Nearctic States & Provinces: AB NH NC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/12899
Tenuiphantes zebra (Emerton, 1882)
FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859
Genus: Tenuiphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996
Species: Tenuiphantes zebra (Emerton, 1882)
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: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB 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 leaf litter, shady areas, under 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†
| Bathyphantes zebra Emerton 1882 |
| Tenuiphantes zebra Emerton 1882 |
| Linyphia zebra Marx 1890 |
| Bathyphantes argenteomaculata Banks 1892 |
| Bathyphantes decoratus Banks 1892 |
| Bathyphantes decoratus Banks 1916 |
| Lepthyphantes zebra Emerton 1920 |
| Lepthyphantes zebra Zorsch 1937 |
| Lepthyphantes zebra Kaston 1945 |
| Lepthyphantes zebra Kaston 1948 |
| Tenuiphantes zebra Saaristo & Tanasevitch 1996 |
| Tenuiphantes zebra Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1916. Revision of Cayuga Lake spiders. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 68: 68-84.
Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.
Emerton, J. H. 1920. Catalogue of the spiders of Canada known to the year 1919. Trans. Roy. Canad. Inst. Toronto 12: 309-338.
Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Kaston, B. J. 1945. New Micryphantidae and Dictynidae with notes on other spiders. Am. Mus. Novit. 1292: 1-14.
Marx, G. 1890. Catalogue of the described Araneae of temperate North America. Proc. U. S. nat. Mus. 12: 497-594.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Saaristo, M. I. & A. V. Tanasevitch. 1996. Redelimitation of the subfamily Micronetinae Hull, 1920 and the genus Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 with descriptions of some new genera (Aranei, Linyphiidae). Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck 83: 163-186.
Zorsch, H. M. 1937. The spider genus Lepthyphantes in the United States. Amer. Midl. Nat. 18: 856-898.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/LINYPHIIDAE.html
Natural History References
Hackman, W. 1954. The spiders of Newfoundland. Acta zool. fenn. 79: 1-99.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Tenuiphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996‡‡
T. alacris (Blackwall, 1853) ...............Palearctic
T. cracens (Zorsch, 1937) ...............North America
T. cristatus (Menge, 1866) ...............Palearctic
T. flavipes (Blackwall, 1854) ...............Palearctic
T. mengei (Kulczynski, 1887) ...............Palearctic
T. nigriventris (L. Koch, 1879) ...............Holarctic
T. sabulosus (Keyserling, 1886) ...............North America
T. tenebricola (Wider, 1834) ...............Palearctic
T. tenuis (Blackwall, 1852) ...............Europe, North Africa (elsewhere, introduced)
T. zelatus (Zorsch, 1937) ...............North America
T. zibus (Zorsch, 1937) ...............North America
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: LINYPHIIDAE, Tenuiphantes zebra (Emerton, 1882).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/12899 (Accessed: 12/4/2008 3:36:58 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2005-06-15T22:54:52Z