The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/24685

Clubiona obesa Hentz, 1847

FAMILY: CLUBIONIDAE Wagner, 1887
    Genus: Clubiona Latreille, 1804
        Species: Clubiona obesa Hentz, 1847

Common Names

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

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:   QC NH 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 obesa Hentz 1847
Clubiona crassipalpis Keyserling 1887
Clubiona crassipalpis Emerton 1890
Clubiona crassipalpis Banks 1892
Clubiona obesa Banks 1892
Clubiona crassipalpis Emerton 1902
Clubiona triloba Banks 1907
Clubiona obesa Comstock 1912
Clubiona obesa Chickering 1939
Clubiona obesa Comstock 1940
Clubiona obesa Kaston 1948
Clubiona obesa Edwards 1958
Clubiona obesa Dondale & Redner 1982
Clubiona obesa Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References†

Banks, N. 1907. A preliminary list of the Arachnida of Indiana; with keys to families and genera of spiders. Rep. Indiana Geol. Surv. 31: 715-747.

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.

Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.

Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721

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. 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.

Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.

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

Keyserling, E. 1887. Neue Spinnen aus America. VII. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 37: 421-490.

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/CLUBIONIDAE.html

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. moesta Banks, 1896 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska, China
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. 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