Nearctic States & Provinces: AB YT AK CT MA NH WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/13279
Walckenaeria directa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874)
FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859
Genus: Walckenaeria Blackwall, 1833
Species: Walckenaeria directa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874)
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: USA, Canada, Alaska
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB YT AK CT MA NH WA
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:
grass, leaf litter, hardwood, litter, on shrubs
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 directa O. P.-Cambridge 1874 |
| Walckenaeria directa O. P.-Cambridge 1874 |
| Erigone provida O. P.-Cambridge 1875 |
| Cornicularia directa Emerton 1882 |
| Prosopotheca directa Simon 1884 |
| Lophocarenum longior Banks 1892 |
| Lophocarenum miniatum Banks 1892 |
| Cornicularia directa Emerton 1902 |
| Lophocarenum miniatum Banks 1916 |
| Cornicularia directa Crosby & Bishop 1931 |
| Cornicularia directa Kaston 1948 |
| Walckenaeria directa Millidge 1983 |
| Walckenaeria directa Hormiga 1994 |
| Walckenaeria directa Hormiga 2000 |
| Walckenaeria directa 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.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1875. On some new species of Erigone from North America. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 393-405.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1874. On some new species of Erigone from North America. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874: 428-442.
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. 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.
Hormiga, G. 2000. Higher level phylogenetics of erigonine spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Erigoninae). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 609: 1-160.
Hormiga, G. 1994. Cladistics and the comparative morphology of linyphiid spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Linyphiidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 111: 1-71.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Millidge, A. F. 1983. The erigonine spiders of North America. Part 6. The genus Walckenaeria Blackwall (Araneae, Linyphiidae). J. Arachnol. 11: 105-200.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Simon, E. 1884. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 5: 180-885.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/LINYPHIIDAE.html
Natural History References
Millidge, A. F. 1983. The erigonine spiders of North America. Part 6. The genus Walckenaeria Blackwall (Araneae, Linyphiidae). J. Arachnol. 11: 105-200.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Walckenaeria Blackwall, 1833‡‡
W. acuminata Blackwall, 1833 ...............Palearctic
W. anceps Millidge, 1983 ...............Canada
W. antica (Wider, 1834) ...............Palearctic
W. aprilis Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. arctica Millidge, 1983 ...............USA, Canada
W. atrotibialis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1878) ...............Holarctic
W. auranticeps (Emerton, 1882) ...............Russia, Canada, USA
W. bifida Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. blanda Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. breviaria (Crosby & Bishop, 1931) ...............USA
W. brevicornis (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA
W. capito (Westring, 1861) ...............Holarctic
W. carolina Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. castanea (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA, Canada
W. clavicornis (Emerton, 1882) ...............Holarctic
W. clavipalpis Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. columbia Millidge, 1983 ...............USA, Canada
W. communis (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
W. cornuella (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) ...............USA, Canada
W. cucullata (C. L. Koch, 1836) ...............Palearctic
W. cuspidata Blackwall, 1833 ...............Palearctic
W. cuspidata brevicula (Crosby & Bishop, 1931) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska, Greenland
W. digitata (Emerton, 1913) ...............USA, Canada
W. dixiana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) ...............USA
W. dondalei Millidge, 1983 ...............Canada
W. dysderoides (Wider, 1834) ...............Palearctic
W. emarginata Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. exigua Millidge, 1983 ...............USA, Canada
W. fallax Millidge, 1983 ...............Canada
W. floridiana Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. fraudatrix Millidge, 1983 ...............Russia, Mongolia, Alaska, Canada
W. furcillata (Menge, 1869) ...............Palearctic
W. fusciceps Millidge, 1983 ...............Canada
W. helenae Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. indirecta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874) ...............USA, Canada
W. karpinskii (O. P.-Cambridge, 1873) ...............Holarctic
W. kochi (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) ...............Palearctic
W. latens Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. lepida (Kulczynski, 1885) ...............Holarctic
W. maesta Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. mesus (Chamberlin, 1948) ...............USA
W. microspiralis Millidge, 1983 ...............USA, Canada
W. minuta (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA
W. mitrata (Menge, 1868) ...............Palearctic
W. monoceras (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) ...............USA, Alaska
W. nodosa O. P.-Cambridge, 1873 ...............Palearctic
W. nudipalpis (Westring, 1851) ...............Palearctic
W. obtusa Blackwall, 1836 ...............Palearctic
W. occidentalis Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. oregona Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. pallida (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA, Canada
W. palustris Millidge, 1983 ...............Canada
W. pellax Millidge, 1983 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
W. perdita (Chamberlin, 1948) ...............USA
W. pinocchio (Kaston, 1945) ...............USA, Canada
W. placida (Banks, 1892) ...............USA
W. prominens Millidge, 1983 ...............Canada
W. puella Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. pullata Millidge, 1983 ...............USA, Canada
W. reclusa Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. redneri Millidge, 1983 ...............USA, Canada
W. saniuana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) ...............USA
W. serrata Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. solivaga Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. spiralis (Emerton, 1882) ...............Russia, Alaska, Canada, USA
W. subdirecta Millidge, 1983 ...............USA, Canada
W. subpallida Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. subspiralis Millidge, 1983 ...............USA, Canada
W. subvigilax Millidge, 1983 ...............USA
W. tenella Millidge, 1983 ...............USA, Canada
W. teres Millidge, 1983 ...............Canada
W. thrinax (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) ...............USA
W. tibialis (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA, Canada
W. tricornis (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA, Canada
W. tumida (Crosby & Bishop, 1931) ...............USA, Canada
W. unicornis O. P.-Cambridge, 1861 ...............Palearctic
W. vigilax (Blackwall, 1853) ...............Holarctic
W. weber (Chamberlin, 1948) ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: LINYPHIIDAE, Walckenaeria directa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/13279 (Accessed: 12/4/2008 1:19:57 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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