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Megalepthyphantes nebulosus

(Sundevall, 1830)

Misty Ground-weaver Spider

GNRUnranked Found in 4 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.115580
Element CodeILARA86010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderAraneae
FamilyLinyphiidae
GenusMegalepthyphantes
Synonyms
Lepthyphantes nebulosa(Sundevall, 1830)Lepthyphantes nebulosus(Sundevall, 1829)
Other Common Names
Foggy Sheetweaver (EN) Linyphie nébuleuse (FR)
Concept Reference
Platnick, N. I. 2010a. The world spider catalog, version 10.5. American Museum of Natural History. Online. Available: http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog/
Taxonomic Comments
Platnick (2014) notes that this species has been transferred from the genus Lepthyphantes to Megalepthyphantes.
Conservation Status
Edition Date1996-05-09
Edition AuthorsSteiner, M.
Range Extent Comments
Wide ranging from New England and the adjacent Canadian provinces south to Florida and west to Washington (Kaston, 1972).
Ecology & Habitat

Description

An orange carapace with a dark central stripe which forks towards the front near the posterior median eyes (Kaston, 1972). The abdomen is yellowish to white to gray with a pattern of dark splotches as illustrated by Kaston (1972). Females are slightly larger than males reaching lengths of 4-4.5mm, while males reach only 3.5-4mm (Kaston, 1972).

Ecology

The web is called a "snare" type and is built close to the ground under coverings like boards or stones (Kaston, 1972).
Other Nations (2)
CanadaNNA
ProvinceRankNative
OntarioSNANo
Nova ScotiaSNANo
ManitobaSNANo
AlbertaSNANo
New BrunswickSNANo
SaskatchewanSNANo
QuebecSNANo
British ColumbiaSNANo
Island of NewfoundlandSNANo
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
IndianaS3Yes
WyomingSNRYes
MontanaSNRYes
Roadless Areas (4)
Utah (4)
AreaForestAcres
Mahogany RangeWasatch-Cache National Forest11,409
Mt. Logan NorthWasatch-Cache National Forest18,930
Mt. Logan SouthWasatch-Cache National Forest17,014
Mt. Logan WestWasatch-Cache National Forest5,285
References (6)
  1. Breene, R.G., D.A. Dean, G.B. Edwards, B. Hebert, H.W. Levi, G. Manning, K. McWest, and L. Sorkin. 2003. Common names of Arachnids 2003. 5th edition. The American Arachnological Society Committee on Common Names of Arachnids. American Tarantula Society.
  2. Kaston, B.J. 1972. How to Know the Spiders. Wm C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa. 272 p.
  3. Paquin, P., D. J. Buckle, N. Duperre, and C. D. Dondale. 2010. Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Canada and Alaska. Zootaxa 2461:1-170.
  4. Platnick, N. I. 2010a. The world spider catalog, version 10.5. American Museum of Natural History. Online. Available: http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog/
  5. Platnick, N.I. 2014. The world spider catalog, version 14.5. American Museum of Natural History, online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html DOI: 10.5531/db.iz.0001.
  6. Shorthouse, D. P., editor. 2007. The Nearctic Spider Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://canadianarachnology.webhop.net.