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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) » Agyneta » Agyneta sheffordiana

Species Agyneta sheffordiana

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Agyneta scheffordiana - Agyneta sheffordiana - male Agyneta scheffordiana - Agyneta sheffordiana - female
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 Agyneta
Species sheffordiana (Agyneta sheffordiana)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Current combination: Agyneta sheffordiana Dupérré & Paquin, 2007 (1)
Size
Tiny spiders; body length (excluding legs) of adults approximately 1.35 - 1.64 millimeters. (2)
Identification
Adult male habitus, pedipalp:


Adult female habitus, epigynum:
Range
Northeastern Canada; collection localities include Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec.(2)(3)
See Also
Other Agyneta spp.
Works Cited
1.The World Spider Catalog by Norman I. Platnick
2.Taxonomic revision of the spider genera Agyneta and Tennesseellum (Araneae, Linyphiidae) of North America north of Mexico with a
Nadine Dupérré. 2013. Zootaxa 3674(1):1-198.
3.Description of five new spiders from Canada (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
Nadine Dupérré & Pierre Paquin. 2007. Zootaxa 1632: 1-20.
Contributed by Mandy Howe on 13 April, 2014 - 6:31pm
Last updated 16 May, 2014 - 4:54pm

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