Nearctic States & Provinces: AB YT CO MT
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7556
Enoplognatha intrepida (Sorensen, 1898)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880
Species: Enoplognatha intrepida (Sorensen, 1898)
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Alaska, Greenland
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB YT CO MT
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:
under stones, leaf litter, deciduous tree trunks
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†
| Enoplognatha intrepida Sorensen 1898 |
| Theridion intrepidum Sorensen 1898 |
| Enoplognatha rugosa Emerton 1909 |
| Enoplognatha intrepida Jackson 1930 |
| Enoplognatha pikes Chamberlin & Ivie 1942 |
| Enoplognatha intrepida Braendegaard 1946 |
| Enoplognatha rugosa Chamberlin & Ivie 1947 |
| Enoplognatha rugosa Kaston 1948 |
| Enoplognatha rugosa Schenkel 1950 |
| Enoplognatha intrepida Levi 1957 |
| Enoplognatha intrepida Holm 1967 |
| Enoplognatha intrepida Hippa & Oksala 1983 |
| Enoplognatha intrepida Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Braendegaard, J. 1946. The spiders (Araneina) of East Greenland: A faunistic and zoogeographical investigation. Meddr Grønland 121(15): 1-128.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1947. The spiders of Alaska. Bull. Univ. Utah 37(10): 1-103.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1942. A hundred new species of American spiders. Bull. Univ. Utah 32(13): 1-117.
Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.
Hippa, H. & I. Oksala. 1983. Cladogenesis of the Enoplognatha ovata group (Araneae, Theridiidae), with description of a new Mediterranean species. Annls ent. fenn. 49: 71-74.
Holm, Å. 1967. Spiders (Araneae) from west Greenland. Meddr Grønland 184(1): 1-99.
Jackson, A. R. 1930. Results of the Oxford University Expedition to Greenland, 1928. Araneae and opiliones collected by Major R. W. G. Hingston; with some notes on Icelandic spiders. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 6: 639-656.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Levi, H. W. 1957. The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 112: 1-124.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Schenkel, E. 1950. Spinnentiere aus dem westlichen Nordamerika, gesammelt von Dr. Hans Schenkel-Rudin. Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 61: 28-92.
Sorensen, W. 1898. Arachnida Groenlandica (Acaris exceptis). Vidensk. Meddel. naturh. Foren. Kjöbenh 1898: 176-235.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THERIDIIDAE.html
Natural History References
Aitchison-Benell, C. W. & C. D. Dondale. 1990. A checklist of Manitoba spiders (Araneae) with notes on geographic relationships. Naturaliste can. 117: 215-237.
Levi, H. W. 1957. The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 112: 1-124.
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. 1957. The spider genera Chrysso and Tidarren in America. Jl N. Y. ent. Soc. 63: 59-81.
Levi, H. W. 1957. The North American spider genera Paratheridula, Tekellina, Pholcomma and Archerius (Araneae: Theridiidae). Trans. Am. microsc. Soc. 76: 105-115.
Levi, H. W. 1957. Spiders of the new genus Arctachaea (Araneae, Theridiidae). Psyche, Camb. 64: 102-106.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880‡‡
E. caricis (Fickert, 1876) ...............Holarctic
E. joshua Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
E. latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982 ...............Holarctic
E. mandibularis (Lucas, 1846) ...............Palearctic
E. maricopa Levi, 1962 ...............USA
E. marmorata (Hentz, 1850) ...............North America
E. mordax (Thorell, 1875) ...............Palearctic
E. oelandica (Thorell, 1875) ...............Palearctic
E. ovata (Clerck, 1757) ...............Holarctic
E. selma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1946 ...............USA
E. serratosignata (L. Koch, 1879) ...............Palearctic
E. thoracica (Hahn, 1833) ...............Holarctic
E. wyuta Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: THERIDIIDAE, Enoplognatha intrepida (Sorensen, 1898).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7556 (Accessed: 7/20/2008 9:24:01 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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