The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/22106

Brommella monticola (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936)

FAMILY: DICTYNIDAE O. P.-Cambridge, 1871
    Genus: Brommella Tullgren, 1948

        Species: Brommella monticola (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  meshweavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces:   AB

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)

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 monticola Gertsch & Mulaik 1936
Brommella monticola Gertsch & Mulaik 1936
Pagomys uinta Chamberlin 1948
Pagomys monticola Chamberlin & Gertsch 1958
Brommella monticola Lehtinen 1967
Brommella monticola Roth 1985
Brommella monticola Roth 1994

Taxonomic References

Chamberlin, R. V. 1948. The genera of North American Dictynidae. Bull. Univ. Utah 38(15): 1-31.

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. J. Gertsch. 1958. The spider family Dictynidae in America north of Mexico. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 116: 1-152.

Gertsch, W. J. & S. Mulaik. 1936. Diagnoses of new southern Spiders. Amer. Mus. Novit. 851: 1-21.

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.

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.

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 Brommella Tullgren, 1948‡‡

B. bishopi (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) ...............USA
B. lactea (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution