Nearctic States & Provinces: AB YT CT MN NH
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/24164
Agroeca ornata Banks, 1892
FAMILY: LIOCRANIDAE Simon, 1897
Genus: Agroeca Westring, 1861
Species: Agroeca ornata Banks, 1892
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
liocranid spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Alaska, Russia
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB YT CT MN NH
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:
ground litter, decaying logs in fir, pine, spruce, cedar, oak, maple, beach, poplar forests, pastures, meadows, marshes, sphagnum bogs, mosses, lichens (Dondale & Redner, 1982).
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)
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 4.75 mm
A = 2.28 mm
C = 1.75 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 5.55 mm
A = 2.21 mm
C = 1.68 mm
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Descriptions Source:
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.
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Agroeca ornata Banks 1892 |
| Agroeca repens Emerton 1894 |
| Agroeca ornata Kaston 1938 |
| Rachodrassus monroensis Kaston 1938 |
| Agroeca ornata Chickering 1939 |
| Agroeca ornata Kaston 1945 |
| Agroeca ornata Kaston 1948 |
| Agroeca ornata Dondale & Redner 1982 |
| Agroeca ornata Mikhailov & Marusik 1996 |
| Agroeca ornata Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.
Chickering, A. M. 1939. Anyphaenidae and Clubionidae of Michigan. Pap. Michig. Acad. Sci. 24: 49-84.
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. 1894. Canadian spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 9: 400-429.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Kaston, B. J. 1945. New spiders in the group Dionycha with notes on other species. Am. Mus. Novit. 1290: 1-25.
Kaston, B. J. 1938. North American spiders of the genus Agroeca. Amer. Midl. Nat. 20: 562-570.
Kaston, B. J. 1938. New spiders from New England with notes on other species. Bull. Brooklyn ent. Soc. 33: 173-191.
Mikhailov, K. G. & Y. M. Marusik. 1996. Spiders of the north-east of the USSR. Families Clubionidae, Zoridae, Liocranidae and Gnaphosidae (genus Micaria) (Arachnida, Aranei). In Entomological Studies in the North-East of the USSR. USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biologica
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/LIOCRANIDAE.html
Natural History References
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.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Agroeca Westring, 1861‡‡
A. brunnea (Blackwall, 1833) ...............Palearctic
A. kastoni Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 ...............USA
A. minuta Banks, 1895 ...............USA
A. pratensis Emerton, 1890 ...............USA, Canada
A. spinifera Kaston, 1938 ...............USA
A. trivittata (Keyserling, 1887) ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: LIOCRANIDAE, Agroeca ornata Banks, 1892.
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/24164 (Accessed: 10/7/2008 5:08:19 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2006-03-22T08:39:02Z