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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Funnel Weavers (Agelenidae) » Ageleninae » Grass Spiders (Agelenopsis) » Pennsylvania Funnelweb Spider (Agelenopsis pennsylvanica)

Species Agelenopsis pennsylvanica - Pennsylvania Funnelweb Spider

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited

Agelenopsis with Strange Palps. - Agelenopsis pennsylvanica

Grass Spider - Agelenopsis pennsylvanica

Grass Spider (Agelenopsis pennsylvanica) mating pair - Agelenopsis pennsylvanica

Agelenopsis pennsylvanica? - Agelenopsis pennsylvanica - male

Agelenopsis sp - Agelenopsis pennsylvanica - male

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 pennsylvanica (Pennsylvania Funnelweb Spider)

Other Common Names

Grey Speckled Funnel-web Weaver(1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Identification

Palp (ventral/lateral)

Epigynum (undissected/ventral/dorsal)

Range

This species' known distribution includes New England west to Washington and south to Utah and Louisiana.

States Records from the literature:

Whitman-Zai et al: CO, CT, ID, IL, KS, LA, MA, MI, ND, OH, OR, PN, TN, UT, WV (2)

Chamberlin & Ivie adds AR, IN, MD, ME, MS, NE, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, PA, WA, WI. (3)

Habitat

This species prefers near buildings. (3)

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.	Common Spiders Of Maryland Martin H. Muma. 1943. The Natural History Society Of Maryland.

2.	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.

3.	Agelenidae of the genera Hololena, Novalena, Rualena and Melpomene. Chamberlin, R. V. & Ivie, W. 1942. Annals of the Entomological Society of America.

Contributed by Jay Barnes on 14 December, 2008 - 10:23pm
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Laura P.
Last updated 3 January, 2023 - 10:02pm

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