Nearctic States & Provinces: PA WV
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7870
Pholcomma hirsutum Emerton, 1882
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Pholcomma Thorell, 1869
Species: Pholcomma hirsutum 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:
PA WV
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†
| Pholcomma hirsutum Emerton 1882 |
| Ancylorrhanis hirsutum Simon 1894 |
| Ancylorrhanis hirsutum Kaston 1948 |
| Pholcomma hirsuta Levi 1957 |
| Pholcomma hirsuta Levi & Levi 1962 |
| Pholcomma hirsutum Levi 1964 |
| Pholcomma hirsutum Agnarsson 2004 |
| Pholcomma hirsutum Paquin & Dupérré 2006 |
Taxonomic References†
Agnarsson, I. 2004. Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae). Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 141: 447-626.
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.
Levi, H. W. 1964. The American spiders of the genera Styposis and Pholcomma (Araneae, Theridiidae). Psyche, Camb. 71: 32-39.
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. & L. R. Levi. 1962. The genera of the spider family Theridiidae. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 127: 1-71.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2006. The spiders of Quebec: update, additions and corrections. Zootaxa 1133: 1-37.
Simon, E. 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 489-760.
†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 Pholcomma Thorell, 1869‡‡
P. barnesi Levi, 1957 ...............USA
P. carota Levi, 1957 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution