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Clubiona moesta Banks, 1896

FAMILY: CLUBIONIDAE Wagner, 1887
    Genus: Clubiona Latreille, 1804
        Species: Clubiona moesta Banks, 1896

Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page complete and awaiting review)

General Comments: Males of C. moesta can be distinguished from other species of Clubiona by the presence of two teeth on the tegulum and by the 90o angle in the embolus near its base. The range of this species is Alaska to Nova Scotia, southward to Colorado and to Long Island, New York. Collections of C. moesta can be made by beating branches of deciduous trees. Specimens can also be found under loose bark, in wasp nests (as food for larvae), or in fall webworm nests. Material from Dondale & Redner (1982).

Common Names

Family Common Name:  sac spiders
Genus Common Name:  leafcurling sac spiders
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Alaska, China
Nearctic States & Provinces:   AB CO MT NE WY
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:  Under loose bark, branches of deciduous trees, hayfields, coniferous trees.
Life & Natural History:  Mature males from May to September and mature females from May to October. Females with egg sacs can be found in June (Dondale & Redner, 1982).

Seasonality of Specimen Records:


Image(s) of Habitus:  (images not yet available)

Details About Males

Description:  Carapace orange yellow to orange brown. Chelicerae orange brown to dull red each with five long erect setae on antrerior surface. Legs yellow. Abdomen dull red, dull yellow, or pale grey (Dondale & Redner, 1982).

Male Dimensions:

A+B = 4.4 mm  A = 1.97 mm  C = 1.42 mm 

Image of External Male Genitalia:  (image not yet available)

Details About Females

Description:  Carapace orange yellow to orange brown. Chelicerae orange brown to dull red each with five long erect setae on antrerior surface. Legs yellow. Abdomen dull red, dull yellow, or pale grey (Dondale & Redner, 1982).

Female Dimensions:

A+B = 4.6 mm  A = 2.12 mm  C = 1.53 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†

Clubiona pusilla Emerton 1890
Clubiona moesta Banks 1896
Clubiona emertoni Petrunkevitch 1911
Clubiona orinoma Chamberlin 1919
Clubiona moesta Chickering 1939
Clubiona emertoni Chamberlin & Ivie 1947
Clubiona moesta Kaston 1948
Clubiona moesta Edwards 1958
Clubiona moesta Dondale & Redner 1982
Clubiona moesta Song, Zhu & Chen 1999
Clubiona moesta Hu 2001
Clubiona moesta Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References†

Banks, N. 1896. New North American spiders and mites. Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 23: 57-77.

Chamberlin, R. V. 1919. New western spiders. Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 12: 239-260.

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1947. The spiders of Alaska. Bull. Univ. Utah 37(10): 1-103.

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.

Edwards, R. J. 1958. The spider subfamily Clubioninae of the United States, Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Clubionidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 118: 365-436.

Emerton, J. H. 1890. New England spiders of the families Drassidae, Agalenidae and Dysderidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 166-206.

Hu, J. L. 2001. Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

Petrunkevitch, A. 1911. A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greeland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 29: 1-791.

Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.

†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/CLUBIONIDAE.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 Clubiona Latreille, 1804‡‡

C. abboti L. Koch, 1866 ...............USA, Canada
C. abboti abbotoides Chamberlin & Ivie, 1946 ...............USA
C. adjacens Gertsch & Davis, 1936 ...............USA
C. alveolata L. Koch, 1873 ...............Samoa, Funafuti, Marquesas Is., Hawaii
C. angulata Dondale & Redner, 1976 ...............Canada
C. bishopi Edwards, 1958 ...............USA, Canada
C. bryantae Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
C. caerulescens L. Koch, 1867 ...............Palearctic
C. californica Fox, 1938 ...............USA
C. canadensis Emerton, 1890 ...............USA, Canada
C. catawba Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA
C. chippewa Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA, Canada
C. diversa O. P.-Cambridge, 1862 ...............Palearctic
C. dyasia Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA
C. estes Edwards, 1958 ...............USA
C. furcata Emerton, 1919 ...............North America, Russia
C. genevensis L. Koch, 1866 ...............Palearctic
C. germanica Thorell, 1871 ...............Palearctic
C. gertschi Edwards, 1958 ...............USA
C. janae Edwards, 1958 ...............USA
C. johnsoni Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA, Canada
C. juvenis Simon, 1878 ...............Palearctic
C. kagani Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA
C. kastoni Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
C. kiowa Gertsch, 1941 ...............North America
C. kulczynskii Lessert, 1905 ...............Holarctic
C. latericia Kulczynski, 1926 ...............Russia, Alaska
C. littoralis Banks, 1895 ...............USA, Canada
C. lutescens Westring, 1851 ...............Holarctic
C. maritima L. Koch, 1867 ...............USA, Canada, West Indies
C. marna Roddy, 1966 ...............USA
C. mimula Chamberlin, 1928 ...............USA, Canada
C. mixta Emerton, 1890 ...............USA, Canada
C. mutata Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA, Canada
C. neglecta O. P.-Cambridge, 1862 ...............Palearctic
C. newnani Ivie & Barrows, 1935 ...............USA
C. nicholsi Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA
C. norvegica Strand, 1900 ...............Holarctic
C. obesa Hentz, 1847 ...............USA, Canada
C. odelli Edwards, 1958 ...............USA
C. opeongo Edwards, 1958 ...............Canada
C. oteroana Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA
C. pacifica Banks, 1896 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
C. pallidula (Clerck, 1757) ...............Holarctic
C. phragmitis C. L. Koch, 1843 ...............Palearctic
C. pikei Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA, Canada
C. plumbi Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA
C. pomoa Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA
C. praematura Emerton, 1909 ...............North America, Russia
C. procteri Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA
C. pygmaea Banks, 1892 ...............USA, Canada
C. quebecana Dondale & Redner, 1976 ...............USA, Canada
C. reclusa O. P.-Cambridge, 1863 ...............Palearctic
C. rhododendri Barrows, 1945 ...............USA
C. rileyi Gertsch, 1941 ...............USA
C. riparia L. Koch, 1866 ...............Russia, Mongolia, China, Japan, North America
C. rosserae Locket, 1953 ...............Palearctic
C. saltitans Emerton, 1919 ...............USA, Canada
C. similis L. Koch, 1867 ...............Palearctic
C. spiralis Emerton, 1909 ...............USA, Canada
C. stagnatilis Kulczynski, 1897 ...............Palearctic
C. subsultans Thorell, 1875 ...............Palearctic
C. subtilis L. Koch, 1867 ...............Palearctic
C. trivialis C. L. Koch, 1843 ...............Holarctic

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution

Page Reference:

Shorthouse, David P. submitted. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: CLUBIONIDAE, Clubiona moesta Banks, 1896. In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/24662 (Accessed: 7/20/2008 3:59:43 PM).

Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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