = 0.86 mm

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Descriptions Source:
Levi, H. W. 1954. Spiders of the genus Euryopis from North and Central America (Araneae, Theridiidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1666: 1-48.

Euryopis argentea Emerton 1882 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2026827

Euryopis argentea Keyserling 1886 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2026828

Euryopis argentata Banks 1908 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2026829

Euryopis strandi Sytshevskaja 1935 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2026831

Euryopis argentea Kaston 1948 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2026832

Euryopis argentea Levi 1954 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9734424

Euryopis argentea Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2010386

Banks, N. 1908. New species of Theridiidae. Canad. Ent. 40: 205-208.

Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Keyserling, E. 1886. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Nürnberg, 2: 1-295.

Levi, H. W. 1954. Spiders of the genus Euryopis from North and Central America (Araneae, Theridiidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1666: 1-48.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

Sytshevskaja, V. J. 1935. Étude sur les araignées de la Kamtchatka. Folia zool. hydrobiol. 8: 80-103.

^‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

Levi, H. W. 1954. Spiders of the genus Euryopis from North and Central America (Araneae, Theridiidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1666: 1-48.

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