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:
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