Nearctic States & Provinces: AB CO
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/22259
Dictyna bostoniensis Emerton, 1888
FAMILY: DICTYNIDAE O. P.-Cambridge, 1871
Genus: Dictyna Sundevall, 1833
Species: Dictyna bostoniensis Emerton, 1888
Common Names
Family Common Name:
meshweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB CO
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:
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Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
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Details About Males
Description:
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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 bostoniensis Emerton 1888 |
| Dictyna sociella Chamberlin 1919 |
| Dictyna bostoniensis Jones 1947 |
| Dictyna bostoniensis Kaston 1948 |
| Emblyna bostoniensis Chamberlin 1948 |
| Dictyna bostoniensis Chamberlin & Gertsch 1958 |
| Dictyna bostoniensis Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Dictyna bostoniensis Griswold et al. 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
Chamberlin, R. V. 1948. The genera of North American Dictynidae. Bull. Univ. Utah 38(15): 1-31.
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.
Emerton, J. H. 1888. New England spiders of the family Ciniflonidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 7: 443-458.
Griswold, C. E., M. J. Ramírez, J. A. Coddington & N. I. Platnick. 2005. Atlas of phylogenetic data for entelegyne spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae: Entelegynae) with comments on their phylogeny. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 56(Suppl. II): 1-324.
Jones, S. 1947. Descriptions of some species of the spider genus Dictyna. Field and Laboratory 15: 1-35.
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 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 Chamberlin, 1919 ...............USA, Mexico
D. bellans hatchi Jones, 1948 ...............USA
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