Nearctic States & Provinces: AB QC CT MA MT NH OK
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/10868
Hypselistes florens (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875)
FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859
Genus: Hypselistes Simon, 1894
Species: Hypselistes florens (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875)
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, possibly Britain
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB QC CT MA MT NH OK
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 bushes and grass, under litter and stones
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 florens O. P.-Cambridge 1875 |
| Hypselistes florens O. P.-Cambridge 1875 |
| Lophocarenum florens Emerton 1882 |
| Nematogmus florens Simon 1884 |
| Erigone florens Keyserling 1886 |
| Hypselistes florens Simon 1894 |
| Hypselistes florens O. P.-Cambridge 1910 |
| Lophocarenum florens Emerton 1911 |
| Hypselistes florens Crosby & Bishop 1933 |
| Hypselistes florens Kaston 1948 |
| Hypselistes florens Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Hypselistes florens Wiehle 1960 |
| Hypselistes florens Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Hypselistes florens Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1910. On British Arachnida noted and observed in 1909. Proc. Dorset nat. Hist. Field Club 31: 47-70.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1875. On some new species of Erigone from North America. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 393-405.
Crosby, C. R. & S. C. Bishop. 1933. American spiders: Erigonae, males with cephalic pits. Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 26: 105-172.
Emerton, J. H. 1911. New spiders from New England. Trans. Connect. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 16: 383-407.
Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 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.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1953. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: 1-449.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Simon, E. 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 489-760.
Simon, E. 1884. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 5: 180-885.
Wiehle, H. 1960. Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae-Zwergspinnen. Tierwelt Deutschlands 47: i-xi, 1-620.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/LINYPHIIDAE.html
Natural History References
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Hypselistes Simon, 1894‡‡
H. florens bulbiceps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA
H. jacksoni (O. P.-Cambridge, 1902) ...............Holarctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: LINYPHIIDAE, Hypselistes florens (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/10868 (Accessed: 12/4/2008 4:12:56 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2005-06-15T22:54:52Z