Nearctic States & Provinces: CO NH WA WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/22083
Argenna obesa Emerton, 1911
FAMILY: DICTYNIDAE O. P.-Cambridge, 1871
Genus: Argenna Thorell, 1870
Species: Argenna obesa Emerton, 1911
Common Names
Family Common Name:
meshweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CO NH WA WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
space 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†
| Argenna obesa Emerton 1911 |
| Argenna aktia Chamberlin & Ivie 1935 |
| Argenna obesa Kaston 1948 |
| Lathys hesperus Chamberlin 1948 |
| Argenna obesa Chamberlin & Gertsch 1958 |
| Argenna obesa Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Chamberlin, R. V. 1948. The genera of North American Dictynidae. Bull. Univ. Utah 38(15): 1-31.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1935. Miscellaneous new American spiders. Bull. Univ. Utah. 26(4): 1-79.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. J. Gertsch. 1958. The spider family Dictynidae in America north of Mexico. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 116: 1-152.
Emerton, J. H. 1911. New spiders from New England. Trans. Connect. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 16: 383-407.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
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/DICTYNIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Argenna Thorell, 1870‡‡
A. patula (Simon, 1874) ...............Palearctic
A. yakima Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution