The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/24992

Castianeira descripta (Hentz, 1847)
redspotted antmimic

FAMILY: CORINNIDAE Karsch, 1880
    Genus: Castianeira Keyserling, 1879
        Species: Castianeira descripta (Hentz, 1847)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  antmimic spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  redspotted antmimic

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:   BC ON CO MT NH SC TX UT
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: 

Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:‡  (not yet recorded or unknown)
‡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:


Credit: Schimming, Lynette

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†

Castianeira descripta Hentz 1847
Herpyllus descriptus Hentz 1847
Thargalia agilis Banks 1892
Thargalia fallax Banks 1892
Castaneira descripta Simon 1897
Castaneira agilis Petrunkevitch 1911
Castianeira descripta Comstock 1912
Castianeira descripta Chickering 1939
Castianeira descripta Muma 1943
Castianeira descripta Kaston 1948
Castianeira descripta Reiskind 1969
Castianeira descripta Dondale & Redner 1982
Castianeira descripta 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.

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.

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.

Muma, M. H. 1943. Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp.

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.

Reiskind, J. 1969. The spider subfamily Castianeirinae of North and Central America (Araneae, Clubionidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 138: 163-325.

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/CORINNIDAE.html

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Castianeira Keyserling, 1879‡‡

C. alata Muma, 1945 ...............USA
C. alfa Reiskind, 1969 ...............USA
C. alteranda Gertsch, 1942 ...............USA, Canada
C. amoena (C. L. Koch, 1841) ...............USA, Mexico
C. athena Reiskind, 1969 ...............USA, Mexico
C. cingulata (C. L. Koch, 1841) ...............USA, Canada
C. crocata (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA
C. crucigera (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA
C. cubana (Banks, 1926) ...............USA, Cuba, Panama
C. dorsata (Banks, 1898) ...............USA, Mexico
C. floridana (Banks, 1904) ...............USA, Cuba
C. gertschi Kaston, 1945 ...............USA, Canada
C. longipalpa (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, Canada
C. luctifera Petrunkevitch, 1911 ...............USA
C. mexicana (Banks, 1898) ...............USA, Mexico
C. nanella Gertsch, 1933 ...............USA, Mexico
C. occidens Reiskind, 1969 ...............USA, Mexico
C. peregrina (Gertsch, 1935) ...............USA
C. rothi Reiskind, 1969 ...............USA
C. thalia Reiskind, 1969 ...............USA
C. trilineata (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, Canada
C. variata Gertsch, 1942 ...............USA, Canada
C. vulnerea Gertsch, 1942 ...............USA
C. walsinghami (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874) ...............USA, Canada
C. zionis (Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929) ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution