Nearctic States & Provinces: ON IL MD NY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/14031
Pachygnatha furcillata Keyserling, 1884
FAMILY: TETRAGNATHIDAE Menge, 1866
Genus: Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1823
Species: Pachygnatha furcillata Keyserling, 1884
Common Names
Family Common Name:
longjawed orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
thickjawed orbweavers
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces:
ON IL MD NY
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 furcillata Keyserling 1884 |
| Pachygnatha furcillata McCook 1894 |
| Pachygnatha furcillata Banks 1913 |
| Pachygnatha furcillata Bryant 1933 |
| Pachygnatha furcillata Kaston 1948 |
| Pachygnatha furcillata Levi 1980 |
| Pachygnatha furcillata Coddington 1990 |
| Pachygnatha furcillata Dondale et al. 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1913. Notes on the types of some American spiders in European collections. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 65: 177-188.
Bryant, E. B. 1933. New and little known spiders from the United States. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 74: 171-193.
Coddington, J. A. 1990. Ontogeny and homology in the male palpus of orb-weaving spiders and their relatives, with comments on phylogeny (Araneoclada: Araneoidea, Deinopoidea). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 496: 1-52.
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.
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.
†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. brevis Keyserling, 1884 ...............USA, Canada
P. calusa Levi, 1980 ...............USA
P. clercki Sundevall, 1823 ...............Holarctic
P. degeeri Sundevall, 1830 ...............Palearctic
P. dorothea McCook, 1894 ...............USA, Canada
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