The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7706

Euryopis funebris (Hentz, 1850)

FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
    Genus: Euryopis Menge, 1868

        Species: Euryopis funebris (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:   CO NH
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

Euryopis funebris Hentz 1850
Theridion funebre Hentz 1850
Euryopis funebris Emerton 1882
Euryopis funebris Keyserling 1886
Euryopis funebris Emerton 1902
Euryopis limbata Chamberlin & Ivie 1944
Euryopis funebris Kaston 1948
Euryopis limbata Levi 1954
Euryopis funebris Levi 1963
Euryopis funebris Griswold et al. 1998
Euryopis funebris Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References

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.

Griswold, C. E., J. A. Coddington, G. Hormiga & N. Scharff. 1998. Phylogeny of the orb-web building spiders (Araneae, Orbiculariae: Deinopoidea, Araneoidea). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 123: 1-99.

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. 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. 1954. Spiders of the genus Euryopis from North and Central America (Araneae, Theridiidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1666: 1-48.

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 Euryopis Menge, 1868‡‡

E. argentea Emerton, 1882 ...............USA, Canada, Russia
E. californica Banks, 1904 ...............USA, Mexico
E. coki Levi, 1954 ...............USA
E. flavomaculata (C. L. Koch, 1836) ...............Palearctic
E. formosa Banks, 1908 ...............USA, Canada
E. gertschi Levi, 1951 ...............USA, Canada
E. lineatipes O. P.-Cambridge, 1893 ...............USA to Colombia
E. mulaiki Levi, 1954 ...............USA
E. pepini Levi, 1954 ...............USA
E. quinquemaculata Banks, 1900 ...............USA
E. saukea Levi, 1951 ...............Holarctic
E. scriptipes Banks, 1908 ...............North America
E. spinigera O. P.-Cambridge, 1895 ...............USA to Colombia
E. spiritus Levi, 1954 ...............USA
E. tavara Levi, 1954 ...............USA
E. texana Banks, 1908 ...............USA, Mexico
E. varis Levi, 1963 ...............USA
E. weesei Levi, 1963 ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution