Nearctic States & Provinces: AB MB ON SK CO MT WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16185
Hypsosinga funebris (Keyserling, 1892)
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871
Species: Hypsosinga funebris (Keyserling, 1892)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB MB ON SK CO MT 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:
(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†
| Cercidia funebris Keyserling 1892 |
| Hypsosinga funebris Keyserling 1892 |
| Cercidia funebris McCook 1894 |
| Araneus singaeformis Scheffer 1904 |
| Singa schefferi Banks 1910 |
| Araneus funebris Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Araneus schefferi Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Singa orotes Archer 1951 |
| Hypsosinga singaeformis Levi 1972 |
| Singa singaeformis Levi 1972 |
| Hypsosinga funebris Levi 1975 |
| Hypsosinga singaeformis Kaston 1977 |
| Hypsosinga funebris Dondale et al. 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Archer, A. F. 1951. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. Am. Mus. Novit. 1487: 1-52.
Banks, N. 1910. Catalogue of Nearctic spiders. Bull. U. S. nat. Mus. 72: 1-80.
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. 1976. Supplement to the spiders of Connecticut. J. Arachnol. 4: 1-72.
Keyserling, E. 1892. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Nürnberg, 4: 1-208.
Levi, H. W. 1975. The American orb-weaver genera Larinia, Cercidia and Mangora north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 147: 101-135.
Levi, H. W. 1972. The orb-weaver genera Singa and Hypsosinga in America (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche, Camb. 78: 229-256.
Levi, H. W. 1972. Observations on the reproductive physiology of the spider Singa (Araneidae). Arachnol. Congr. Internatl. V, pp. 189-192.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1911. A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greeland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 29: 1-791.
Scheffer, T. H. 1904. Four new spiders from Kansas. Ent. News 15: 257-260.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ARANEIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871‡‡
H. alberta Levi, 1972 ...............Russia, Canada
H. groenlandica Simon, 1889 ...............USA, Canada, Greenland
H. heri (Hahn, 1831) ...............Palearctic
H. pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) ...............Holarctic
H. rubens (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, Canada
H. sanguinea (C. L. Koch, 1844) ...............Palearctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution