Nearctic States & Provinces: CO OK TX
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/22256
Dictyna bellans Chamberlin, 1919
FAMILY: DICTYNIDAE O. P.-Cambridge, 1871
Genus: Dictyna Sundevall, 1833
Species: Dictyna bellans Chamberlin, 1919
Common Names
Family Common Name:
meshweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Mexico
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CO OK TX
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:
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Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
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Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Dictyna bellans Chamberlin 1919 |
| Dictyna longispina Gertsch & Mulaik 1940 |
| Dictyna extensa Jones 1947 |
| Dictyna bellans Chamberlin & Gertsch 1958 |
Taxonomic References†
Chamberlin, R. V. 1919. New western spiders. Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 12: 239-260.
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. 1940. The spiders of Texas. I. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 77: 307-340.
Jones, S. 1947. Descriptions of some species of the spider genus Dictyna. Field and Laboratory 15: 1-35.
†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 Dictyna Sundevall, 1833‡‡
D. abundans Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 ...............USA
D. agressa Ivie, 1947 ...............USA
D. alaskae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 ...............Holarctic
D. annexa Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico
D. apacheca Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA
D. arundinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) ...............Holarctic
D. bellans hatchi Jones, 1948 ...............USA
D. bostoniensis Emerton, 1888 ...............USA, Canada
D. brevitarsa Emerton, 1915 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
D. calcarata Banks, 1904 ...............USA, Mexico, Hawaii
D. cavata Jones, 1947 ...............USA, Cuba
D. cebolla Ivie, 1947 ...............USA
D. cholla Gertsch & Davis, 1942 ...............USA, Mexico
D. civica (Lucas, 1850) ...............Europe, North Africa, North America
D. coloradensis Chamberlin, 1919 ...............USA
D. crosbyi Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 ...............USA
D. dauna Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA, Bahama Is.
D. foliacea (Hentz, 1850) ...............USA, Canada
D. formidolosa Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 ...............USA, Canada
D. gloria Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 ...............USA
D. idahoana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 ...............USA
D. juno Ivie, 1947 ...............USA
D. longispina Emerton, 1888 ...............USA
D. major Menge, 1869 ...............Holarctic
D. marilina Chamberlin, 1948 ...............USA
D. minuta Emerton, 1888 ...............USA, Canada
D. mora Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA
D. nebraska Gertsch, 1946 ...............USA
D. peon Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA, Mexico
D. personata Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico
D. pictella Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA
D. pusilla Thorell, 1856 ...............Palearctic
D. quadrispinosa Emerton, 1919 ...............USA
D. saepei Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 ...............USA
D. saltona Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA
D. sancta Gertsch, 1946 ...............USA, Canada
D. secuta Chamberlin, 1924 ...............USA, Mexico
D. sierra Chamberlin, 1948 ...............USA
D. subpinicola Ivie, 1947 ...............USA
D. sylvania Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 ...............USA
D. terrestris Emerton, 1911 ...............USA
D. tridentata Bishop & Ruderman, 1946 ...............USA
D. tucsona Chamberlin, 1948 ...............USA, Mexico
D. uncinata Thorell, 1856 ...............Palearctic
D. volucripes Keyserling, 1881 ...............North America
D. volucripes volucripoides Ivie, 1947 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution