Nearctic States & Provinces: MA NJ SC VA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7881
Phoroncidia americana (Emerton, 1882)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835
Species: Phoroncidia americana (Emerton, 1882)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Cuba, Jamaica
Nearctic States & Provinces:
MA NJ SC VA
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†
| Phoroncidia americana Emerton 1882 |
| Ulesanis americana Emerton 1882 |
| Ulesanis americana Keyserling 1886 |
| Ulesanis americana Kaston 1948 |
| Ulesanis americana Archer 1950 |
| Oronota americana Levi 1955 |
| Ulesanis americana Levi & Levi 1962 |
| Phoroncidia americana Levi 1964 |
| Phoroncidia americana Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Archer, A. F. 1950. A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Mus. Pap. Ala Mus. nat. Hist. 30: 1-40.
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. 1964. American spiders of the genus Phoroncidia (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 131: 65-86.
Levi, H. W. 1955. The spider genera Oronota and Stemmops in North America, Central America and the West Indies (Araneae: Theridiidae). Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 48: 333-342.
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. 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 Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835‡‡
P. oahuensis (Simon, 1900) ...............Hawaii
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution