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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders (Linyphiidae) » Sheetweb Spiders (Linyphiinae) » Hammock Spiders (Pityohyphantes) » Hammock Spider (Pityohyphantes costatus)

Species Pityohyphantes costatus - Hammock Spider

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Linyphiidae (Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders)
Subfamily Linyphiinae (Sheetweb Spiders)
Genus Pityohyphantes (Hammock Spiders)
Species costatus (Hammock Spider)
Explanation of Names
Author of the name: Hentz. Year first published: 1850.
Range
This species is the most common member of this genus in the East. (1)
Habitat
Wooded and open areas. The web is built in shrubs and the low branches of trees. The spider waits at the edge of the web or under a leaf or other nearby cover. (1)
Season
Adults - spring thru summer. Subadults in winter. (1)
Works Cited
1.Common Spiders of North America
Richard A. Bradley . 2012. University of California Press .
Contributed by tom murray on 12 January, 2006 - 6:42pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, Marci Hess
Last updated 11 November, 2019 - 3:25pm

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