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Cesonia bilineata (Hentz, 1847)

FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
    Genus: Cesonia Simon, 1893

        Species: Cesonia bilineata (Hentz, 1847)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces:   AR OK SC VA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: 


Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:  ground runners
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:


Credit: Bartlett, Troy

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

Cesonia bilineata Hentz 1847
Herpyllus bilineatus Hentz 1847
Poecilochroa bilineata Emerton 1890
Cesonia bilineata Simon 1893
Poecilochroa bilineata Emerton 1902
Cesonia bilineata Comstock 1912
Cesonia bilineata Kaston 1948
Cesonia bilineata Platnick & Shadab 1982
Cesonia bilineata Heiss & Allen 1986
Cesonia bilineata Platnick & Dondale 1992
Cesonia bilineata Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References

Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721

Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.

Emerton, J. H. 1890. New England spiders of the families Drassidae, Agalenidae and Dysderidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 166-206.

Heiss, J. S. & R. T. Allen. 1986. The Gnaphosidae of Arkansas. Bull. Ark. agric. Exp. Stn 885: 1-67.

Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

Platnick, N. I. & C. D. Dondale. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 19. The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.

Platnick, N. I. & M. U. Shadab. 1982. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Camillina (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 2748: 1-38.

Simon, E. 1893. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 257-488.

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 Cesonia Simon, 1893‡‡

C. bixleri Platnick & Shadab, 1980 ...............USA
C. classica Chamberlin, 1924 ...............USA, Mexico
C. gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1980 ...............USA, Mexico
C. irvingi (Mello-Leitao, 1944) ...............USA, Bahama Is., Cuba
C. josephus (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940) ...............USA
C. rothi Platnick & Shadab, 1980 ...............USA
C. sincera Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico
C. trivittata Banks, 1898 ...............USA, Mexico
C. ubicki Platnick & Shadab, 1980 ...............USA, Mexico

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution