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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) » Potter’s Grass Spider (Agelenopsis potteri)

Species Agelenopsis potteri - Potter’s Grass Spider

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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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 potteri (Potter’s Grass Spider)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Named in compliment to Richard Potter, Esq., M.A., Queen’s College, Cambridge, and Professor of Natural Philosophy in University College, London, collector of specimens described by Blackwall.*
Identification
Hooked tip of embolus on the pedipalp

Palp (ventral view) Again, note the hook at the tip of the embolus.

Epigynum (ventral/ventral dissected/dorsal dissected)
Range
Nova Scotia west to Saskatchewan and Washington and south to Colorado (1)(2)
Remarks
A side (lateral) view of the spider's head provides the best look at the distinctive hooked embolus. When photographing an unidentified grass spider, try to get a close-up shot from this angle.
Print References
*Blackwall, J. (1846a). Notice of spiders captured by Professor Potter in Canada, with descriptions of such species as appear to be new to science. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17: 30-44, 76-82

Kaston, B. J. (1948). Spiders of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey 70: 1-874. (1948/1981)(3)

Paquin, P. & Dupérré, N. (2003). Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Supplement 11: 1-251(4)
Works Cited
1.North American Agelenidae of the genera Agelenopsis, Calilena, Ritalena and Tortolena
Ralph Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie. 1941. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 34(3): 585-628.
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.Spiders Of Connecticut
Benjamin Julian Kaston. 1981. State Geological And Natural History Survey Of Connecticut, Department Of Environmental Protection, Bulletin 70 Revised Edition.
4.Guide d'identification des Araignées (Araneae) du Québec
P. Paquin and N.Dupérré. 2003. Association des Entomologistes Amateurs du Québec.
Contributed by Abigail Parker on 19 September, 2009 - 12:27pm
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins
Last updated 3 January, 2023 - 10:56pm

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