Nearctic States & Provinces: AB CA CO MN MT WA WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/11822
Microlinyphia mandibulata (Emerton, 1882)
FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859
Genus: Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928
Species: Microlinyphia mandibulata (Emerton, 1882)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
dwarf & sheetweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB CA CO MN MT WA WY
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:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
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†
| Linyphia mandibulata Emerton 1882 |
| Microlinyphia mandibulata Emerton 1882 |
| Linyphia mandibulata Emerton 1902 |
| Pusillia mandibulata Chamberlin & Ivie 1943 |
| Pusillia mandibulata provoana Chamberlin & Ivie 1943 |
| Linyphia pusilla Kaston 1948 |
| Pusillia mandibulata Hackman 1954 |
| Microlinyphia mandibulata van Helsdingen 1970 |
| Microlinyphia mandibulata Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1943. New genera and species of North American linyphiid spiders. Bull. Univ. Utah 33(10): 1-39.
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.
Hackman, W. 1954. The spiders of Newfoundland. Acta zool. fenn. 79: 1-99.
Helsdingen, P. J. van. 1970. A reclassification of the species of Linyphia based on the functioning of the genitalia (Araneida, Linyphiidae), II. Zool. Verh. Leiden 111: 1-86.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/LINYPHIIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928‡‡
M. dana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
M. impigra (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871) ...............Holarctic
M. mandibulata punctata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943) ...............USA, Canada
M. pusilla (Sundevall, 1830) ...............Holarctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution