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:
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