Nearctic States & Provinces: AB YT CO MA MT NH
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/10791
Helophora insignis (Blackwall, 1841)
FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859
Genus: Helophora Menge, 1866
Species: Helophora insignis (Blackwall, 1841)
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: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB YT CO MA MT NH
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:
mixed forests, near ground in high grass and low bushes
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Sollfors, Stefan
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†
| Helophora insignis Blackwall 1841 |
| Linyphia insignis Blackwall 1841 |
| Linyphia pallescens Westring 1851 |
| Linyphia pallescens Westring 1861 |
| Linyphia sagittata Grube 1861 |
| Linyphia insignis Blackwall 1864 |
| Helophora pallescens Menge 1866 |
| Helophora insignis Emerton 1882 |
| Linyphia insignis Keyserling 1886 |
| Helophora insignis Bösenberg 1901 |
| Linyphia insignis Emerton 1902 |
| Scaptophorus insignis Hull 1920 |
| Linyphia insignis Simon 1929 |
| Helophora insignis Blauvelt 1936 |
| Linyphia insignis Comstock 1940 |
| Helophora insignis Kaston 1948 |
| Helophora insignis Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Helophora insignis Wiehle 1956 |
| Helophora insignis Merrett 1963 |
| Helophora insignis Beer 1964 |
| Helophora insignis Wiehle 1967 |
| Helophora insignis Miller 1971 |
| Helophora insignis Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Helophora insignis Palmgren 1975 |
| Helophora insignis Millidge 1977 |
| Helophora insignis van Helsdingen 1978 |
| Helophora insignis Millidge 1984 |
| Helophora insignis Roberts 1987 |
| Linyphia insignis Izmailova 1989 |
| Helophora insignis Tanasevitch 1990 |
| Helophora insignis Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Helophora insignis Li, Song & Zhu 1994 |
| Helophora insignis Roberts 1995 |
| Helophora insignis Tao, Li & Zhu 1995 |
| Helophora insignis Roberts 1998 |
| Helophora insignis Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Helophora insignis Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Beer, S. A. 1964. On the fauna and ecology of spiders in the Murman region. Zool. Zh. 43: 525-533.
Blackwall, J. 1864. A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, Ray Society, 2: 175-384.
Blackwall, J. 1841. The difference in the number of eyes with which spiders are provided proposed as the basis of their distribution into tribes; with descriptions of newly discovered species and the characters of a new family and three new genera of spiders. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 18: 601-670.
Blauvelt, H. H. 1936. The comparative morphology of the secondary sexual organs of Linyphia and some related genera, including a revision of the group. Festschr. Strand 2: 81-171.
Bösenberg, W. 1901. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. I. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(1): 1-96.
Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.
Grube, A. E. 1861. Beschreibung neuer, von den Herren L. v. Schrenck, Maack, C. v. Ditmar u. a. im Amurlande und in Ostsibirien gesammelter Araneiden. Bull. Acad. imp. sci. S.-Pétersb. 4: 161-180 [separate, pp. 1-29].
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Helsdingen, P. J. van. 1978. Some synonymies in Old World spiders. Zool. Meded. Leiden 53: 185-197.
Hull, J. E. 1920. The spider family Linyphiidae: an essay in taxonomy. Vasculum 6: 7-11.
Izmailova, M. V. 1989. [Fauna of Spiders of South Part of Eastern Siberia]. Irkutsk, State Univ. Publ., 184 pp.
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.
Li, S. Q., D. X. Song & C. D. Zhu. 1994. On the classification of spiders of subfamily Linyphiinae, Linyphiidae. Sinozool. 11: 77-82.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1953. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: 1-449.
Menge, A. 1866. Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N.F.) 1: 1-152
Merrett, P. 1963. The palpus of male spiders of the family Linyphiidae. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 140: 347-467.
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Millidge, A. F. 1984. The taxonomy of the Linyphiidae, based chiefly on the epigynal and tracheal characters (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 6: 229-267.
Millidge, A. F. 1977. The conformation of the male palpal organs of linyphiid spiders, and its application to the taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of the family (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 4: 1-60.
Palmgren, P. 1975. Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens VI: Linyphiidae 1. Fauna fenn. 28: 1-102.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
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. 1987. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: Linyphiidae and check list. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
Simon, E. 1929. Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espčces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 3e partie. Paris, 6: 533-772.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
Tanasevitch, A. V. 1990. The spider family Linyphiidae in the fauna of the Caucasus (Arachnida, Aranei). in B. R. Striganova (ed.), Fauna nazemnykh bespozvonochnykh Kavkaza. Moscow, Akaedemia Nauk, pp. 5-114.
Tao, Y., S. Q. Li & C. D. Zhu. 1995. Linyphiid spiders of Changbai Mountains, China (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae). Beitr. Araneol. 4: 241-288.
Tyschchenko, V. P. 1971. Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, pp. 1-281.
Westring, N. 1861. Araneae svecieae. Göteb. Kongl. Vet. Handl. 7: 1-615.
Westring, N. 1851. Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan. Götenborg. Kongl. Vet. Handl. 2: 25-62.
Wiehle, H. 1967. Meta,-eine semientelegyne Gattung der Araneae (Arach.). Senckenberg. biol. 48: 183-196.
Wiehle, H. 1956. Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). 28. Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: i-viii, 1-337.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/LINYPHIIDAE.html
Natural History References
Hackman, W. 1954. The spiders of Newfoundland. Acta zool. fenn. 79: 1-99.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Helophora Menge, 1866‡‡
H. orinoma (Chamberlin, 1919) ...............USA
H. reducta (Keyserling, 1886) ...............USA, Alaska
H. tunagyna Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: LINYPHIIDAE, Helophora insignis (Blackwall, 1841).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/10791 (Accessed: 12/4/2008 2:15:12 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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