The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/33527

Ghelna canadensis (Banks, 1897)

FAMILY: SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841
    Genus: Ghelna Maddison, 1996

        Species: Ghelna canadensis (Banks, 1897)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  jumping spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

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

Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:  stalkers
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:


Credit: Barnes, Jay

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

Ghelna canadensis Banks 1897
Icius canadensis Banks 1897
Dendryphantes canadensis Peckham & Peckham 1909
Metaphidippus canadensis Chickering 1944
Metaphidippus canadensis Kaston 1948
Metaphidippus canadensis Kaston 1973
Dendryphantes canadensis Prószynski 1976
Metaphidippus canadensis Oehler 1980
Ghelna canadensis Maddison 1996
Ghelna canadensis Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References

Banks, N. 1897. Descriptions of new spiders. Canad. Ent. 29: 193-197.

Chickering, A. M. 1944. The Salticidae of Michigan. Pap. Michig. Acad. Sci. 29: 139-222.

Emerton, J. H. 1911. New spiders from New England. Trans. Connect. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 16: 383-407.

Kaston, B. J. 1973. Four new species of Metaphidippus, with notes on related jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the eastern and central United States. Trans. Am. microsc. Soc. 92: 106-122.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Maddison, W. P. 1996. Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 154: 215-368.

Oehler, C. M. 1980. Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Cincinnati region of Ohio, including Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren Counties. Ohio biol. Surv. biol. Notes 13: 1-36.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1909. Revision of the Attidae of North America. Trans. Wiscons. Ac. Sci. Arts Let. 16(1): 355-655.

Prószynski, J. 1976. Studium systematyczno-zoogeograflczne nad rodzina Salticidae (Aranei) Regionów Palearktycznego i Nearktycznego. Wyzsza Szkola Pedagogiczna Siedlcach 6: 1-260.

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/SALTICIDAE.html

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Ghelna Maddison, 1996‡‡

G. barrowsi (Kaston, 1973) ...............USA
G. castanea (Hentz, 1846) ...............USA
G. sexmaculata (Banks, 1895) ...............USA, Canada

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution