Nearctic States & Provinces: CO MT NM UT WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/27408
Herpyllus hesperolus Chamberlin, 1928
FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
Genus: Herpyllus Hentz, 1832
Species: Herpyllus hesperolus Chamberlin, 1928
Common Names
Family Common Name:
stealthy ground spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CO MT NM UT WA
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:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Prosthesima valida Banks 1896 |
| Herpyllus validus Banks 1904 |
| Herpyllus hesperolus Chamberlin 1928 |
| Sergiolus lesserti Schenkel 1950 |
| Poecilochroa lesserti Ubick & Roth 1973 |
| Herpyllus hesperolus Platnick & Shadab 1977 |
| Herpyllus hesperolus Platnick & Shadab 1981 |
| Herpyllus hesperolus Platnick & Dondale 1992 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1904. Some Arachnida from California. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (3) 3: 331-376.
Banks, N. 1896. New North American spiders and mites. Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 23: 57-77.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. J. Gertsch. 1928. Notes on spiders from southeastern Utah. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 41: 175-188.
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. 1981. A revision of the spider genus Sergiolus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 2717: 1-41.
Platnick, N. I. & M. U. Shadab. 1977. A revision of the spider genera Herpyllus and Scotophaeus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 159: 1-44.
Schenkel, E. 1950. Spinnentiere aus dem westlichen Nordamerika, gesammelt von Dr. Hans Schenkel-Rudin. Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 61: 28-92.
Ubick, D. & V. D. Roth. 1973. Nearctic Gnaphosidae including species from adjacent Mexican states. Am. Arachnol. 9(suppl. 2): 1-12.
†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 Herpyllus Hentz, 1832‡‡
H. bubulcus Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA, Mexico
H. cockerelli (Banks, 1901) ...............USA, Mexico
H. convallis Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico
H. ecclesiasticus Hentz, 1832 ...............North America
H. emertoni Bryant, 1935 ...............USA
H. excelsus Fox, 1938 ...............USA, Mexico
H. gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1977 ...............USA, Mexico
H. propinquus (Keyserling, 1887) ...............North America
H. regnans Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA
H. reservatus Chamberlin, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico
H. scholasticus Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA
H. schwarzi (Banks, 1901) ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution