The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/22931

Coras montanus (Emerton, 1889)

FAMILY: AMAUROBIIDAE Thorell, 1870
    Genus: Coras Simon, 1898

        Species: Coras montanus (Emerton, 1889)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  hackledmesh weavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:   MI NH
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: 


Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:  sheet 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:

   seasonality
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

Coras montanus Emerton 1889
Coelotes montanus Emerton 1890
Coras montanus Chamberlin 1925
Coras montanus Muma 1946
Coras montanus Kaston 1948
Coelotes montanus Lehtinen 1967
Coras montanus Roth 1982
Coras montanus Roth 1985
Coras montanus Roth 1994
Coras montanus Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References

Chamberlin, R. V. 1925. Notes on North American spiders heretofore referred to Coelotes. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 38: 119-124.

Emerton, J. H. 1890. New England spiders of the families Drassidae, Agalenidae and Dysderidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 166-206.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Lehtinen, P. T. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Ann. Zool. Fenn. 4: 199-468.

Muma, M. H. 1946. North American Agelenidae of the genus Coras Simon. Am. Mus. Novit. 1329: 1-20.

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/AMAUROBIIDAE.html

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Coras Simon, 1898‡‡

C. aerialis Muma, 1946 ...............USA
C. alabama Muma, 1946 ...............USA
C. angularis Muma, 1944 ...............USA
C. cavernorum Barrows, 1940 ...............USA
C. crescentis Muma, 1944 ...............USA
C. furcatus Muma, 1946 ...............USA
C. juvenilis (Keyserling, 1881) ...............USA
C. kisatchie Muma, 1946 ...............USA
C. lamellosus (Keyserling, 1887) ...............USA
C. medicinalis (Hentz, 1821) ...............USA, Canada
C. parallelis Muma, 1944 ...............USA
C. perplexus Muma, 1946 ...............USA
C. taugynus Chamberlin, 1925 ...............USA
C. tennesseensis Muma, 1946 ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution