Nearctic States & Provinces: ON CT KY NC SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/6221
Hyptiotes cavatus (Hentz, 1847)
triangle weaver
FAMILY: ULOBORIDAE Thorell, 1869
Genus: Hyptiotes Walckenaer, 1837
Species: Hyptiotes cavatus (Hentz, 1847)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
hackled orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
triangle weaver
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
ON CT KY NC SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
(not yet recorded or unknown)
‡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:
Credit: Dept. Biology, Samford University
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†
| Cyllopodia cavatus Hentz 1847 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus Hentz 1847 |
| Hyptiotes americanus Wilder 1875 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus McCook 1881 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus Emerton 1888 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus McCook 1894 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus Emerton 1902 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus Comstock 1912 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus Wiehle 1929 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus Kaston 1948 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus Muma & Gertsch 1964 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus Shear 1967 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus Opell 1979 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus Opell 1983 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Hyptiotes cavatus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721
Dondale, C. D., J. H. Redner, P. Paquin & H. W. Levi. 2003. The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1888. New England spiders of the family Ciniflonidae. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 7: 443-458.
Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
McCook, H., C. 1881. The snare of the ray spider (Epeira radiosa); a new form of orb web. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1881: 163-175.
Muma, M. H. & W. J. Gertsch. 1964. The spider family Uloboridae in North America north of Mexico. Am. Mus. Novit. 2196: 1-43.
Opell, B. D. 1983. The female genitalia of Hyptiotes cavatus (Araneae: Uloboridae). Trans. Am. microsc. Soc. 102: 97-104.
Opell, B. D. 1979. Revision of the genera and tropical American species of the spider family Uloboridae. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 148: 443-549.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Shear, W. A. 1967. Expanding the palpi of male spiders. Breviora 259: 1-27.
Wiehle, H. 1929. Weitere Beiträge zur Biologie der Araneen insbesondere zur Kenntnis der Radnetzbaues. Zeits. Morphol. Ökolog. Tiere 15: 262-308.
Wilder, B. G. 1875. The triangle spider. Popular Sci. Monthly 1875(April): 1-15.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ULOBORIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Hyptiotes Walckenaer, 1837‡‡
H. gertschi Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
H. paradoxus (C. L. Koch, 1834) ...............Palearctic
H. puebla Muma & Gertsch, 1964 ...............USA
H. tehama Muma & Gertsch, 1964 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution