Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC MB MN NB NL NT NS ON PE QC SK YT CO NJ ND PA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16190
Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831)
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871
Species: Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC MB MN NB NL NT NS ON PE QC SK YT CO NJ ND PA
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: Wigney, Bev
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†
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall 1831 |
| Theridion pygmaeum Sundevall 1831 |
| Micryphantes anthracinus C. L. Koch 1837 |
| Phrurolithus trifasciatus C. L. Koch 1839 |
| Singa anthracina C. L. Koch 1844 |
| Singa trifasciata C. L. Koch 1844 |
| Epeira nigrifrons Westring 1851 |
| Epeira trifasciata Westring 1851 |
| Epeira anthracina Blackwall 1864 |
| Epeira herii Blackwall 1864 |
| Singa heerii Menge 1866 |
| Singa trifasciata Ohlert 1867 |
| Singa pygmaea Thorell 1870 |
| Hyposinga pygmaea Ausserer 1871 |
| Singa abbreviata Karsch 1873 |
| Singa pygmaea Simon 1874 |
| Singa aenea Kroneberg 1875 |
| Singa maculata Thorell 1875 |
| Singa grammica Simon 1884 |
| Singa variabilis Emerton 1884 |
| Singa pygmaea Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Microneta distincta Banks 1892 |
| Singa variabilis McCook 1894 |
| Singa pygmaea Becker 1896 |
| Singa pygmaea Bösenberg 1901 |
| Singa variabilis Emerton 1902 |
| Aranea (Singa) linyphiformis Bösenberg & Strand 1906 |
| Aranea (Singa) theridiformis Bösenberg & Strand 1906 |
| Linyphia bicolor Banks 1906 |
| Pronous laevisternis Simon 1909 |
| Singa cubana Banks 1909 |
| Araneus pygmaea Lessert 1910 |
| Araneus varians Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Linyphia banksi Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Microneta distincta Banks 1916 |
| Singa pygmaea Wiehle 1931 |
| Singa pygmaea Drensky 1943 |
| Singa melania Chamberlin & Ivie 1947 |
| Singa variabilis Kaston 1948 |
| Singa pygmaea Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Araneus itemvarians Bonnet 1955 |
| Singa pygmaea Yaginuma 1960 |
| Singa pygmaea Yaginuma 1962 |
| Singa pygmea Namkung 1964 |
| Singa (Hyposinga) pygmea Zamaraev 1964 |
| Singa pygmaea Yaginuma 1965 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Azheganova 1968 |
| Singa pygmaea Chu & Okuma 1970 |
| Singa pygmaea Miller 1971 |
| Singa pygmaea Yaginuma 1971 |
| Hypsosinga variabilis Levi 1972 |
| Singa pygmaea Loksa 1972 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Bakhvalov 1974 |
| Singa pygmaea Palmgren 1974 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Levi 1975 |
| Singa pygmaea Yin 1978 |
| Singa pygmaea Paik & Namkung 1979 |
| Singa pygmaea Song 1980 |
| Singa pygmaea Qiu 1981 |
| Singa pygmaea Wang 1981 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Levy 1984 |
| Singa pygmaea Hu 1984 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Roberts 1985 |
| Singa pygmaea Guo 1985 |
| Singa pygmaea Zhu et al. 1985 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Yaginuma 1986 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Zhang 1987 |
| Singa pygmaea Song 1987 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Marusik 1989 |
| Singa pygmaea Hu & Wu 1989 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Feng 1990 |
| Singa pygmaea Chen & Gao 1990 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Singa pygmaea Chen & Zhang 1991 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Okuma et al. 1993 |
| Singa pygmaea Zhao 1993 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Barrion & Litsinger 1995 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Levi 1995 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Roberts 1995 |
| Hypsosinga pigmaea Mcheidze 1997 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Yin et al. 1997 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Roberts 1998 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Hu 2001 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Song, Zhu & Chen 2001 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Kim & Kim 2002 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Levi 2002 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Namkung 2002 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Namkung 2003 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Hypsosinga pygmaea Almquist 2005 |
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†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. groenlandica Simon, 1889 ...............USA, Canada, Greenland
H. heri (Hahn, 1831) ...............Palearctic
H. rubens (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, Canada
H. sanguinea (C. L. Koch, 1844) ...............Palearctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution