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Cicurina placida Banks, 1892

FAMILY: DICTYNIDAE O. P.-Cambridge, 1871
    Genus: Cicurina Menge, 1871
        Species: Cicurina placida Banks, 1892

Common Names

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

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA

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†

Cicurina placida Banks 1892
Cicurina placida Banks 1916
Cicurina placida Exline 1936
Cicurina placida Chamberlin & Ivie 1940
Cicurina lowriei Levi 1951
Cicurina lowriei Levi & Field 1954
Cicurina placida Roth & Brown 1986

Taxonomic References†

Banks, N. 1916. Revision of Cayuga Lake spiders. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 68: 68-84.

Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1940. Agelenid spiders of the genus Cicurina. Bull. Univ. Utah 30(18): 1-108.

Exline, H. 1936. Nearctic spiders of the genus Cicurina Menge. Amer. Mus. Novit. 850: 1-25.

Levi, H. W. 1951. New and rare spiders from Wisconsin and adjacent states. Am. Mus. Novit. 1501: 1-41.

Levi, H. W. & H. M. Field. 1954. The spiders of Wisconsin. Am. Midl. Nat. 51: 440-467.

Roth, V. D. & W. L. Brown. 1986. Catalog of Nearctic Agelenidae. Occ. Pap. Mus. Texas Tech Univ. 99: 1-21.

†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. brevis (Emerton, 1889) ...............USA, Canada
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. 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