The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7987
Robertus pumilus (Emerton, 1909)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 1879
Species: Robertus pumilus (Emerton, 1909)
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†
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. †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:
MA
‡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)
Pedanostethus pumilus Emerton 1909
Robertus pumilus Emerton 1909
Robertus pumilus Crosby & Bishop 1928
Ctenium pumilus Kaston 1946
Ctenium pumilus Kaston 1948
Robertus pumilus Paquin & Dupérré 2003
Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.
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. longipalpus (Kaston, 1946) ...............USA, Canada
R. lyrifer Holm, 1939 ...............Iceland, Scandinavia, Austria, Russia
R. neglectus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871) ...............Palearctic
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