Nearctic States & Provinces: BC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/25007
Castianeira gertschi Kaston, 1945
Gertsch antmimic
FAMILY: CORINNIDAE Karsch, 1880
Genus: Castianeira Keyserling, 1879
Species: Castianeira gertschi Kaston, 1945
Common Names
Family Common Name:
antmimic spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
Gertsch antmimic
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
BC
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:
(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†
| Castianeira aurata Emerton 1913 |
| Castianeira gertschi Kaston 1945 |
| Castianeira gertschi Kaston 1948 |
| Castianeira gertschi Reiskind 1969 |
| Castianeira gertschi Dondale & Redner 1982 |
| Castianeira gertschi Breene et al. 1993 |
Taxonomic References†
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
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. 1913. New and rare spiders from within fifty miles of New York City. Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist. 32: 255-260.
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.
Reiskind, J. 1969. The spider subfamily Castianeirinae of North and Central America (Araneae, Clubionidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 138: 163-325.
†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. descripta (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, Canada
C. dorsata (Banks, 1898) ...............USA, Mexico
C. floridana (Banks, 1904) ...............USA, Cuba
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