Nearctic States & Provinces: NJ PA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/22470
Lathys pallida (Marx, 1891)
FAMILY: DICTYNIDAE O. P.-Cambridge, 1871
Genus: Lathys Simon, 1884
Species: Lathys pallida (Marx, 1891)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
meshweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
NJ 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:
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Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Lathys pallida Marx 1891 |
| Neophanes pallidus Marx 1891 |
| Neophanes pallidus Banks 1892 |
| Scotolathys pallida Simon 1892 |
| Scotolathys pallida Emerton 1909 |
| Scotolathys pallida Comstock 1912 |
| Lathys pallida Gertsch 1946 |
| Scotolathys pallida Kaston 1948 |
| Lathys pallida Chamberlin & Gertsch 1958 |
| Lathys pallida 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.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. J. Gertsch. 1958. The spider family Dictynidae in America north of Mexico. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 116: 1-152.
Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721
Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.
Gertsch, W. J. 1946. Notes on American spiders of the family Dictynidae. Am. Mus. Novit. 1319: 1-21.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Marx, G. 1891. A contribution to the knowledge of North American spiders. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 2: 28-37.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Simon, E. 1892. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 1-256.
†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 Lathys Simon, 1884‡‡
L. alberta Gertsch, 1946 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska, Russia
L. albida Gertsch, 1946 ...............USA
L. delicatula (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) ...............USA
L. dixiana Ivie & Barrows, 1935 ...............USA
L. foxi (Marx, 1891) ...............USA
L. humilis (Blackwall, 1855) ...............Palearctic
L. immaculata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) ...............USA
L. maculina Gertsch, 1946 ...............USA
L. stigmatisata (Menge, 1869) ...............Palearctic
L. sylvania Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution