The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7965
Robertus eremophilus Chamberlin, 1928
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 1879
Species: Robertus eremophilus Chamberlin, 1928
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
space web builders
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Synonyms and Chresonyms† Taxonomic References†
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. J. Gertsch. 1928. Notes on spiders from southeastern Utah. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 41: 175-188. †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 Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 1879‡‡
R. arcticus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) ...............Alaska ‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
‡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)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Robertus eremophilus Chamberlin 1928
Ctenium eremophilus Kaston 1946
Ctenium eremophilus Kaston 1948
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Kaston, B. J. 1946. North American spiders of the genus Ctenium. Am. Mus. Novit. 1306: 1-19.
R. arundineti (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871) ...............Palearctic
R. banksi (Kaston, 1946) ...............USA, Canada
R. borealis (Kaston, 1946) ...............USA, Canada
R. crosbyi (Kaston, 1946) ...............USA
R. floridensis (Kaston, 1946) ...............USA
R. frontatus (Banks, 1892) ...............USA, Canada
R. fuscus (Emerton, 1894) ...............USA, Canada
R. laticeps (Keyserling, 1884) ...............USA
R. lividus (Blackwall, 1836) ...............Holarctic
R. longipalpus (Kaston, 1946) ...............USA, Canada
R. lyrifer Holm, 1939 ...............Iceland, Scandinavia, Austria, Russia
R. neglectus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871) ...............Palearctic
R. pumilus (Emerton, 1909) ...............USA
R. riparius (Keyserling, 1886) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
R. scoticus Jackson, 1914 ...............Palearctic
R. similis (Kaston, 1946) ...............USA
R. spinifer (Emerton, 1909) ...............USA
R. ungulatus Vogelsanger, 1944 ...............Palearctic
R. vigerens (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska