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Bathyphantes brevis (Emerton, 1911)

FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859
    Genus: Bathyphantes Menge, 1866

        Species: Bathyphantes brevis (Emerton, 1911)

Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  dwarf & sheetweb weavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Alaska
Nearctic States & Provinces:   BC

Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:  wandering sheet/tangle weavers
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:  under leaves, deciduous leaf litter, close to water
Life & Natural History:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

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

Bathyphantes brevis Emerton 1911
Diplostyla brevis Emerton 1911
Bathyphantes brevis Crosby & Bishop 1928
Bathyphantoides brevis Kaston 1948
Bathyphantes brevis Hackman 1954
Bathyphantes brevis Holm 1960
Bathyphantes brevis Ivie 1969
Bathyphantes brevis Kaston 1977
Bathyphantes brevis 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.

Hackman, W. 1954. The spiders of Newfoundland. Acta zool. fenn. 79: 1-99.

Holm, Å. 1960. On a collection of spiders from Alaska. Zool. Bidr. Upps. 33: 109-134.

Ivie, W. 1969. North American spiders of the genus Bathyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 2364: 1-70.

Kaston, B. J. 1976. Supplement to the spiders of Connecticut. J. Arachnol. 4: 1-72.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

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/LINYPHIIDAE.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.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Bathyphantes Menge, 1866‡‡

B. alameda Ivie, 1969 ...............USA, Canada
B. alascensis (Banks, 1900) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
B. alboventris (Banks, 1892) ...............USA, Canada
B. approximatus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871) ...............Palearctic
B. bishopi Ivie, 1969 ...............USA
B. brevipes (Emerton, 1917) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
B. canadensis (Emerton, 1882) ...............Russia, Alaska, Canada, USA
B. chico Ivie, 1969 ...............USA
B. diasosnemis Fage, 1929 ...............USA
B. eumenis (L. Koch, 1879) ...............Holarctic
B. gracilis (Blackwall, 1841) ...............Holarctic
B. gulkana Ivie, 1969 ...............Russia, Alaska
B. iviei Holm, 1970 ...............Russia, Alaska
B. keeni (Emerton, 1917) ...............Russia, Alaska, Canada, USA
B. latescens (Chamberlin, 1919) ...............USA
B. malkini Ivie, 1969 ...............USA, Canada
B. nigrinus (Westring, 1851) ...............Palearctic
B. orica Ivie, 1969 ...............USA, Canada
B. pallidus (Banks, 1892) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
B. parvulus (Westring, 1851) ...............Palearctic
B. pogonias Kulczynski, 1885 ...............Russia, Alaska
B. reprobus (Kulczynski, 1916) ...............Holarctic
B. setiger F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1894 ...............Palearctic
B. simillimus (L. Koch, 1879) ...............Holarctic
B. umiatus Ivie, 1969 ...............Alaska
B. waneta Ivie, 1969 ...............USA, Canada
B. weyeri (Emerton, 1875) ...............USA
B. yukon Ivie, 1969 ...............Alaska

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution

Page Reference:

Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: LINYPHIIDAE, Bathyphantes brevis (Emerton, 1911). In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/9557 (Accessed: 11/20/2008 11:15:32 PM).

Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2005-06-15T22:54:52Z