Nearctic States & Provinces: AB ON CO MT NH PA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/24165
Agroeca pratensis Emerton, 1890
FAMILY: LIOCRANIDAE Simon, 1897
Genus: Agroeca Westring, 1861
Species: Agroeca pratensis Emerton, 1890
Common Names
Family Common Name:
liocranid spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB ON CO MT NH PA
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†
| Agroeca pratensis Emerton 1890 |
| Agroeca pratensis Emerton 1902 |
| Drassyllus wallacei Bryant 1935 |
| Agroeca pratensis Kaston 1938 |
| Agroeca pratensis Chickering 1939 |
| Agroeca pratensis Kaston 1948 |
| Agroeca pratensis Ubick & Roth 1973 |
| Agroeca pratensis Dondale & Redner 1982 |
| Agroeca pratensis Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Bryant, E. B. 1935. A few southern spiders. Psyche 42: 73-83.
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. 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.
Kaston, B. J. 1938. North American spiders of the genus Agroeca. Amer. Midl. Nat. 20: 562-570.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Ubick, D. & V. D. Roth. 1973. Index to synonymy and invalid names in Nearctic Gnaphosidae, including Mexico. Am. Arachnol. 9(suppl. 3): 1-6.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/LIOCRANIDAE.html
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. ornata Banks, 1892 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska, Russia
A. spinifera Kaston, 1938 ...............USA
A. trivittata (Keyserling, 1887) ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution