Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders (Linyphiidae) » Sheetweb Spiders (Linyphiinae) » Tennesseellum » Tennesseellum formica

Species Tennesseellum formica

Tiny ant-like web denizen - Tennesseellum formica - female Tiny ant-like web denizen - Tennesseellum formica Tiny ant-like web denizen - Tennesseellum formica Ant-like Linyphiid - posterior angle - Tennesseellum formica - male Tiny ant-like web denizen - lateral2 - Tennesseellum formica ant mimic - Tennesseellum formica - male Tennesseellum formica--voucher image - Tennesseellum formica - male Tennesseellum formica - 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 Tennesseellum
Species formica (Tennesseellum formica)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.

Tennesseellum formicum (Emerton)
Orig. Comb: Bathyphantes formica Emerton, 1882
Syn: Tennesseellum minutum Petrunkevitch
Explanation of Names
formica - Latin for "ant" (the species is an ant mimic)
Identification

Det. J. Lapp, 2012
Range
Widespread throughout North America, including Alaska
Habitat
In published lists of ground-dwelling spiders as a common species, with grassland and forest floor among the environments mentioned. Also in lists of spiders found in various field crops, and mentioned as collected in low vegetation.
Remarks
One of the most abundant epigeal species found in winter wheat is Tennesseellum formicum. ~ Kevin Pfeiffer 22 July, 2012 (from the AAS Conference)
Internet References
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 6, p.71 - Emerton's original 1882 description
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 25 June, 2009 - 6:33pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Laura P.
Last updated 28 November, 2017 - 7:44pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo