Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC AK
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/12310
Pelecopsis sculpta (Emerton, 1917)
FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859
Genus: Pelecopsis Simon, 1864
Species: Pelecopsis sculpta (Emerton, 1917)
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: Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC AK
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:
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†
| Lophocarenum sculptum Emerton 1917 |
| Pelecopsis sculpta Emerton 1917 |
| Pelecopsis sculptum Crosby & Bishop 1931 |
| Pelecopsis sculptum Chamberlin & Ivie 1939 |
Taxonomic References†
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1939. Studies on North American spiders of the family Micryphantidae. Verh. VII. Internat. Kongr. Entom. Berlin 1: 56-73.
Crosby, C. R. & S. C. Bishop. 1931. Studies in American spiders: genera Cornicularia, Paracornicularia, Tigellinus, Walckenaera, Epiceraticelus and Pelecopsis with descriptions of new genera and species. Jour. New York ent. Soc. 39:
Emerton, J. H. 1917. New spiders from Canada and the adjoining states. Canad. Ent. 49: 261-272.
†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 Pelecopsis Simon, 1864‡‡
P. bishopi Kaston, 1945 ...............USA
P. mengei (Simon, 1884) ...............Holarctic
P. moesta (Banks, 1892) ...............USA
P. parallela (Wider, 1834) ...............Palearctic
P. radicicola (L. Koch, 1872) ...............Palearctic
P. sculpta digna Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 ...............USA
P. unimaculata (Banks, 1892) ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: LINYPHIIDAE, Pelecopsis sculpta (Emerton, 1917).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/12310 (Accessed: 12/4/2008 2:07:36 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2005-06-15T22:54:52Z