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Species Orodrassus canadensis

Adult Male - Orodrassus canadensis - male Adult Male - Orodrassus canadensis - male Adult Male - Orodrassus canadensis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Gnaphosidae (Ground Spiders)
Genus Orodrassus
Species canadensis (Orodrassus canadensis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Size
Males: ~7.7 mm(1)
Females: ~9.4 mm(1)
Range
Nova Scotia west to Yukon Territories and south into Washington and South Dakota (1)
Habitat
Elevation 3,000-5,400 feet in pitfall traps in coniferous forests, Jack Pine forests in cabins, under the bark of stumps and from crowns of Black Spruce (1)
Season
Mature males: mid-July to mid-September(1)
Mature females: mid-April to mid-September(1)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the spider genera Haplodrassus and Orodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America
Norman Platnick & Mohammad Shadab. 1975. American Museum Novitates 2583: 1-40.