The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7740

Euryopis saukea Levi, 1951

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

        Species: Euryopis saukea Levi, 1951

Common Names

Family Common Name:  cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: Holarctic

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)

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 saukea Levi 1951
Euryopis saukea Levi 1954
Euryopis saukea Levi & Field 1954
Euryopis annulipes Miller 1963
Euryopis saukea Levi 1963
Euryopis saukea Miller 1966
Euryopis saukea Heimer & Nentwig 1991
Euryopis saukea Esyunin & Efimik 1995
Euryopis saukea Szinetár 1998
Euryopis saukea Ponomarev 2005

Taxonomic References

Esyunin, S. L. & V. E. Efimik. 1995. Remarks on the Ural spider fauna, 4. New records of spider species (excluding Linyphiidae) from the Urals (Arachnida Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 4(1): 71-91.

Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.

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.

Levi, H. W. 1951. New and rare spiders from Wisconsin and adjacent states. Am. Mus. Novit. 1501: 1-41.

Levi, H. W. & H. M. Field. 1954. The spiders of Wisconsin. Am. Midl. Nat. 51: 440-467.

Miller, F. 1966. Einige neue oder unvollkommen bekannte Zwergspinnen (Micryphantidae) aus der Tschechoslowakei (Araneidea). Acta ent. bohemoslavaca 63: 149-164.

Miller, F. 1963. Tschechoslowakische Spinnenarten aus der Gattung Euryopis Menge (Aranea, Theridiidae). Cas. csl. Spol. ent. 60: 341-348.

Ponomarev, A. V. 2005. New and interesting finds of spiders (Aranei) in the southeast of Europe. Vestnik Yuzhnogo Nauchnogo Tsentra RAN, Rostov 1(4): 43-50.

Szinet r, C. 1998. A Dr va mente pókfauna (Araneae) kutat s nak faunisztikai eredményei. Don ntůli Dolg. Term. tud. Sorozat 9: 97-110.

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. funebris (Hentz, 1850) ...............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. 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