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Sergiolus ocellatus (Walckenaer, 1837)

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

        Species: Sergiolus ocellatus (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:   SC TX WI
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

Drassus ocellatus Walckenaer 1837
Sergiolus ocellatus Walckenaer 1837
Sergiolus decipiens Chamberlin 1922
Poecilochroa decipiens Bryant 1935
Sergiolus decipiens Chamberlin 1936
Sergiolus ocellatus Chamberlin & Ivie 1944
Sergiolus decipiens Kaston 1945
Peocilochroa ocellata Ubick & Roth 1973
Sergiolus ocellatus Platnick & Shadab 1981
Sergiolus ocellatus Heiss & Allen 1986
Sergiolus ocellatus Platnick & Dondale 1992
Sergiolus ocellatus Breene et al. 1993
Sergiolus ocellatus Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References

Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.

Bryant, E. B. 1935. A few southern spiders. Psyche 42: 73-83.

Chamberlin, R. V. 1936. Further records and descriptions of North American Gnaphosidae. Amer. Mus. Novit. 853: 1-25.

Chamberlin, R. V. 1922. The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 35: 145-172.

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

Heiss, J. S. & R. T. Allen. 1986. The Gnaphosidae of Arkansas. Bull. Ark. agric. Exp. Stn 885: 1-67.

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.

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. capulatus (Walckenaer, 1837) ...............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. stella Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA, Mexico
S. tennesseensis Chamberlin, 1922 ...............USA
S. unimaculatus Emerton, 1915 ...............USA, Canada

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution