The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/27916

Sergiolus decoratus Kaston, 1945

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

        Species: Sergiolus decoratus Kaston, 1945

Common Names

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

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:   ON

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)

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

Sergiolus decoratus Kaston 1945
Sergiolus decoratus Kaston 1948
Poecilochroa decorata Ubick & Roth 1973
Sergiolus decoratus Platnick & Shadab 1981
Sergiolus decoratus Platnick & Dondale 1992
Sergiolus decoratus Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References

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.

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. 1981. A revision of the spider genus Sergiolus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 2717: 1-41.

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 Sergiolus Simon, 1891‡‡

S. angustus (Banks, 1904) ...............North America
S. bicolor Banks, 1900 ...............USA, Canada
S. capulatus (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............USA, Canada
S. columbianus (Emerton, 1917) ...............USA, Canada
S. cyaneiventris Simon, 1893 ...............USA, Cuba
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