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Callilepis nocturna (Linnaeus, 1758)
FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
Genus: Callilepis Westring, 1874
Species: Callilepis nocturna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Palearctic
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
ground runners
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Synonyms and Chresonyms† Taxonomic References†
Almquist, S. 2006. Swedish Araneae, part 2--families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 63: 285-601. †Nomenclature and taxonomic references
from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/GNAPHOSIDAE.html Other Nearctic Members of Genus Callilepis Westring, 1874‡‡
C. chisos Platnick, 1975 ...............USA ‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
‡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)
Image(s) of Habitus:
(images not yet available)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Aranea nocturna Linnaeus 1758
Callilepis nocturna Linnaeus 1758
Aranea nocturna Olivier 1789
Drassus gnaphosus Walckenaer 1805
Drassus nocturnus Sundevall 1831
Filistata maculata Wider 1834
Drassus gnaphosus Walckenaer 1837
Pythonissa holobera C. L. Koch 1839
Pythonissa maculata C. L. Koch 1839
Drassus maculatus Westring 1851
Pythonissa nocturna Thorell 1856
Melanophora nocturna Westring 1861
Pythonissa nocturna L. Koch 1866
Gnaphosa nocturna Thorell 1871
Gnaphosa maculata Menge 1872
Callilepis maculata Westring 1874
Callilepis nocturna Simon 1893
Callilepis nocturna Chyzer & Kulczynski 1897
Callilepis nocturna Bösenberg 1902
Poecilochroa ochridana Drensky 1929
Callilepis nocturna Reimoser 1937
Calliplepis nocturna Nakatsudi 1942
Callilepis nocturna Palmgren 1943
Callilepis nocturna Tullgren 1946
Callilepis nocturna Miller 1947
Callilepis nocturna Machado 1949
Callilepis nocturna Wiehle 1967
Callilepis nocturna Miller 1971
Callilepis nocturna Murphy 1971
Callilepis nocturna Locket, Millidge & Merrett 1974
Callilepis nocturna Platnick 1975
Callilepis nocturna Locket 1976
Callilepis nocturna Utochkin & Pakhorukov 1976
Callilepis nocturna Grimm 1985
Callilepis nocturna Roberts 1985
Callilepis nocturna Kamura 1987
Callilepis nocturna Chikuni 1989
Callilepis nocturna Izmailova 1989
Callilepis nocturna Heimer & Nentwig 1991
Callilepis nocturna Noordam 1992
Callilepis nocturna Roberts 1995
Callilepis nocturna Ovtsharenko & Marusik 1996
Callilepis nocturna Tang et al. 1997
Callilepis nocturna Roberts 1998
Callilepis nocturna Song, Zhu & Chen 1999
Callilepis nocturna Deltshev 2003
Callilepis nocturna Song, Zhu & Zhang 2004
Callilepis nocturna Almquist 2006
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C. eremella Chamberlin, 1928 ...............North America
C. gertschi Platnick, 1975 ...............USA, Mexico
C. gosoga Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940 ...............USA
C. imbecilla (Keyserling, 1887) ...............USA, Canada
C. mumai Platnick, 1975 ...............USA, Mexico
C. pluto Banks, 1896 ...............USA, Canada
C. schuszteri (Herman, 1879) ...............Palearctic