Nearctic States & Provinces: CO MD MO NH PA SC VA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/25078
Castianeira variata Gertsch, 1942
FAMILY: CORINNIDAE Karsch, 1880
Genus: Castianeira Keyserling, 1879
Species: Castianeira variata Gertsch, 1942
Common Names
Family Common Name:
antmimic spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CO MD MO NH PA SC VA
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 variata Gertsch 1942 |
| Castianeira variata Kaston 1948 |
| Castianeira variata Reiskind 1969 |
| Castianeira variata Dondale & Redner 1982 |
Taxonomic 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.
Gertsch, W. J. 1942. New American spiders of the family Clubionidae III. Am. Mus. Novit. 1195: 1-18.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
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. 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. 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