The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7978
Robertus longipalpus (Kaston, 1946)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 1879
Species: Robertus longipalpus (Kaston, 1946)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
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†
Brignoli, P. M. 1983. A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester Univ. Press, 755 pp. †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
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CT
‡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)
Ctenium longipalpus Kaston 1946
Robertus longipalpus Kaston 1946
Ctenium longipalpus Kaston 1948
Robertus longipalpus Brignoli 1983
Robertus longipalpus Paquin & Dupérré 2003
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.
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. fuscus (Emerton, 1894) ...............USA, Canada
R. laticeps (Keyserling, 1884) ...............USA
R. lividus (Blackwall, 1836) ...............Holarctic
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