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Metepeira palustris Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942

FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
    Genus: Metepeira F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903

        Species: Metepeira palustris Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942

Common Names

Family Common Name:  orbweavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:   AB BC NB NS ON SK MT
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

Metepeira palustris Chamberlin & Ivie 1942
Metepeira grandiosa palustris Levi 1977
Metepeira palustris Dondale et al. 2003
Metepeira palustris Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1942. A hundred new species of American spiders. Bull. Univ. Utah 32(13): 1-117.

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. 1977. The orb-weaver genera Metepeira, Kaira and Aculepeira in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 148: 185-238.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

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 Metepeira F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903‡‡

M. arizonica Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA, Mexico
M. comanche Levi, 1977 ...............USA, Mexico
M. crassipes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA, Mexico
M. datona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA, Greater Antilles
M. foxi Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 ...............USA, Canada
M. gosoga Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA, Mexico
M. grandiosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 ...............North America
M. labyrinthea (Hentz, 1847) ...............North America
M. minima Gertsch, 1936 ...............USA to Honduras
M. pimungan Piel, 2001 ...............USA
M. spinipes F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903 ...............USA, Mexico
M. ventura Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA, Mexico

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution