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Species Agelenopsis emertoni - Emerton’s Funnelweb Spider

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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 Agelenidae (Funnel Weavers)
Subfamily Ageleninae
Genus Agelenopsis (Grass Spiders)
Species emertoni (Emerton’s Funnelweb Spider)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Named for arachnologist James H. Emerton.(1)
Size
Female: 7.20-15.17mm
Male: 6.00-12.57mm(1)
Identification
Palp

Epigynum
Range
USA: AR, CO, FL, GA, LA, MA, MS, MO, NJ, NY, NC, OK, PA, TN, TX, VA(1)
Print References
Guarisco, H. 2014. The funnelweb spider genus Agelenopsis (Araneae: Agelenidae) in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 117:79–87.
Works Cited
1.Revision and morphological phylogenetic analysis of the funnel web spider genus Agelenopsis (Araneae: Agelenidae)
Julie Whitman-Zai, Maren Francis, Margaret Geick, Paula E. Cushing. 2015. The Journal of Arachnology 43:1–25.
Contributed by Laura P. on 22 October, 2017 - 12:41pm
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins
Last updated 3 January, 2023 - 11:21pm

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