Nearctic States & Provinces: QC AZ CO PA SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7435
Dipoena nigra (Emerton, 1882)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Dipoena Thorell, 1869
Species: Dipoena nigra (Emerton, 1882)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
QC AZ CO PA SC
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†
| Dipoena nigra Emerton 1882 |
| Steatoda nigra Emerton 1882 |
| Dipoena crassiventris Keyserling 1886 |
| Dipoena nigra Banks 1892 |
| Dipoena parvula Banks 1901 |
| Dipoena tibialis Banks 1906 |
| Dipoena nigra Kaston 1948 |
| Dipoena nigra Levi 1953 |
| Dipoena nigra Levi 1963 |
| Dipoena nigra Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Dipoena nigra 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.
Banks, N. 1906. Descriptions of new American spiders. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 7: 94-100.
Banks, N. 1901. Some spiders and other Arachnida from southern Arizona. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 23: 581-590.
Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.
Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1886. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Nürnberg, 2: 1-295.
Levi, H. W. 1963. American spiders of the genera Audifia, Euryopis and Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 129: 121-185.
Levi, H. W. 1953. Spiders of the genus Dipoena from America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1647: 1-39.
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/THERIDIIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Dipoena Thorell, 1869‡‡
D. abdita Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico, West Indies
D. appalachia Levi, 1953 ...............USA
D. bernardino Levi, 1963 ...............USA
D. buccalis Keyserling, 1886 ...............North America
D. cathedralis Levi, 1953 ...............USA
D. chathami Levi, 1953 ...............USA
D. dorsata Muma, 1944 ...............USA to Paraguay
D. lana Levi, 1953 ...............USA, Panama
D. malkini Levi, 1953 ...............USA
D. neotoma Levi, 1953 ...............USA
D. provalis Levi, 1953 ...............USA
D. rita Levi, 1953 ...............USA
D. sulfurica Levi, 1953 ...............USA, Mexico
D. torva (Thorell, 1875) ...............Palearctic
D. washougalia Levi, 1953 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution