Nearctic States & Provinces: NC PA SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/23700
Anyphaena pectorosa L. Koch, 1866
FAMILY: ANYPHAENIDAE Bertkau, 1878
Genus: Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833
Species: Anyphaena pectorosa L. Koch, 1866
Common Names
Family Common Name:
ghost spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
NC PA SC
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 pectorosa L. Koch 1866 |
| Anyphaena calcarata Emerton 1890 |
| Anyphaena calcarata Emerton 1902 |
| Gayenna calcarata Banks 1910 |
| Gayenna pectorosa Bishop & Crosby 1926 |
| Anyphaena pectorosa Bryant 1931 |
| Anyphaena pectorosa Chickering 1939 |
| Anyphaena pectorosa Comstock 1940 |
| Anyphaena pectorosa Kaston 1948 |
| Anyphaena pectorosa Platnick 1974 |
| Anyphaena pectorosa Dondale & Redner 1982 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1910. Catalogue of Nearctic spiders. Bull. U. S. nat. Mus. 72: 1-80.
Bishop, S. C. & C. R. Crosby. 1926. Notes on the spiders of the southeastern United States with descriptions of new species. Journ. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 41: 163-212.
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.
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.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Koch, L. 1866. Die Arachniden-Familie der Drassiden. Nürnberg, Hefte 1-6, pp. 1-304.
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. 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. 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. rita Platnick, 1974 ...............USA, Mexico
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution