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Sergiolus capulatus (Walckenaer, 1837)

FAMILY: GNAPHOSIDAE Pocock, 1898
    Genus: Sergiolus Simon, 1891

        Species: Sergiolus capulatus (Walckenaer, 1837)

Common Names

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

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:   NH NJ NM OK PA
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

Drassus capulatus Walckenaer 1837
Sergiolus capulatus Walckenaer 1837
Herpyllus variegatus Hentz 1847
Poecilochroa variegata Emerton 1890
Sergiolus variegatus Simon 1891
Sergiolus variegatus Simon 1893
Poecilochroa variegata Emerton 1902
Poecilochroa variegata Emerton 1909
Sergiolus capulatus Chamberlin & Ivie 1944
Sergiolus variegatus Kaston 1945
Sergiolus variegatus Kaston 1948
Poecilochroa capulata Ubick & Roth 1973
Sergiolus capulatus Platnick & Shadab 1981
Sergiolus capulatus Heiss & Allen 1986
Sergiolus capulatus Platnick & Dondale 1992

Taxonomic References

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.

Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.

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.

Kaston, B. J. 1945. New spiders in the group Dionycha with notes on other species. Am. Mus. Novit. 1290: 1-25.

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.

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

Simon, E. 1891. On the spiders of the island of St. Vincent. Part 1. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1891: 549-575.

Ubick, D. & V. D. Roth. 1973. Nearctic Gnaphosidae including species from adjacent Mexican states. Am. Arachnol. 9(suppl. 2): 1-12.

Walckenaer, C. A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris, 1: 1-682.

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 Sergiolus Simon, 1891‡‡

S. angustus (Banks, 1904) ...............North America
S. bicolor Banks, 1900 ...............USA, Canada
S. columbianus (Emerton, 1917) ...............USA, Canada
S. cyaneiventris Simon, 1893 ...............USA, Cuba
S. decoratus Kaston, 1945 ...............USA, Canada
S. gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1981 ...............USA, Mexico
S. iviei Platnick & Shadab, 1981 ...............USA, Canada
S. kastoni Platnick & Shadab, 1981 ...............USA, Cuba
S. lowelli Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929 ...............USA, Mexico
S. minutus (Banks, 1898) ...............USA, Cuba, Jamaica
S. montanus (Emerton, 1890) ...............North America
S. ocellatus (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............USA, Canada
S. stella Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA, Mexico
S. tennesseensis Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA
S. unimaculatus Emerton, 1915 ...............USA, Canada

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution