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Tetragnatha guatemalensis O. P.-Cambridge, 1889

FAMILY: TETRAGNATHIDAE Menge, 1866
    Genus: Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804
        Species: Tetragnatha guatemalensis O. P.-Cambridge, 1889

Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)

General Comments: This species is distinguished from others in this genus by the angled tip of the paracymbium in the male and the short, plump spermathecae in the female. The specific epithet, guatemalensis, is derived from Guatemala, the country where the species was first discovered.

Common Names

Family Common Name:  longjawed orbweavers
Genus Common Name:  longjawed orbweavers
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: North, Central America, Cuba, Jamaica
Nearctic States & Provinces:   AB NS ON OK
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:  Specimens have been collected from Wisconsin to Nova Scotia, south to Baja California, Florida, Panama, and the West Indies (Dondale et al., 2003). The usual habitat is along streams or lakes in shrubs and tall herbs.
Life & Natural History:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Seasonality of Specimen Records:

seasonality
Image(s) of Habitus:


Credit: Hollenbeck, Jeff

Details About Males

Description:  Carapace is dark orange and sometimes has black markings. The lateral eyes on each side are closer together than the median eyes. Legs are dark yellow, though are occasionally darker. The abdomen is silvery and often has a dark dorsal pattern with scalloped edges and the venter is pale. The paracymbium of the palp is angled laterally at the tip.

Male Dimensions:

A+B = 5.38 mm  A = 2.01 mm  C = 1.38 mm 

Image of External Male Genitalia:  (image not yet available)

Details About Females

Description:  The eye spacing and coloration is similar to that of the male. The epigynum is approximately as long as wide, though is partially concave along the posterior margin. The spermathecae are short, plump, and extend anteriorly parallel to the long axis of the body.

Female Dimensions:

A+B = 7.07 mm  A = 2.19 mm  C = 1.54 mm 

Image of Epigynum:  (image not yet available)

Descriptions Source:
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.

Synonyms and Chresonyms†

Tetragnatha guatemalensis O. P.-Cambridge 1889
Tetragnatha banksi McCook 1894
Tetragnatha fraterna Banks 1898
Tetragnatha intermedia Banks 1898
Tetragnatha banksi F. O. P.-Cambridge 1903
Tetragnatha guatemalensis F. O. P.-Cambridge 1903
Tetragnatha tepicana Strand 1908
Tetragnatha seneca Seeley 1928
Tetragnatha laudativa Gertsch & Mulaik 1936
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Chamberlin & Ivie 1942
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Chickering 1957
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Chickering 1959
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Chickering 1962
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Kaston 1977
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Levi 1981
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Okuma 1992
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Dondale et al. 2003
Tetragnatha guatamalensis Paquin & Dupérré 2006

Taxonomic References†

Banks, N. 1898. Arachnida from Baja California and other parts of Mexico. Proc. Californ. Acad. Sci. (3) 1: 205-308.

Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1903. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 425-464.

Cambridge, O. P.-. 1889. Arachnida. Araneida. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 1: 1-56.

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

Chickering, A. M. 1962. The genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Jamaica, W. I. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 127: 423-450.

Chickering, A. M. 1959. The genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Michigan. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 119: 475-499.

Chickering, A. M. 1957. Notes on certain species of Tetragnatha (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Central America and Mexico. Breviora 67: 1-4.

Chickering, A. M. 1957. The genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Jamaica, B.W.I., and other neighboring islands. Breviora 68: 1-15.

Chickering, A. M. 1957. The genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Panama. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 116: 301-354.

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.

Gertsch, W. J. & S. Mulaik. 1936. New spiders from Texas. Amer. Mus. Novit. 863: 1-22.

Kaston, B. J. 1976. Supplement to the spiders of Connecticut. J. Arachnol. 4: 1-72.

Levi, H. W. 1981. The American orb-weaver genera Dolichognatha and Tetragnatha north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae, Tetragnathinae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 149: 271-318.

McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.

Okuma, C. 1992. Notes on the Neotropical and Mexican species of Tetragnatha (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) with descriptions of three new species. J. Fac. Agr., Kyushu Univ. 36: 219-243.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2006. The spiders of Quebec: update, additions and corrections. Zootaxa 1133: 1-37.

Seeley, R. M. 1928. Revision of the spider genus Tetragnatha. New York St. Mus. Bull. 278: 99-150.

Strand, E. 1908. Exotisch araneologisches.-I. Amerikanische hauptsächlich in Peru, Bolivien und Josemitetal in Californien gesammelte Spinnen. -II. Spinnen aus Kamerun. -III. Übersicht der bekanten Hysterocrates-Arten. -IV. Zur Kenntnis der Araneae rufipalpis (Luc). Jahrb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 61: 223-295.

†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 Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804‡‡

T. acuta Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. albida Gillespie, 1994 ...............Hawaii
T. anuenue Gillespie, 2002 ...............Hawaii
T. branda Levi, 1981 ...............USA
T. brevignatha Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. caudata Emerton, 1884 ...............North, Central America, Cuba, Jamaica
T. cuneiventris Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. dearmata Thorell, 1873 ...............Holarctic
T. earmra Levi, 1981 ...............USA
T. elongata Walckenaer, 1842 ...............North, Central America, Cuba, Jamaica
T. elongata debilis Thorell, 1877 ...............USA
T. elongata principalis Thorell, 1877 ...............USA
T. elongata undulata Thorell, 1877 ...............USA
T. eurychasma Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. extensa (Linnaeus, 1758) ...............Holarctic, Madeira
T. filiciphilia Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. hawaiensis Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. kamakou Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. kauaiensis Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. kea Gillespie, 1994 ...............Hawaii
T. kikokiko Gillespie, 2002 ...............Hawaii
T. kukuhaa Gillespie, 2002 ...............Hawaii
T. kukuiki Gillespie, 2002 ...............Hawaii
T. laboriosa Hentz, 1850 ...............North, Central America
T. lena Gillespie, 2003 ...............Hawaii
T. limu Gillespie, 2003 ...............Hawaii
T. macracantha Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. maka Gillespie, 1994 ...............Hawaii
T. mohihi Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. montana Simon, 1874 ...............Palearctic
T. netrix Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. nigrita Lendl, 1886 ...............Palearctic
T. nitens (Audouin, 1826) ...............Cosmotropical
T. obscura Gillespie, 2002 ...............Hawaii
T. obtusa C. L. Koch, 1837 ...............Palearctic
T. palikea Gillespie, 2003 ...............Hawaii
T. pallescens F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903 ...............North, Central America, West Indies
T. paludicola Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. panopea L. Koch, 1872 ...............Macronesia, Polynesia, Hawaii
T. perkinsi Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. perreirai Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. pilosa Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. pinicola L. Koch, 1870 ...............Palearctic
T. polychromata Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. quasimodo Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. restricta Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. shoshone Levi, 1981 ...............USA, Canada, Europe
T. sobrina Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. stelarobusta Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. straminea Emerton, 1884 ...............USA, Canada, Cuba
T. tantalus Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. trituberculata Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii
T. uluhe Gillespie, 2003 ...............Hawaii
T. uncifera Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. vermiformis Emerton, 1884 ...............Canada to Panama, Southern Africa to Japan, Philippines
T. versicolor Walckenaer, 1842 ...............North, Central America, Cuba
T. viridis Walckenaer, 1842 ...............USA, Canada
T. waikamoi Gillespie, 1992 ...............Hawaii

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution

Page Reference:

Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: TETRAGNATHIDAE, Tetragnatha guatemalensis O. P.-Cambridge, 1889. In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/14193 (Accessed: 12/4/2008 4:03:37 PM).

Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2007-09-05T21:21:13Z