Nearctic States & Provinces: QC CT IL IN NH
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/23097
Wadotes calcaratus (Keyserling, 1887)
FAMILY: AMAUROBIIDAE Thorell, 1870
Genus: Wadotes Chamberlin, 1925
Species: Wadotes calcaratus (Keyserling, 1887)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
hackledmesh weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
QC CT IL IN 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†
| Wadotes calcaratus Keyserling 1887 |
| Coelotes nigriceps Banks 1895 |
| Coelotes calcaratus Emerton 1909 |
| Wadotes calcaratus Chamberlin 1925 |
| Wadotes calcaratus Muma 1947 |
| Wadotes calcaratus Kaston 1948 |
| Wadotes calcaratus Lehtinen 1967 |
| Wadotes calcaratus Shear 1967 |
| Wadotes calcaratus Bennett 1987 |
| Wadotes calcaratus Bennett 1992 |
| Wadotes calcaratus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1895. A list of the spiders of Long Island; with descriptions of new species. Jour. New York Ent. Soc. 3: 76-93.
Bennett, R. G. 1992. The spermathecal pores of spiders with special reference to dictynoids and amaurobioids (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Araneoclada). Proc. ent. Soc. Ontario 123: 1-21.
Bennett, R. G. 1987. Systematics and natural history of Wadotes (Araneae, Agelenidae). J. Arachnol. 15: 91-128.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1925. Notes on North American spiders heretofore referred to Coelotes. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 38: 119-124.
Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.
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.
Keyserling, E. 1887. Neue Spinnen aus America. VII. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 37: 421-490.
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, H. K. 1947. North American Agelenidae of the genus Wadotes Chamb. Am. Mus. Novit. 1334: 1-12.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Shear, W. A. 1967. Expanding the palpi of male spiders. Breviora 259: 1-27.
†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 Wadotes Chamberlin, 1925‡‡
W. bimucronatus (Simon, 1898) ...............USA
W. carinidactylus Bennett, 1987 ...............USA
W. deceptis Bennett, 1987 ...............USA
W. dixiensis Chamberlin, 1925 ...............USA
W. georgiensis Howell, 1974 ...............USA
W. hybridus (Emerton, 1889) ...............USA, Canada
W. mumai Bennett, 1987 ...............USA
W. saturnus Bennett, 1987 ...............USA
W. tennesseensis Gertsch, 1936 ...............USA
W. willsi Bennett, 1987 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution