Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC MB NB NL NT NS ON QC SK GA NH ND OH OK PA SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16193
Hypsosinga rubens (Hentz, 1847)
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871
Species: Hypsosinga rubens (Hentz, 1847)
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC MB NB NL NT NS ON QC SK GA NH ND OH OK PA SC
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:
pinewoods, woods, forest edge, shrubs, herbaceous vegetation, alfalfa and clover fields, leaf litter, under bark
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†
| Epeira rubens Hentz 1847 |
| Hypsosinga rubens Hentz 1847 |
| Singa maculata Emerton 1884 |
| Singa nigripes Keyserling 1884 |
| Singa maculata Keyserling 1892 |
| Singa nigripes Keyserling 1893 |
| Singa maculata McCook 1894 |
| Singa nigripes McCook 1894 |
| Singa modesta Banks 1896 |
| Singa truncata Banks 1901 |
| Singa hentzi Banks 1907 |
| Araneus hentzi Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Araneus modestus Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Araneus nigripes Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Araneus rubens Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Araneus tusus Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Singa rubens Archer 1940 |
| Singa truncata Kaston 1948 |
| Hypsosinga rubens Levi 1972 |
| Hypsosinga rubens Breene et al. 1993 |
| Hypsosinga rubens Levi 2002 |
| Hypsosinga rubens Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Hypsosinga rubens Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Archer, A. F. 1940. The Argiopidae or orb-weaving spiders of Alabama. Mus. Pap. geol. Surv. Ala 14: 1-77.
Banks, N. 1907. A preliminary list of the Arachnida of Indiana; with keys to families and genera of spiders. Rep. Indiana Geol. Surv. 31: 715-747.
Banks, N. 1901. Notes on some spiders of Walckenaer, Koch and others. Jour. New York ent. Soc. 9: 182-189.
Banks, N. 1896. New North American spiders and mites. Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 23: 57-77.
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.
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. 1884. New England spiders of the family Epeiridae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 295-342.
Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1893. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Nürnberg, 4: 209-377.
Keyserling, E. 1892. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Nürnberg, 4: 1-208.
Keyserling, E. 1884. Neue Spinnen aus America. V. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 33: 649-684.
Levi, H. W. 2002. Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas. J. Arachnol. 30: 527-562.
Levi, H. W. 1972. The orb-weaver genera Singa and Hypsosinga in America (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche, Camb. 78: 229-256.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
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.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ARANEIDAE.html
Natural History 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.
Levi, H. W. 1972. The orb-weaver genera Singa and Hypsosinga in America (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche, Camb. 78: 229-256.
Levi, H. W. 1972. Taxonomic-nomenclatural notes on misplaced theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with observations on Anelosimus. Trans. Am. microsc. Soc. 91: 533-538.
Levi, H. W. 1972. Observations on the reproductive physiology of the spider Singa (Araneidae). Arachnol. Congr. Internatl. V, pp. 189-192.
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. pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) ...............Holarctic
H. sanguinea (C. L. Koch, 1844) ...............Palearctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: ARANEIDAE, Hypsosinga rubens (Hentz, 1847).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16193 (Accessed: 12/4/2008 12:25:26 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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