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
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
stalkers
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Synonyms and Chresonyms† Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1897. Descriptions of new spiders. Canad. Ent. 29: 193-197. †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 ‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Nearctic States & Provinces:
PA
‡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
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
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
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.
G. castanea (Hentz, 1846) ...............USA
G. sexmaculata (Banks, 1895) ...............USA, Canada