Nearctic States & Provinces: AR CO MD OK SC TX VA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/27222
Gnaphosa fontinalis Keyserling, 1887
FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
Genus: Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804
Species: Gnaphosa fontinalis Keyserling, 1887
Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Mexico
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AR CO MD OK SC TX 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:
(images not yet available)
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
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Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Gnaphosa fontinalis Keyserling 1887 |
| Gnaphosa americana Banks 1896 |
| Gnaphosa distincta Banks 1898 |
| Gnaphosa texana Chamberlin 1922 |
| Gnaphosa fontinalis Kaston 1938 |
| Gnaphosa fontinalis Kaston 1948 |
| Gnaphosa fontinalis Platnick & Shadab 1975 |
| Gnaphosa fontinalis Heiss & Allen 1986 |
| Gnaphosa fontinalis Platnick & Dondale 1992 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1898. Arachnida from Baja California and other parts of Mexico. Proc. Californ. Acad. Sci. (3) 1: 205-308.
Banks, N. 1896. New North American spiders and mites. Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 23: 57-77.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1922. The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 35: 145-172.
Heiss, J. S. & R. T. Allen. 1986. The Gnaphosidae of Arkansas. Bull. Ark. agric. Exp. Stn 885: 1-67.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Kaston, B. J. 1938. New spiders from New England with notes on other species. Bull. Brooklyn ent. Soc. 33: 173-191.
Keyserling, E. 1887. Neue Spinnen aus America. VII. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 37: 421-490.
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. 1975. A revision of the spider genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in America. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 155: 1-66.
†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 Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804‡‡
G. altudona Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA
G. antipola Chamberlin, 1933 ...............USA, Canada
G. borea Kulczynski, 1908 ...............Holarctic
G. brumalis Thorell, 1875 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
G. californica Banks, 1904 ...............USA, Canada
G. clara (Keyserling, 1887) ...............North America
G. dentata Platnick & Shadab, 1975 ...............USA
G. dolosa Herman, 1879 ...............Palearctic
G. hirsutipes Banks, 1901 ...............USA, Mexico
G. inconspecta Simon, 1878 ...............Palearctic
G. leporina (L. Koch, 1866) ...............Palearctic
G. lucifuga (Walckenaer, 1802) ...............Palearctic
G. maritima Platnick & Shadab, 1975 ...............USA, Mexico
G. microps Holm, 1939 ...............Holarctic
G. montana (L. Koch, 1866) ...............Palearctic
G. muscorum (L. Koch, 1866) ...............Holarctic
G. nigerrima L. Koch, 1877 ...............Palearctic
G. orites Chamberlin, 1922 ...............Holarctic
G. parvula Banks, 1896 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
G. salsa Platnick & Shadab, 1975 ...............USA, Mexico
G. saxosa Platnick & Shadab, 1975 ...............USA
G. sericata (L. Koch, 1866) ...............USA to Guatemala, Cuba
G. snohomish Platnick & Shadab, 1975 ...............USA, Canada
G. sticta Kulczynski, 1908 ...............Palearctic
G. synthetica Chamberlin, 1924 ...............USA, Mexico
G. utahana Banks, 1904 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution