Nearctic States & Provinces: CO CT LA MA NH ND PA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/20911
Agelenopsis pennsylvanica (C. L. Koch, 1843)
FAMILY: AGELENIDAE C. L. Koch, 1837
Genus: Agelenopsis Giebel, 1869
Species: Agelenopsis pennsylvanica (C. L. Koch, 1843)
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
General Comments: The size of the adults of this species is highly variable. The measurements indicated below are the largest recorded extremes by Chamberlin & Ivie (1941).
Common Names
Family Common Name:
funnel weavers
Genus Common Name:
grass spiders
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CO CT LA MA NH ND PA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
sheet web builders
‡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:
Often found close to or in buildings (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941).
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)
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 13 mm
A = 6.4 mm
C = 4.3 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 17 mm
A = 7 mm
C = 4.6 mm
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Descriptions Source:
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1941. North American Agelenidae of the genera Agelenopsis, Calilena, Ritalena and Tortolena. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 34: 585-628.
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Agelena pensylvanica C. L. Koch 1843 |
| Agelenopsis pennsylvanica C. L. Koch 1843 |
| Agelena americana Keyserling 1878 |
| Agelena naevia (var.) Comstock 1912 |
| Agelena pennsylvanica Exline 1938 |
| Agelena pennsylvanica Comstock 1940 |
| Agelenopsis americana Seyler 1941 |
| Agelenopsis pennsylvanica Chamberlin & Ivie 1941 |
| Agelenopsis pennsylvanica Muma 1943 |
| Agelenopsis pennsylvanica Kaston 1948 |
| Agelenopsis pennsylvanica Gering 1953 |
| Agelenopsis pennsylvanica Kaston 1963 |
Taxonomic References†
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1941. North American Agelenidae of the genera Agelenopsis, Calilena, Ritalena and Tortolena. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 34: 585-628.
Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.
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
Exline, H. 1938. The Araneida of Washington: Agelenidae and Hahniidae. Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 9(1): 1-44.
Gering, R. L. 1953. Structure and function of the genitalia in some American agelenid spiders. Smithsonian misc. Coll. 121(4): 1-84.
Kaston, B. J. 1963. Deformities of external genitalia in spiders. Jl N. Y. ent. Soc. 71: 30-39.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1878. Spinnen aus Uruguay und einigen anderen Gegenden Amerikas. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 27: 571-624.
Koch, C. L. 1843. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Zehnter Band, pp. 37-142.
Muma, M. H. 1943. Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp.
Seyler, P. J. 1941. The generic and specific status of four Ohio spiders of the genus Agelenopsis. Ohio J. Sci. 41: 51-69.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/AGELENIDAE.html
Natural History References
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1941. North American Agelenidae of the genera Agelenopsis, Calilena, Ritalena and Tortolena. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 34: 585-628.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Agelenopsis Giebel, 1869‡‡
A. actuosa (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) ...............USA, Canada
A. aleenae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA
A. aperta (Gertsch, 1934) ...............USA, Mexico
A. emertoni Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA
A. kastoni Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 ...............USA
A. longistyla (Banks, 1901) ...............USA
A. naevia (Walckenaer, 1842) ...............USA, Canada
A. oklahoma (Gertsch, 1936) ...............USA
A. oregonensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA
A. potteri (Blackwall, 1846) ...............North America, introduced in Russia
A. spatula Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA
A. utahana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: AGELENIDAE, Agelenopsis pennsylvanica (C. L. Koch, 1843).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/20911 (Accessed: 7/25/2008 10:31:18 AM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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