Nearctic States & Provinces: GA LA NC SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/25548
Trachelas similis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1899
FAMILY: CORINNIDAE Karsch, 1880
Genus: Trachelas L. Koch, 1872
Species: Trachelas similis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1899
Common Names
Family Common Name:
antmimic spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA to Costa Rica
Nearctic States & Provinces:
GA LA 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†
| Trachelas similis F. O. P.-Cambridge 1899 |
| Trachelas laticeps Bryant 1933 |
| Trachelas laticeps Bryant 1945 |
| Trachelas similis Platnick & Shadab 1974 |
Taxonomic References†
Bryant, E. B. 1945. Notes on some Florida spiders. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 36: 199-213.
Bryant, E. B. 1933. New and little known spiders from the United States. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 74: 171-193.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1899. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 41-88.
Platnick, N. I. & M. U. Shadab. 1974. A revision of the tranquillus and speciosus groups of the spider genus Trachelas (Araneae, Clubionidae) in North and Central America. Am. Mus. Novit. 2553: 1-34.
†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 Trachelas L. Koch, 1872‡‡
T. huachucanus Gertsch, 1942 ...............USA, Mexico
T. mexicanus Banks, 1898 ...............USA, Mexico
T. organatus Platnick & Shadab, 1974 ...............USA, Mexico
T. pacificus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA, Mexico
T. sinuosus Platnick & Shadab, 1974 ...............USA
T. tranquillus (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, Canada
T. volutus Gertsch, 1935 ...............USA, Mexico
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution