Nearctic States & Provinces: BC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/23651
Anyphaena aperta (Banks, 1921)
FAMILY: ANYPHAENIDAE Bertkau, 1878
Genus: Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833
Species: Anyphaena aperta (Banks, 1921)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
ghost spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
BC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
foliage runners
‡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†
| Anyphaena aperta Banks 1921 |
| Gayenna aperta Banks 1921 |
| Anyphaena aperta Bryant 1931 |
| Anyphaena aperta Fox 1938 |
| Anyphaena aperta Platnick 1974 |
| Anyphaena aperta Dondale & Redner 1982 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1921. New Californian spiders. Proc. Californ. Acad. Sci. 11: 90-102.
Bryant, E. B. 1931. Note on the North American Anyphaeninae in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Psyche 38: 102-126.
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1982. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 9. The sac spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Clubionidae and Anyphaenidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1724: 1-194.
Fox, I. 1938. Notes on North American spiders of the families Gnaphosidae, Anyphaenidae and Clubionidae. Iowa State Coll. Jour. Sci. 12: 227-243.
Platnick, N. I. 1974. The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 146: 205-266.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ANYPHAENIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833‡‡
A. alachua Platnick, 1974 ...............USA
A. arbida Platnick, 1974 ...............USA
A. autumna Platnick, 1974 ...............USA
A. banksi Strand, 1906 ...............USA
A. californica (Banks, 1904) ...............USA
A. catalina Platnick, 1974 ...............USA, Mexico
A. celer (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, Canada
A. cochise Platnick, 1974 ...............USA
A. crebrispina Chamberlin, 1919 ...............USA
A. dixiana (Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929) ...............USA
A. fraterna (Banks, 1896) ...............USA
A. gertschi Platnick, 1974 ...............USA
A. gibboides Platnick, 1974 ...............USA
A. hespar Platnick, 1974 ...............USA, Mexico
A. judicata O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 ...............USA to Guatemala
A. lacka Platnick, 1974 ...............USA
A. maculata (Banks, 1896) ...............USA
A. marginalis (Banks, 1901) ...............USA, Mexico
A. pacifica (Banks, 1896) ...............USA, Canada
A. pectorosa L. Koch, 1866 ...............USA, Canada
A. rita Platnick, 1974 ...............USA, Mexico
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution