The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/2524

Hypochilus pococki Platnick, 1987

FAMILY: HYPOCHILIDAE Marx, 1888
    Genus: Hypochilus Marx, 1888

        Species: Hypochilus pococki Platnick, 1987

Common Names

Family Common Name:  lampshade weavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces:   NC SC
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:

   seasonality
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

Hypochilus thorelli Hoffman 1963
Hypochilus pococki Platnick 1987
Hypochilus pococki Catley 1994
Hypochilus pococki Griswold et al. 2005

Taxonomic References

Catley, K. M. 1994. Descriptions of new Hypochilus species from New Mexico and California with a cladistic analysis of the Hypochilidae (Araneae). Am. Mus. Novit. 3088: 1-27.

Forster, R. R., N. I. Platnick & M. R. Gray. 1987. A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 185: 1-116.

Gertsch, W. J. 1958. The spider family Hypochilidae. Am. Mus. Novit. 1912: 1-28.

Griswold, C. E., M. J. Ramírez, J. A. Coddington & N. I. Platnick. 2005. Atlas of phylogenetic data for entelegyne spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae: Entelegynae) with comments on their phylogeny. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 56(Suppl. II): 1-324.

Hoffman, R. L. 1963. A second species of the spider genus Hypochilus from eastern North America. Am. Mus. Novit. 2148: 1-8.

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/HYPOCHILIDAE.html

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Hypochilus Marx, 1888‡‡

H. bernardino Catley, 1994 ...............USA
H. bonneti Gertsch, 1964 ...............USA
H. coylei Platnick, 1987 ...............USA
H. gertschi Hoffman, 1963 ...............USA
H. jemez Catley, 1994 ...............USA
H. kastoni Platnick, 1987 ...............USA
H. petrunkevitchi Gertsch, 1958 ...............USA
H. sheari Platnick, 1987 ...............USA
H. thorelli Marx, 1888 ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution