Nearctic States & Provinces: ON QC CO IN MO OK SC TX WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/6389
Uloborus glomosus (Walckenaer, 1842)
featherlegged orbweaver
FAMILY: ULOBORIDAE Thorell, 1869
Genus: Uloborus Latreille, 1806
Species: Uloborus glomosus (Walckenaer, 1842)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
hackled orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
featherlegged orbweaver
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
ON QC CO IN MO OK SC TX WI
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: Marlin, Bruce
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†
| Epeira glomosus Walckenaer 1842 |
| Uloborus glomosus Walckenaer 1842 |
| Phillyra mammeata Hentz 1850 |
| Phillyra riparia Hentz 1850 |
| Uloborus plumipes Emerton 1888 |
| Uloborus plumipes McCook 1894 |
| Uloborus plumipes Emerton 1902 |
| Uloborus glomosus Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 |
| Uloborus americanus Kaston 1948 |
| Uloborus glomosus Muma & Gertsch 1964 |
| Uloborus glomosus Opell 1979 |
| Uloborus glomosus Breene et al. 1993 |
| Uloborus glomosus Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Uloborus glomosus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
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. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
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.
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.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.
†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 Uloborus Latreille, 1806‡‡
U. campestratus Simon, 1893 ...............USA to Venezuela
U. diversus Marx, 1898 ...............USA, Mexico
U. segregatus Gertsch, 1936 ...............USA to Colombia
U. walckenaerius Latreille, 1806 ...............Palearctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution