Nearctic States & Provinces: CT NH VA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/23662
Anyphaena celer (Hentz, 1847)
FAMILY: ANYPHAENIDAE Bertkau, 1878
Genus: Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833
Species: Anyphaena celer (Hentz, 1847)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
ghost spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CT NH VA
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:
Credit: Dept. Biology, Samford University
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 celer Hentz 1847 |
| Clubiona celer Hentz 1847 |
| Anyphaena incerta Keyserling 1887 |
| Anyphaena incerta Emerton 1890 |
| Anyphaena celer Simon 1897 |
| Anyphaena incerta Emerton 1902 |
| Gayenna celer Comstock 1912 |
| Anyphaena celer Bryant 1931 |
| Anyphaena celer Chickering 1939 |
| Anyphaena celer Comstock 1940 |
| Anyphaena celer Kaston 1948 |
| Anyphaena celer Forster 1970 |
| Anyphaena celer Platnick 1974 |
| Anyphaena celer Dondale & Redner 1982 |
| Anyphaena celer Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Bryant, E. B. 1931. Note on the North American Anyphaeninae in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Psyche 38: 102-126.
Chickering, A. M. 1939. Anyphaenidae and Clubionidae of Michigan. Pap. Michig. Acad. Sci. 24: 49-84.
Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.
Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721
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.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1890. New England spiders of the families Drassidae, Agalenidae and Dysderidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 166-206.
Forster, R. R. 1970. The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Mus. Bull. 3: 1-184.
Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.
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.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Platnick, N. I. 1974. The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 146: 205-266.
Simon, E. 1897. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 1-192.
†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. aperta (Banks, 1921) ...............USA, Canada
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. 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