The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/22127
Cicurina brevis (Emerton, 1889)
FAMILY: DICTYNIDAE O. P.-Cambridge, 1871
Genus: Cicurina Menge, 1871
Species: Cicurina brevis (Emerton, 1889)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
meshweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
ON CT NH NC PA
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†
| Cicurina brevis Emerton 1889 |
| Tegenaria brevis Emerton 1890 |
| Cicurina creber Banks 1892 |
| Cicurina brevis Emerton 1909 |
| Cicurina brevis Exline 1936 |
| Cicurina brevis Chamberlin & Ivie 1940 |
| Cicurina brevis Kaston 1948 |
| Cicurina brevis Roth & Brame 1972 |
| Cicurina brevis Brignoli 1979 |
| Cicurina brevis Roth 1982 |
| Cicurina brevis Roth 1985 |
| Cicurina brevis Roth 1994 |
| Cicurina brevis Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.
Brignoli, P. M. 1979. On some cave spiders from Guatemala and United States (Araneae). Revue suisse Zool. 86: 435-443.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1940. Agelenid spiders of the genus Cicurina. Bull. Univ. Utah 30(18): 1-108.
Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.
Emerton, J. H. 1890. New England spiders of the families Drassidae, Agalenidae and Dysderidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 166-206.
Exline, H. 1936. Nearctic spiders of the genus Cicurina Menge. Amer. Mus. Novit. 850: 1-25.
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.
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/DICTYNIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Cicurina Menge, 1871‡‡
C. aenigma Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. alpicora Barrows, 1945 ...............USA
C. arcata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. arcuata Keyserling, 1887 ...............USA, Canada
C. arizona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. arkansa Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. armadillo Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. atomaria Simon, 1898 ...............USA
C. bandera Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. bandida Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. baronia Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. barri Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. blanco Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. breviaria Bishop & Crosby, 1926 ...............USA
C. browni Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. brunsi Cokendolpher, 2004 ...............USA
C. bryantae Exline, 1936 ...............USA
C. bullis Cokendolpher, 2004 ...............USA
C. buwata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. caliga Cokendolpher & Reddell, 2001 ...............USA
C. cavealis Bishop & Crosby, 1926 ...............USA
C. caverna Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. colorada Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. coryelli Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. cueva Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. davisi Exline, 1936 ...............USA
C. delrio Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. deserticola Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. dorothea Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. ezelli Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. gertschi Exline, 1936 ...............USA
C. gruta Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. harrietae Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. hexops Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. holsingeri Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. hoodensis Cokendolpher & Reddell, 2001 ...............USA
C. idahoana Chamberlin, 1919 ...............USA, Canada
C. intermedia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 ...............USA
C. itasca Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. jonesi Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. joya Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. loftini Cokendolpher, 2004 ...............USA
C. ludoviciana Simon, 1898 ...............USA
C. machete Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. madla Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. marmorea Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. mckenziei Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. medina Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. menardia Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. microps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. minima Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. minnesota Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. minorata (Gertsch & Davis, 1936) ...............USA
C. mirifica Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. mixmaster Cokendolpher & Reddell, 2001 ...............USA
C. modesta Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. neovespera Cokendolpher, 2004 ...............USA
C. nevadensis Simon, 1886 ...............USA
C. obscura Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. oklahoma Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. orellia Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. pablo Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. pacifica Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. pagosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. pallida Keyserling, 1887 ...............USA
C. pampa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. parma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. pastura Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. patei Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. peckhami (Simon, 1898) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
C. placida Banks, 1892 ...............USA
C. platypus Cokendolpher, 2004 ...............USA
C. porteri Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. puentecilla Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. pusilla (Simon, 1886) ...............USA
C. rainesi Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. reclusa Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. reddelli Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. reyesi Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. riogrande Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 ...............USA
C. robusta Simon, 1886 ...............USA
C. rosae Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. rudimentops Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. russelli Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. sansaba Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. secreta Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. selecta Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. serena Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. shasta Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. sheari Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. sierra Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. simplex Simon, 1886 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
C. sintonia Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. sprousei Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. stowersi Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. suttoni Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. tacoma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. tersa Simon, 1886 ...............USA, Canada
C. texana (Gertsch, 1935) ...............USA
C. tortuba Chamberlin & Ivie, 1940 ...............USA
C. travisae Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. troglobia Cokendolpher, 2004 ...............USA
C. ubicki Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. utahana Chamberlin, 1919 ...............USA
C. uvalde Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. varians Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 ...............USA
C. venefica Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. venii Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. vespera Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. vibora Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. wartoni Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. watersi Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
C. wiltoni Gertsch, 1992 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution