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Genus Grammonota

Representative Images

Grammonota gentilis - female Dwarf Spider? - Grammonota pictilis - male Adult Male - Grammonota gigas - male Grammonota gentilis - Grammonota inornata - male Grammonota gentilis - Grammonota inornata - male dwarf spider - Grammonota Unknown Utah Spider - Grammonota Linyphiid--voucher image - Grammonota inornata - 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 Erigoninae (Dwarf Spiders)
Genus Grammonota

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Numbers

There are 41 described species; 25 species occur within BugGuide's range.

Identification

Determination to species in this diverse genus is quite difficult; in at least some cases (G. pictilis/G. capitata), the female genitalia are considered indistinguishable. Species determinations here on BugGuide therefore should be viewed with caution.

Range

From Alaska and James Bay in the north, to Central America and the West Indies; most occur east of the Rocky Mountains from southern Canada to the Gulf States (Dondale, 1959).
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 30 January, 2009 - 10:05pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins, pfeiffer
Last updated 17 May, 2025 - 10:10am

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