Species Tmeticus ornatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Internet References

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 Erigoninae (Dwarf Spiders)

Genus Tmeticus

Species ornatus (Tmeticus ornatus)

Explanation of Names

Author of the name: Emerton. Year first published: 1914.

Range

USA & Canada (unknown specific ranges)

Remarks

The World Spider catalog does not list Canada as part of the range of this species. However, according to Spiders of Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park (PDF) it has been recorded in Canada.

Internet References

~ www.canadianarachnology.org - Images and information.

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 9 February, 2010 - 3:31pm

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