Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC YT NH NC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/11487
Macrargus multesimus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875)
FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859
Genus: Macrargus Dahl, 1886
Species: Macrargus multesimus (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: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC YT NH NC
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:
deciduous and coniferous leaf litter
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 multesima O. P.-Cambridge 1875 |
| Macrargus multesimus O. P.-Cambridge 1875 |
| Erigone granulosa L. Koch 1879 |
| Linyphia mordax L. Koch 1879 |
| Microneta discolor Emerton 1882 |
| Tmeticus granulosus Simon 1884 |
| Tmeticus granulosus Grese 1909 |
| Centromerus granulosus Reimoser 1919 |
| Microneta multesima Crosby & Bishop 1928 |
| Macrargus multesimus Holm 1945 |
| Macrargus multesimus Kaston 1948 |
| Macrargus multesimus Kleemola 1961 |
| Macrargus multesimus Hauge 1969 |
| Macrargus multesimus Palmgren 1975 |
| Macrargus multesimus Pakhorukov & Utochkin 1977 |
| Macrargus multesimus Pakhorukov 1981 |
| Macrargus multesimus Li, Song & Zhu 1994 |
| Macrargus multesimus Tao, Li & Zhu 1995 |
| Macrargus multesimus Wunderlich 1995 |
| Macrargus multesimus Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Macrargus multesimus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
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. 1928. Araneae. In A list of the insects of New York. Mem. Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta. 101: 1034-1074.
Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.
Grese, N. S. 1909. Die Spinnen der Halbinsel Jamal. Iejegod. Zool. Mouz. Akad. Naouk SSSR. St. Petersb. 14: 325-331.
Hauge, E. 1969. Six species of spiders (Araneae) new to Norway. Norsk. ent. Tiddskr. 16: 1-8.
Holm, Å. 1945. Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Torneträskgebietes. Ark. Zool. 36(A 15): 1-80.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Kleemola, A. 1961. Spiders from the northernmost part of Enontekiö. Suomal. eläin- ja kasvit. Seur. Van. Tiedon. 16: 128-135.
Koch, L. 1879. Arachniden aus Sibirien und Novaja Semlja, eingesammelt von der schwedischen Expedition im Jahre 1875. Kongl. Svenska. Vet.-Acad. Handl. 16(5): 1-136.
Li, S. Q., D. X. Song & C. D. Zhu. 1994. On the classification of spiders of subfamily Linyphiinae, Linyphiidae. Sinozool. 11: 77-82.
Pakhorukov, N. M. 1981. [Spiders of the fam. Linyphiidae of the USSR forest fauna]. In Fauna and ecology of insects. Univ. of Perm, pp. 71-85.
Pakhorukov, N. M. & A. S. Utochkin. 1977. Little known and new for the fauna of the USSR species of spiders of the family Linyphiidae (Aranei) from the northern Ural. Ent. Obozr. 56: 907-911.
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.
Reimoser, E. 1919. Katalog der echten Spinnen (Araneae) des Paläarktischen Gebietes. Abh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien 10(2): 1-280.
Simon, E. 1884. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 5: 180-885.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
Tao, Y., S. Q. Li & C. D. Zhu. 1995. Linyphiid spiders of Changbai Mountains, China (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae). Beitr. Araneol. 4: 241-288.
Wunderlich, J. 1995. Linyphiidae aus der Mongolei (Arachnida: Araneae). Beitr. Araneol. 4: 479-529.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/LINYPHIIDAE.html
Natural History References
Aitchison-Benell, C. W. & C. D. Dondale. 1990. A checklist of Manitoba spiders (Araneae) with notes on geographic relationships. Naturaliste can. 117: 215-237.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Macrargus Dahl, 1886‡‡
M. carpenteri (O. P.-Cambridge, 1894) ...............Palearctic
M. rufus (Wider, 1834) ...............Palearctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: LINYPHIIDAE, Macrargus multesimus (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/11487 (Accessed: 12/4/2008 1:12:13 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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