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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Ground Spiders (Gnaphosidae) » Callilepis

Genus Callilepis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Works Cited

Spider on the steps seeks ID - Callilepis

C. imbecilla - dorsal - Callilepis imbecilla - male

C. gosoga female - Callilepis gosoga - 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 Gnaphosidae (Ground Spiders)

Genus Callilepis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Numbers

There are 7 species in BugGuide's range (North America north of Mexico).

Size

Body length 2.5-7mm(1)

Identification

The "translucent lamina on the cheliceral retromargin" (Dondale and Platnick, 1992), is a diagnostic feature for the genus Callilepis:

Range

The following ranges are taken from a combination of (1), (2), & (3) (for quick reference, Canadian ranges are in bold):

Callilepis chisos: eastern Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and western Texas.

Callilepis eremella: western United States and southern British Columbia.

Callilepis gertschi: southwestern United States (e.g. AZ, NM, TX).

Callilepis gosoga: California and northern Baja California.

Callilepis imbecilla: Illinois and southernmost Ontario, south to Texas and Florida (no records for the northeastern states).

Callilepis mumai: southwestern United States from Utah south to Mexico (e.g. UT, AZ, NM).

Callilepis pluto: western Northwest Territories to Maine, south to Oregon, Colorado and Alabama (Canadian portion includes NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, & NS(3)).

Habitat

Dry places such as rocky hillsides, quarries, and sandy beaches. They use surface debris as daytime shelter.(1)

See Also

Callilepis imbecilla

Works Cited

1.	Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 19: The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska : Araneae: Gnaphosidae Norman Platnick & Charles Dondale. 1992. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1875: 1-297.

2.	A revision of the Holarctic spider genus Callilepis (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) Norman Platnick. 1975. American Museum Novitates 2573:1-32.

3.	Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Canada and Alaska Paquin, Buckle, Duperre, & Dondale. 2010. Zootaxa 2461: 1–170.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 31 August, 2009 - 9:21pm
Additional contributions by cheins, jsloan, Mandy Howe
Last updated 27 February, 2023 - 7:58am

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