Nearctic States & Provinces: AB ON YT NH
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/27252
Gnaphosa microps Holm, 1939
FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
Genus: Gnaphosa Latreille, 1804
Species: Gnaphosa microps Holm, 1939
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB ON YT NH
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:
willow thickets, under stones, in moss, meadows, and moors
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)
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 6.17 mm
A = 2.65 mm
C = 2 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 6.24 mm
A = 2.52 mm
C = 1.88 mm
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Descriptions Source:
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.
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Gnaphosa bilineata L. Koch 1879 |
| Gnaphosa bilineata Kulczynski 1916 |
| Gnaphosa microps Holm 1939 |
| Gnaphosa microps Palmgren 1943 |
| Gnaphosa microps Holm 1945 |
| Gnaphosa microps Tullgren 1946 |
| Gnaphosa microps Miller 1971 |
| Gnaphosa microps Holm 1973 |
| Gnaphosa microps Platnick & Shadab 1975 |
| Gnaphosa microps Thaler 1982 |
| Gnaphosa microps Grimm 1985 |
| Gnaphosa microps Ovtsharenko & Marusik 1988 |
| Gnaphosa microps Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Gnaphosa microps Ovtsharenko, Platnick & Song 1992 |
| Gnaphosa microps Platnick & Dondale 1992 |
| Gnaphosa microps Ovtsharenko & Marusik 1996 |
| Gnaphosa microps Stankiewicz 1996 |
| Gnaphosa microps Marusik & Koponen 2001 |
| Gnaphosa microps Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Gnaphosa microps Almquist 2006 |
Taxonomic References†
Almquist, S. 2006. Swedish Araneae, part 2--families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 63: 285-601.
Grimm, U. 1985. Die Gnaphosidae Mitteleuropas (Arachnida, Araneae). Abh. naturw. Ver. Hamb. 26: 1-318.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Holm, Å. 1973. On the spiders collected during the Swedish expeditions to Novaya Zemlya and Yenisey in 1875 and 1876. Zoologica Scr. 2: 71-110.
Holm, Å. 1945. Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Torneträskgebietes. Ark. Zool. 36(A 15): 1-80.
Holm, Å. 1939. Neue Spinnen aus Schweden. Beschreibung neuer Arten der Familien Drassidae, Theridiidae, Linyphiidae und Micryphantidae. Arkiv. Zool. 31(A8): 1-38.
Koch, L. 1879. Arachniden aus Sibirien und Novaja Semlja, eingesammelt von der schwedischen Expedition im Jahre 1875. Kongl. Svenska. Vet.-Acad. Handl. 16(5): 1-136.
Kulczynski, W. 1916. Araneae Sibiriae occidentalis arcticae. Mém. Ac. Imper. Sci. Petrograd (8) 28(11):1-44.
Marusik, Y. M. & S. Koponen. 2001. Description of a new species and new records of some species of the genus Gnaphosa (Araneae: Ganphosidae) from east Palearctic. Acta arachn. Tokyo 50: 135-144.
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Ovtsharenko, V. I. & Y. M. Marusik. 1996. Additional data on the spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Aranei) of the north-east of Asia. In ntomological Studies in the North-East of the USSR. USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Vladivostok, pp. 114-130 (
Ovtsharenko, V. I. & Y. M. Marusik. 1988. Spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Aranei) of the north-east of the USSR (the Magadan Province). Ent. Obozr. 67: 204-217.
Ovtsharenko, V. I., N. I. Platnick & D. X. Song. 1992. A review of the North Asian ground spiders of the genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 212: 1-88.
Palmgren, P. 1943. Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands II. Act. zool. Fennica 36: 1-115.
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. 1975. A revision of the spider genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in America. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 155: 1-66.
Stankiewicz, A. 1996. A redescription of Gnaphosa microps Holm, a spider new to Polish fauna (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Bull. Polish Acad. Sci. Biol. Sci. 43: 211-215.
Thaler, K. 1982. Webespinnen (Aranei), Weberknechte (Opiliones). In Löser, S., E. Meyer & K. Thaler, Laufkäfer, Kurzflügelkäfer, Asseln, Webespinnen, Weberknechte und Tausendfüsser des Naturschutzgebietes "Murnauer Moos" und der angrenzenden westlichen Talhänge (Coleopter
Tullgren, A. 1946. Svenska spindelfauna: 3. Egentliga spindlar. Araneae. Fam. 5-7. Clubionidae, Zoridae och Gnaphosidae. Entomologiska Föreningen, Stockholm, 141 pp.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/GNAPHOSIDAE.html
Natural History References
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.
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. fontinalis Keyserling, 1887 ...............USA, Mexico
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. 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
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: GNAPHOSIDAE, Gnaphosa microps Holm, 1939.
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/27252 (Accessed: 11/21/2008 12:06:51 AM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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