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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders (Linyphiidae) » Dwarf Spiders (Erigoninae) » Grammonota

Genus Grammonota

Classification · Identification · Range · Internet References
Grammonota gentilis - male Unknown Spider - Grammonota Dwarf Spider - Grammonota pictilis - male Grammonota pictilis - male Grammonota inornata - male Spider - Grammonota inornata - female Dwarf Spider - Grammonota Dwarf Spider - Grammonota
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
Identification
Determination to species in this large genus of almost 30 species is quite difficult; in at least some cases (pictilis, capitata) the female genitalia are considered indistinguishable. Species determinations here in 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).
Internet References
digitallibrary.amnh.org - PDF with written description of Grammonota nignifrons, suspiciosa & confusa.
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 30 January, 2009 - 10:05pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, pfeiffer
Last updated 15 December, 2011 - 6:48am

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