Nearctic States & Provinces: AB ON YT CO
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7969
Robertus fuscus (Emerton, 1894)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 1879
Species: Robertus fuscus (Emerton, 1894)
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB ON YT CO
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:
mixed woods, under leaves, stones and pieces of wood, humid places (Aitchison-Benell & Dondale, 1990; Hackman, 1954).
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†
| Robertus fuscus Emerton 1894 |
| Steatoda fusca Emerton 1894 |
| Pedanostethus fuscus Emerton 1911 |
| Robertus fuscus Crosby & Bishop 1928 |
| Ctenium fusca Kaston 1946 |
| Ctenium fusca Kaston 1948 |
| Robertus fuscus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Crosby, C. R. & S. C. Bishop. 1928. Araneae. In A list of the insects of New York. Mem. Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta. 101: 1034-1074.
Emerton, J. H. 1911. New spiders from New England. Trans. Connect. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 16: 383-407.
Emerton, J. H. 1894. Canadian spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 9: 400-429.
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.
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
Natural History References
Aitchison-Benell, C. W. & C. D. Dondale. 1990. A checklist of Manitoba spiders (Araneae) with notes on geographic relationships. Naturaliste can. 117: 215-237.
Hackman, W. 1954. The spiders of Newfoundland. Acta zool. fenn. 79: 1-99.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 1879‡‡
R. arcticus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) ...............Alaska
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. eremophilus Chamberlin, 1928 ...............USA
R. floridensis (Kaston, 1946) ...............USA
R. frontatus (Banks, 1892) ...............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
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: THERIDIIDAE, Robertus fuscus (Emerton, 1894).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7969 (Accessed: 10/7/2008 5:34:56 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2006-03-17T09:12:07Z