Nearctic States & Provinces: BC ON SK CO CT MN NH WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/20912
Agelenopsis potteri (Blackwall, 1846)
FAMILY: AGELENIDAE C. L. Koch, 1837
Genus: Agelenopsis Giebel, 1869
Species: Agelenopsis potteri (Blackwall, 1846)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
funnel weavers
Genus Common Name:
grass spiders
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: North America, introduced in Russia
Nearctic States & Provinces:
BC ON SK CO CT MN NH WY
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:
(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†
| Agelena potteri Blackwall 1846 |
| Agelenopsis potteri Blackwall 1846 |
| Agelenopsis albipilis Giebel 1869 |
| Agelena potteri Exline 1938 |
| Agelena potteri Comstock 1940 |
| Agelenopsis potteri Chamberlin & Ivie 1941 |
| Agelenopsis potteri Kaston 1948 |
| Agelenopsis potteri Lehtinen 1967 |
| Agelenopsis potteri Roth & Brame 1972 |
| Agelenopsis potteri Roth 1982 |
| Agelenopsis potteri Roth 1985 |
| Agelenopsis potteri Bennett 1992 |
| Agelenopsis potteri Roth 1994 |
| Agelenopsis potteri Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Bennett, R. G. 1992. The spermathecal pores of spiders with special reference to dictynoids and amaurobioids (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Araneoclada). Proc. ent. Soc. Ontario 123: 1-21.
Blackwall, J. 1846. Notice of spiders captured by Professor Potter in Canada, with descriptions of such species as appear to be new to science. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 17: 30-44, 76-82.
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.
Exline, H. 1938. The Araneida of Washington: Agelenidae and Hahniidae. Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 9(1): 1-44.
Giebel, C. G. 1869. Über einige Spinnen aus Illinois. Zeitschr. gesam. Naturw. 33: 248-253.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Lehtinen, P. T. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Ann. Zool. Fenn. 4: 199-468.
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.
Roth, V. D. 1982. Handbook for spider identification. Published by the author, Portal, Arizona.
Roth, V. D. & P. L. Brame. 1972. Nearctic genera of the spider family Agelenidae (Arachnida, Araneida). Am. Mus. Novit. 2505: 1-52.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/AGELENIDAE.html
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. pennsylvanica (C. L. Koch, 1843) ...............USA
A. spatula Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA
A. utahana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution