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Hyptiotes gertschi Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935

FAMILY: ULOBORIDAE Thorell, 1869
    Genus: Hyptiotes Walckenaer, 1837

        Species: Hyptiotes gertschi Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935

Common Names

Family Common Name:  hackled orbweavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Alaska
Nearctic States & Provinces:   BC NB NL NS QC AK CO MT WA
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:

   seasonality
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

Hyptiotes gertschi Chamberlin & Ivie 1935
Hyptiotes gertschi Muma & Gertsch 1964
Hyptiotes gertschi Opell 1979
Hyptiotes gertschi Coddington 1990
Hyptiotes gertschi Dondale et al. 2003
Hyptiotes gertschi Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1935. Miscellaneous new American spiders. Bull. Univ. Utah. 26(4): 1-79.

Coddington, J. A. 1990. Ontogeny and homology in the male palpus of orb-weaving spiders and their relatives, with comments on phylogeny (Araneoclada: Araneoidea, Deinopoidea). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 496: 1-52.

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.

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. 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.

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. cavatus (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, Canada
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