Nearctic States & Provinces: CT SC TX WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7170
Neospintharus trigonum (Hentz, 1850)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Neospintharus Exline, 1950
Species: Neospintharus trigonum (Hentz, 1850)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CT SC TX WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
space web builders
‡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: Bartlett, Troy
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†
| Argyrodes trigonum Hentz 1850 |
| Neospintharus trigonum Hentz 1850 |
| Theridion trigonum Hentz 1850 |
| Argyrodes trigonum Emerton 1882 |
| Argyrodes argyrodes Keyserling 1884 |
| Argyrodes trigonum Simon 1894 |
| Argyrodes trigonum Emerton 1902 |
| Argyrodes trigonus F. O. P.-Cambridge 1902 |
| Conopistha rufa Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 |
| Conopistha trigona Kaston 1948 |
| Argyrodes trigonum Exline & Levi 1962 |
| Argyrodes trigonum Breene et al. 1993 |
| Argyrodes trigonum Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Neospintharus trigonum Agnarsson 2004 |
Taxonomic References†
Agnarsson, I. 2004. Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae). Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 141: 447-626.
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.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1902. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 313-424.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.
Exline, H. & H. W. Levi. 1962. American spiders of the genus Argyrodes (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 127: 75-204.
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.
Keyserling, E. 1884. Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. Nürnberg, 1: 1-222.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Simon, E. 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 489-760.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THERIDIIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Neospintharus Exline, 1950‡‡
N. baboquivari (Exline & Levi, 1962) ...............USA, Mexico
N. furcatus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1894) ...............USA to El Salvador, West Indies
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution