Nearctic States & Provinces: MA NH
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/9819
Ceraticelus minutus (Emerton, 1882)
FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859
Genus: Ceraticelus Simon, 1884
Species: Ceraticelus minutus (Emerton, 1882)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
dwarf & sheetweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
MA NH
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
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:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Sandlin, Nina
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†
| Ceraticelus minutus Emerton 1882 |
| Ceratinella minuta Emerton 1882 |
| Erigone minuta Marx 1890 |
| Ceratinella minutus Banks 1892 |
| Ceraticelus minutus Crosby 1905 |
| Ceraticelus minutus Crosby & Bishop 1925 |
| Ceraticelus minutus Kaston 1948 |
| Ceraticelus minutus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.
Crosby, C. R. 1905. A catalogue of the Erigoneae of North America, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 57: 301-343.
Crosby, C. R. & S. C. Bishop. 1925. Studies in New York spiders; Genera: Ceratinella and Ceraticelus. New York. St. Mus. Bull. 264: 1-71.
Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Marx, G. 1890. Catalogue of the described Araneae of temperate North America. Proc. U. S. nat. Mus. 12: 497-594.
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
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Ceraticelus Simon, 1884‡‡
C. agathus Chamberlin, 1948 ...............USA
C. albus (Fox, 1891) ...............USA
C. alticeps (Fox, 1891) ...............USA
C. atriceps (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874) ...............USA
C. berthoudi Dondale, 1958 ...............USA
C. bryantae Kaston, 1945 ...............USA
C. bulbosus (Emerton, 1882) ...............Holarctic
C. carinatus (Emerton, 1911) ...............USA
C. crassiceps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 ...............USA
C. creolus Chamberlin, 1925 ...............USA
C. emertoni (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874) ...............USA
C. fastidiosus Crosby & Bishop, 1925 ...............USA
C. fissiceps (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874) ...............USA
C. innominabilis Crosby, 1905 ...............Alaska
C. laetabilis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874) ...............USA, Canada
C. laetabilis pisga Chamberlin, 1948 ...............USA
C. laetus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874) ...............USA, Canada
C. laticeps (Emerton, 1894) ...............USA, Canada
C. laticeps bucephalus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 ...............USA
C. limnologicus Crosby & Bishop, 1925 ...............USA
C. micropalpis (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA
C. paludigenus Crosby & Bishop, 1925 ...............USA, Hispaniola
C. paschalis Crosby & Bishop, 1925 ...............USA
C. phylax Ivie & Barrows, 1935 ...............USA
C. pygmaeus (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA
C. rowensis Levi & Levi, 1955 ...............Canada
C. savannus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 ...............USA
C. silus Dondale, 1958 ...............Alaska
C. similis (Banks, 1892) ...............USA
C. subniger Chamberlin, 1948 ...............USA
C. tibialis Fox, 1891 ...............USA
C. vesperus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution