Nearctic States & Provinces: CT NH NJ OK PA SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/19773
Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837)
nursery web spider
FAMILY: PISAURIDAE Simon, 1890
Genus: Pisaurina Simon, 1898
Species: Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer, 1837)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
nursery web spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
nursery web spider
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CT NH NJ OK PA SC
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:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Wigney, Bev
Credit: Murray, Tom
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†
| Dolomedes mirus Walckenaer 1837 |
| Dolomedes virgatus Walckenaer 1837 |
| Pisaurina mira Walckenaer 1837 |
| Micrommata carolinensis Hentz 1845 |
| Micrommata marmorata Hentz 1845 |
| Micrommata serrata Hentz 1845 |
| Micrommata undata Hentz 1845 |
| Dolomedes binotatus C. L. Koch 1847 |
| Micrommata subinflata Hentz 1850 |
| Ocyale mira Simon 1864 |
| Ocyale virgata Simon 1864 |
| Micrommata canadensis Emerton 1876 |
| Ocyale undata Emerton 1885 |
| Pisaurina mira Simon 1898 |
| Ocyale undata Emerton 1902 |
| Ocyale undata Montgomery 1902 |
| Dolomedes mira Montgomery 1904 |
| Pisaurina undata Banks 1910 |
| Pisaurina mira Comstock 1912 |
| Pisaurina mira Bishop 1924 |
| Dapanus mirus Bryant 1941 |
| Pisaurina mira Muma 1943 |
| Pisaurina mira Kaston 1948 |
| Pisaurina mira subinflata Kaston 1948 |
| Pisaurina mira Carico 1972 |
| Pisaurina mira Roth 1985 |
| Pisaurina mira Sierwald 1989 |
| Pisaurina mira Dondale & Redner 1990 |
| Pisaurina mira Sierwald 1990 |
| Pisaurina mira Roth 1994 |
| Pisaurina mira Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1910. Catalogue of Nearctic spiders. Bull. U. S. nat. Mus. 72: 1-80.
Bishop, S. C. 1924. A revision of the Pisauridae of the United States. New York St. Mus. Bull. 252: 1-140.
Bryant, E. B. 1941. Notes on the spider fauna of New England. Psyche, Camb. 48: 129-146.
Carico, J. E. 1972. The Nearctic spider genus Pisaurina (Pisauridae). Psyche, Camb. 79: 295-310.
Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1990. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 17. The wolf spiders, nurseryweb spiders, and lynx spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Lycosidae, Pisauridae, and Oxyopidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1856: 1-383.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1885. New England Lycosidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 481-505.
Emerton, J. H. 1876. Spiders common to New England and Europe. Psyche 1: 129-131.
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Hentz, N. M. 1845. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 189-202.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Koch, C. L. 1847. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Vierzehnter Band, pp. 89-210, Funfzehnter Band, pp. 1-136, Sechszehnter Band, pp. 1-80.
Montgomery, T. H. 1904. Descriptions of North American Araneae of the families Lycosidae and Pisauridae. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 56: 261-325.
Montgomery, T. H. 1902. Descriptions of Lycosidae and Oxyopidae of Philadelphia and its vicinity. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 54: 534-592.
Muma, M. H. 1943. Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Roth, V. D. 1994. Spider Genera of North America, with Keys to Families and Genera, and a Guide to Literature, third edition. Am. Arachnol. Soc., Gainesville, 203 pp.
Roth, V. D. 1985. Spider genera of North America. American Arachnological Society, Gainesville, Florida.
Sierwald, P. 1990. Morphology and homologous features in the male palpal organ in Pisauridae and other spider families, with notes on the taxonomy of Pisauridae (Arachnida: Araneae). Nemouria (Occas. Pap. Delaware Mus. nat. Hist.) 35: 1-59.
Sierwald, P. 1989. Morphology and ontogeny of female copulatory organs in American Pisauridae, with special reference to homologous features (Arachnida: Araneae). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 484: 1-24.
Simon, E. 1898. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 193-380.
Simon, E. 1864. Histoire naturelle des araignées (aranéides). Paris, pp. 1-540.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris, 1: 1-682.
†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. dubia (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA
P. undulata (Keyserling, 1887) ...............USA, Cuba
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution