Nearctic States & Provinces: AB AK CO WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/10381
Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop, 1928
FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859
Genus: Erigone Audouin, 1826
Species: Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
dwarf & sheetweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Scotland
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB AK CO WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
wandering sheet/tangle weavers
‡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.
Recorded Habitats:
in shady, sandy areas with scrub grass and short, herbaceous vegetation
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
(images not yet available)
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop 1928 |
| Erigone labra Crosby & Bishop 1928 |
| Erigone metlakatla Crosby & Bishop 1928 |
| Erigone olympias Crosby & Bishop 1928 |
| Erigone aletris Hackman 1954 |
| Erigone aletris Snazell 1980 |
| Erigone aletris Roberts 1987 |
| Erigone aletris Crawford 1988 |
| Erigone aletris Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Erigone aletris Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Crawford, R. L. 1988. An annotated checklist of the spiders of Washington. Burke Mus. Contrib. Anthrop. nat. Hist. 5: 1-48.
Crosby, C. R. & S. C. Bishop. 1928. Revision of the spider genera Erigone, Eperigone and Catabrithorax (Erigoneae). New York St. Mus. Bull. 278: 1-73.
Hackman, W. 1954. The spiders of Newfoundland. Acta zool. fenn. 79: 1-99.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Roberts, M. J. 1987. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: Linyphiidae and check list. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
Snazell, R. 1980. Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop, a spider new to Britain (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 5: 97-100.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/LINYPHIIDAE.html
Natural History References
Crosby, C. R. & S. C. Bishop. 1928. Revision of the spider genera Erigone, Eperigone and Catabrithorax (Erigoneae). New York St. Mus. Bull. 278: 1-73.
Crosby, C. R. & S. C. Bishop. 1928. Araneae. In A list of the insects of New York. Mem. Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta. 101: 1034-1074.
Snazell, R. 1980. Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop, a spider new to Britain (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 5: 97-100.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Erigone Audouin, 1826‡‡
E. albescens Banks, 1898 ...............USA
E. allani Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 ...............Alaska
E. alsaida Crosby & Bishop, 1928 ...............USA
E. angela Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 ...............USA
E. arctica (White, 1852) ...............Holarctic
E. arctica soerenseni Holm, 1956 ...............Greenland
E. arcticola Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 ...............Russia, Alaska
E. arctophylacis Crosby & Bishop, 1928 ...............USA, Canada
E. aspura Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 ...............Alaska
E. atra Blackwall, 1833 ...............Holarctic
E. autumnalis Emerton, 1882 ...............USA to Panama, West Indies, Azores, Europe
E. barrowsi Crosby & Bishop, 1928 ...............USA
E. benes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 ...............USA
E. blaesa Crosby & Bishop, 1928 ...............USA, Canada
E. canthognatha Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA
E. coloradensis Keyserling, 1886 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
E. crosbyi Schenkel, 1950 ...............USA
E. denticulata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 ...............USA
E. dentigera O. P.-Cambridge, 1874 ...............Holarctic
E. dentipalpis (Wider, 1834) ...............Holarctic
E. dentosa O. P.-Cambridge, 1894 ...............USA, Guatemala, Antigua
E. ephala Crosby & Bishop, 1928 ...............USA, Canada
E. hydrophytae Ivie & Barrows, 1935 ...............USA
E. hypenema Crosby & Bishop, 1928 ...............USA
E. infernalis Keyserling, 1886 ...............USA
E. longipalpis (Sundevall, 1830) ...............Palearctic
E. matanuskae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 ...............Alaska
E. ostiaria Crosby & Bishop, 1928 ...............USA
E. paradisicola Crosby & Bishop, 1928 ...............USA
E. penessa Thorell, 1878 ...............Greenland
E. personata Gertsch & Davis, 1936 ...............USA
E. praecursa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 ...............USA
E. psychrophila Thorell, 1871 ...............Holarctic
E. reducta Schenkel, 1950 ...............USA
E. remota L. Koch, 1869 ...............Palearctic
E. simillima Keyserling, 1886 ...............Russia, Mongolia, Alaska, Canada
E. stygia Gertsch, 1973 ...............Hawaii
E. tanana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 ...............Alaska
E. tirolensis L. Koch, 1872 ...............Holarctic
E. tristis (Banks, 1892) ...............USA
E. uintana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA
E. viabilis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 ...............USA
E. whitneyana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA
E. whymperi O. P.-Cambridge, 1877 ...............Canada, Greenland
E. whymperi minor Jackson, 1933 ...............Canada
E. zographica Crosby & Bishop, 1928 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: LINYPHIIDAE, Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop, 1928.
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/10381 (Accessed: 10/7/2008 5:20:24 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2005-06-15T22:54:52Z