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Species Megalepthyphantes nebulosus

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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 Megalepthyphantes
Species nebulosus (Megalepthyphantes nebulosus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
previously Lepthyphantes nebulosus, see World Spider Catalog
Range
Non-native in North America (endemic to Europe).(1) Collection localities include AR, CO, CT, LA, MA, MI, NE, NH, NY, OH, SC, WA, WI, WY, AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NF, ON, QC, SK.(1)(2)
Print References
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. "Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec." Fabreries, Supplément 11: 1-251.
Roberts, M. J. 1996. Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. Harper Collins, London, 383 pp.
Works Cited
1.Contributions à la connaissance des Araignées (Araneae) d'Amérique du Nord. Fabreries, Supplément 10.
Pierre Paquin & Donald J. Buckle. 2001. Association des entomologistes amateurs du Québec inc. (AEAQ).
2.Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Canada and Alaska
Paquin, Buckle, Duperre, & Dondale. 2010. Zootaxa 2461: 1–170.