The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19772

Pisaurina dubia (Hentz, 1847)

FAMILY: PISAURIDAE Simon, 1890
    Genus: Pisaurina Simon, 1898

        Species: Pisaurina dubia (Hentz, 1847)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  nursery web spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces:   MO OK SC TX
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: 


Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:  ambushers
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:

   seasonality
Image(s) of Habitus:


Credit: larvalbug,

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

Pisaurina dubia Hentz 1847
Thomisus dubius Hentz 1847
Thomisus tenuis Hentz 1847
Maypacius floridanus Simon 1898
Thanatidius dubius Simon 1898
Thanatidius tenuis Simon 1898
Maypacius floridanus Banks 1913
Thanatidius dubius Bishop 1924
Thanatidius tenuis Bishop 1924
Thanatidius dubius Bishop & Crosby 1936
Pisaurina dubia Carico 1972

Taxonomic References

Banks, N. 1913. Notes on the types of some American spiders in European collections. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 65: 177-188.

Bishop, S. C. 1924. A revision of the Pisauridae of the United States. New York St. Mus. Bull. 252: 1-140.

Bishop, S. C. & C. R. Crosby. 1936. Notes on some spiders of the family Pisauridae (Araneae). Ent. News 47: 238-244.

Bryant, E. B. 1945. Some new or little known southern spiders. Psyche, Camb. 52: 178-192.

Carico, J. E. 1972. The Nearctic spider genus Pisaurina (Pisauridae). Psyche, Camb. 79: 295-310.

Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.

Simon, E. 1898. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 193-380.

Simon, E. 1898. Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux des familles des Agelenidae, Pisauridae, Lycosidae et Oxyopidae. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 42: 1-34.

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/PISAURIDAE.html

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Pisaurina Simon, 1898‡‡

P. brevipes (Emerton, 1911) ...............USA, Canada
P. mira (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............USA, Canada
P. undulata (Keyserling, 1887) ...............USA, Cuba

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution