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Pityohyphantes cristatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942

FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859
    Genus: Pityohyphantes Simon, 1929

        Species: Pityohyphantes cristatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942

Common Names

Family Common Name:  dwarf & sheetweb weavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces:   AB BC CO MT 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:

   seasonality
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

Pityohyphantes cristatus Chamberlin & Ivie 1942

Taxonomic References

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1942. A hundred new species of American spiders. Bull. Univ. Utah 32(13): 1-117.

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 Pityohyphantes Simon, 1929‡‡

P. alticeps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 ...............USA
P. brachygynus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
P. costatus (Hentz, 1850) ...............USA
P. costatus annulipes (Banks, 1892) ...............North America
P. cristatus coloradensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
P. hesperus (Chamberlin, 1920) ...............USA
P. kamela Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 ...............USA
P. limitaneus (Emerton, 1915) ...............USA, Canada
P. lomondensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 ...............USA
P. minidoka Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 ...............USA
P. navajo Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
P. pallidus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
P. phrygianus (C. L. Koch, 1836) ...............Palearctic
P. rubrofasciatus (Keyserling, 1886) ...............USA, Canada
P. subarcticus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 ...............Canada, Alaska
P. tacoma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution