Nearctic States & Provinces: TX
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7316
Crustulina altera Gertsch & Archer, 1942
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Crustulina Menge, 1868
Species: Crustulina altera Gertsch & Archer, 1942
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces:
TX
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:
(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†
| Crustulina altera Gertsch & Archer 1942 |
| Crustulina altera Kaston 1948 |
| Crustulina altera Levi 1957 |
| Crustulina altera Levi & Levi 1962 |
| Crustulina altera Levi & Randolph 1975 |
| Crustulina altera Roth 1982 |
| Crustulina altera Roth 1985 |
| Crustulina altera Roth 1994 |
Taxonomic References†
Gertsch, W. J. & A. F. Archer. 1942. Descriptions of new American Theridiidae. Am. Mus. Novit. 1171: 1-16.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Levi, H. W. 1957. The spider genera Crustulina and Steatoda in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 117: 367-424.
Levi, H. W. & D. E. Randolph. 1975. A key and checklist of American spiders of the family Theridiidae north of Mexico (Araneae). J. Arachnol. 3: 31-51.
Levi, H. W. & L. R. Levi. 1962. The genera of the spider family Theridiidae. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 127: 1-71.
Roth, V. D. 1994. Spider Genera of North America, with Keys to Families and Genera, and a Guide to Literature, third edition. Am. Arachnol. Soc., Gainesville, 203 pp.
Roth, V. D. 1985. Spider genera of North America. American Arachnological Society, Gainesville, Florida.
Roth, V. D. 1982. Handbook for spider identification. Published by the author, Portal, Arizona.
†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 Crustulina Menge, 1868‡‡
C. guttata (Wider, 1834) ...............Palearctic
C. sticta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861) ...............Holarctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution