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Species Tmeticus ornatus

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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 Linyphiidae (Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders)
Subfamily Erigoninae (Dwarf Spiders)
Genus Tmeticus
Species ornatus (Tmeticus ornatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Explanation of Names
Author of the name: Emerton. Year first published: 1914.
Range
USA & Canada (unknown specific ranges)
Remarks
The World Spider catalog does not list Canada as part of the range of this species. However, according to Spiders of Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park (PDF) it has been recorded in Canada.