Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC MB NB NL NS ON PE QC SK YT AK CA CO CT FL ID IA KS LA MN MO MT NH NJ NM NC ND OK OR PA SC SD TX UT VA WA WI WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/14225
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850
silver longjawed orbweaver
FAMILY: TETRAGNATHIDAE Menge, 1866
Genus: Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804
Species: Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850
Common Names
Family Common Name:
longjawed orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
longjawed orbweavers
Species Common Name:
silver longjawed orbweaver
Distribution
Global Distribution: North, Central America
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC MB NB NL NS ON PE QC SK YT AK CA CO CT FL ID IA KS LA MN MO MT NH NJ NM NC ND OK OR PA SC SD TX UT VA WA WI WY
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:
Credit: Slowik, Joey
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:
Credit: Slowik, Joey
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz 1850 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Keyserling 1865 |
| Tetragnatha illinoiensis Keyserling 1879 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Emerton 1884 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa McCook 1894 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Emerton 1902 |
| Tetragnatha alba F. O. P.-Cambridge 1903 |
| Tetragnatha seydi Strand 1908 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Seeley 1928 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Petrunkevitch 1930 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Muma 1943 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Kaston 1948 |
| Tetragnatha numa Levi & Levi 1955 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Chickering 1957 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Chickering 1959 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Levi 1981 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Coddington 1990 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Okuma 1992 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Breene et al. 1993 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Scharff & Coddington 1997 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Griswold et al. 1998 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Tetragnatha laboriosa Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1903. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 425-464.
Chickering, A. M. 1959. The genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Michigan. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 119: 475-499.
Chickering, A. M. 1957. The genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Panama. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 116: 301-354.
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.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1884. New England spiders of the family Epeiridae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 295-342.
Griswold, C. E., J. A. Coddington, G. Hormiga & N. Scharff. 1998. Phylogeny of the orb-web building spiders (Araneae, Orbiculariae: Deinopoidea, Araneoidea). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 123: 1-99.
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1879. Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 29: 293-349.
Keyserling, E. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Orbitelae Latr. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 15: 799-856.
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.
Levi, L. R. & H. W. Levi. 1955. Spiders and harvestmen from Waterton and Glacier National Parks. Can. Fld Nat. 69: 32-40.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
Muma, M. H. 1943. Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp.
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. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1930. The spiders of Porto Rico. Part two. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 30: 159-356.
Scharff, N. & J. A. Coddington. 1997. A phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 355-434.
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. guatemalensis O. P.-Cambridge, 1889 ...............North, Central America, Cuba, Jamaica
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. 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