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Neon nelli Peckham & Peckham, 1888

FAMILY: SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841
    Genus: Neon Simon, 1876

        Species: Neon nelli Peckham & Peckham, 1888

Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)

Common Names

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

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:   AB CT LA MD SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: 


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:  in pine trees, under leaves and stones on ground
Life & Natural History:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Seasonality of Specimen Records:


Image(s) of Habitus:


Credit: DeVries, Peter J.

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

Neon nelli Peckham & Peckham 1888
Neon nellii Peckham & Peckham 1888
Neon nelli Emerton 1891
Neon nelli Peckham & Peckham 1895
Neon nelli Emerton 1902
Neon nelli Peckham & Peckham 1909
Neon nelli Chickering 1944
Neon nelli Kaston 1948
Neon nellii Gertsch & Ivie 1955
Neon nellii Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References

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

Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.

Emerton, J. H. 1891. New England spiders of the family Attidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 8: 220-252.

Gertsch, W. J. & W. Ivie. 1955. The spider genus Neon in North America. Am. Mus. Novit. 1743: 1-17.

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

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.

Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1895. Spiders of the Homalattus group of the family Attidae. Occas. Pap. nat. Hist. Soc. Wiscons. 2: 159-183.

Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Peckham. 1888. Attidae of North America. Trans. Wiscons. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 7: 1-104.

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

Natural History References

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

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Neon Simon, 1876‡‡

N. avalonus Gertsch & Ivie, 1955 ...............USA
N. ellamae Gertsch & Ivie, 1955 ...............USA
N. levis (Simon, 1871) ...............Palearctic
N. pixii Gertsch & Ivie, 1955 ...............USA
N. plutonus Gertsch & Ivie, 1955 ...............USA
N. reticulatus (Blackwall, 1853) ...............Holarctic

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution

Page Reference:

Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: SALTICIDAE, Neon nelli Peckham & Peckham, 1888. In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/34969 (Accessed: 10/13/2008 12:56:48 AM).

Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2005-06-15T22:54:52Z