Nearctic States & Provinces: AB YT CO MT
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/23203
Titanoeca nivalis Simon, 1874
FAMILY: TITANOECIDAE Lehtinen, 1967
Genus: Titanoeca Thorell, 1870
Species: Titanoeca nivalis Simon, 1874
Author of this page: Hancock, John (Page complete and awaiting review)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
titanoecid spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB YT CO MT
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:
Under logs and stones in cool, sheltered places, deciduous woods, ground litter, stoney mountain slopes, retreats under slabs of rock.
Life & Natural History:
Cone-shaped space web often found attached to the undersides of rocks or other substrate which have a scooped-out cavity. One to three egg sacs can also be found. Food remains can be found in the vicinity of these webs and consist of springtails, small crickets and ants.
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Hancock, John
Details About Males
Description:
Carapace a rich orange-red, abdomen dark brown with no markings.Legs dark brown with a tint of orange.
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 5 mm
A = 2.4 mm
C = 2 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
Credit: Hancock, John
Details About Females
Description:
Carapace a brown-orange, abdomen dark brown with no markings.Legs dark brown with a tint of orange.
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 7.5 mm
A = 2.7 mm
C = 2.2 mm
Image of Epigynum:
Credit: Hancock, John
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Titanoeca nivalis Simon 1874 |
| Ciniflo nivalis Lessert 1910 |
| Titanoeca nivalis Simon 1914 |
| Titanoeca silvicola Chamberlin 1947 |
| Titanoeca silvicola Chamberlin & Ivie 1947 |
| Titanoeca nivalis Hubert 1966 |
| Titanoeca silvicola Leech 1972 |
| Titanoeca nivalis Thaler 1981 |
| Titanoeca nivalis Wunderlich 1993 |
| Titanoeca nivalis Marusik 1995 |
| Titanoeca nivalis Mcheidze 1997 |
| Titanoeca nivalis Almquist 2006 |
Taxonomic References†
Almquist, S. 2006. Swedish Araneae, part 2--families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 63: 285-601.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1947. A summary of the known North American Amaurobiidae. Bull. Univ. Utah 38(8): 1-31.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1947. The spiders of Alaska. Bull. Univ. Utah 37(10): 1-103.
Hubert, M. 1966. Remarques sur quelques espèces d'araignées appartenant au genre Titanoeca Thorell, 1870. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris 38: 238-246.
Leech, R. E. 1972. A revision of the Nearctic Amaurobiidae (Arachnida: Araneida). Mem. ent. Soc. Can. 84: 1-182.
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.
Lessert, R. de. 1910. Catalogue des invertebres de la Suisse. Fasc. 3, Araignées. Musée d'histoire naturelle de Genève, pp. 1-635.
Marusik, Y. M. 1995. A review of the spider genus Titanoeca from Siberia (Aranei: Titanoecidae). Beitr. Araneol. 4: 123-132.
Mcheidze, T. S. 1997. [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi Univ., 390 pp. (in Georgian).
Simon, E. 1914. Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 1re partie. Paris, 6: 1-308.
Simon, E. 1874. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 1: 1-272.
Thaler, K. 1981. Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Nordtirol (Österreich). Veröff. Mus. Ferdinandeum Innsbr. 61: 105-150.
Wunderlich, J. 1993. Beschreibung einer bisher unbekannten Spinnenart der Gattung Titanoeca Thorell aus Deutschland (Arachnida: Araneae: Titanoecidae). Ent. Z., Frankf. a. M. 103: 347-351.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/TITANOECIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Titanoeca Thorell, 1870‡‡
T. americana Emerton, 1888 ...............North America
T. brunnea Emerton, 1888 ...............USA, Canada
T. flavicoma L. Koch, 1872 ...............Palearctic
T. nigrella (Chamberlin, 1919) ...............North America
T. quadriguttata (Hahn, 1833) ...............Palearctic
T. schineri L. Koch, 1872 ...............Palearctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Hancock, John. submitted. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: TITANOECIDAE, Titanoeca nivalis Simon, 1874.
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/23203 (Accessed: 12/4/2008 5:11:10 PM).
Author Email Address: spidermanjohn@shaw.ca
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