Nearctic States & Provinces: NB NS ON PE QC CT ME MD
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/14024
Pachygnatha brevis Keyserling, 1884
FAMILY: TETRAGNATHIDAE Menge, 1866
Genus: Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1823
Species: Pachygnatha brevis Keyserling, 1884
Common Names
Family Common Name:
longjawed orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
thickjawed orbweavers
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
NB NS ON PE QC CT ME MD
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
orb 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†
| Pachygnatha brevis Emerton 1884 |
| Pachygnatha brevis Keyserling 1884 |
| Pachygnatha brevis McCook 1894 |
| Pachygnatha brevis Kaston 1948 |
| Pachygnatha xanthostoma Kaston 1977 |
| Pachygnatha brevis Levi 1980 |
| Pachygnatha brevis Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Pachygnatha brevis Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Dondale, C. D., J. H. Redner, P. Paquin & H. W. Levi. 2003. The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp.
Emerton, J. H. 1884. New England spiders of the family Epeiridae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 295-342.
Kaston, B. J. 1976. Supplement to the spiders of Connecticut. J. Arachnol. 4: 1-72.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1884. Neue Spinnen aus America. V. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 33: 649-684.
Levi, H. W. 1980. The orb-weaver genus Mecynogea, the subfamily Metinae and the genera Pachygnatha, Glenognatha and Azilia of the subfamily Tetragnathinae north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 149: 1-7
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
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/TETRAGNATHIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1823‡‡
P. autumnalis Marx, 1884 ...............USA, Canada, Cuba
P. calusa Levi, 1980 ...............USA
P. clercki Sundevall, 1823 ...............Holarctic
P. degeeri Sundevall, 1830 ...............Palearctic
P. dorothea McCook, 1894 ...............USA, Canada
P. furcillata Keyserling, 1884 ...............USA
P. listeri Sundevall, 1830 ...............Palearctic
P. tristriata C. L. Koch, 1845 ...............USA, Canada
P. xanthostoma C. L. Koch, 1845 ...............USA, Canada
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution