Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC NT ON QC YT
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16186
Hypsosinga groenlandica Simon, 1889
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871
Species: Hypsosinga groenlandica Simon, 1889
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Greenland
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC NT ON QC YT
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:
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Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Hypsosinga groenlandica Simon 1889 |
| Aranea groenlandica Strand 1906 |
| Araneus groenlandicus Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Singa (Hyposinga) groenlandica Holm 1960 |
| Singa groenlandica Holm 1967 |
| Hypsosinga groenlandica Levi 1972 |
| Hypsosinga groenlandica Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Hypsosinga groenlandica 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.
Holm, Å. 1967. Spiders (Araneae) from west Greenland. Meddr Grønland 184(1): 1-99.
Holm, Å. 1960. Notes on Arctic spiders. Ark. Zool. 12: 511-514.
Levi, H. W. 1972. The orb-weaver genera Singa and Hypsosinga in America (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche, Camb. 78: 229-256.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
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.
Simon, E. 1889. Arachnides recueillis au Groenland, en 1888, par M. Ch. Rabot. Bull. Soc. zool. France 14: 289-291.
Strand, E. 1906. Die arktischen Araneae, Opiliones und Chernetes. In Römer-Schaudinn, Fauna Arctica. Jena, 4: 431-478.
†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. funebris (Keyserling, 1892) ...............USA, Canada
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