Species Tennesseellum formica

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Internet References

Tennesseellum cf. formica (Emerton, 1882) - Tennesseellum formica - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes )

Family Linyphiidae (Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders)

Subfamily Linyphiinae (Sheetweb Spiders)

Genus Tennesseellum

Species formica (Tennesseellum formica)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

First described in 1882 by James Henry Emerton as Bathyphantes formica.

Tennesseellum minutum

Tennesseellum formicum

Explanation of Names

formica is Latin for "ant" (the species is an ant mimic)

This is a noun independent of the name of the genus, so it doesn't change its ending to match it.

Range

Widespread throughout North America, including Alaska

Habitat

In published lists of ground-dwelling spiders as a common species, with grassland and forest floor among the environments mentioned. Also in lists of spiders found in various field crops, and mentioned as collected in low vegetation.

Internet References

Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 6, p.71 The original description of the species

Contributed by Ken Schneider on 25 June, 2009 - 6:33pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 27 June, 2009 - 3:08pm

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