Nearctic States & Provinces: NC SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/24087
Wulfila albens (Hentz, 1847)
FAMILY: ANYPHAENIDAE Bertkau, 1878
Genus: Wulfila O. P.-Cambridge, 1895
Species: Wulfila albens (Hentz, 1847)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
ghost spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces:
NC 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†
| Clubiona albens Hentz 1847 |
| Wulfila albens Hentz 1847 |
| Chiracanthium albens Simon 1897 |
| Anyphaenella alba Bryant 1931 |
| Wulfila alba Platnick 1974 |
Taxonomic References†
Bryant, E. B. 1931. Note on the North American Anyphaeninae in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Psyche 38: 102-126.
Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.
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 Wulfila O. P.-Cambridge, 1895‡‡
W. bryantae Platnick, 1974 ...............USA, Mexico
W. immaculatus Banks, 1914 ...............USA, Cuba, Puerto Rico
W. immaculellus (Gertsch, 1933) ...............USA, Mexico
W. saltabundus (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, Canada
W. scopulatus Simon, 1897 ...............America
W. tantillus Chickering, 1940 ...............USA to Panama
W. wunda Platnick, 1974 ...............USA, Cuba, Mona Is.
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution