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Species Ceraticelus bulbosus

Adult Male - Ceraticelus bulbosus - male

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 Ceraticelus

Species bulbosus (Ceraticelus bulbosus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

(Emerton, 1882)

Size

Males: 1.3-1.4mm

Females: 1.4-1.5mm (1)

Identification

Images of the palp and epigynum can be found here.

Range

This species has a Holarctic distribution.

Habitat

Sphagnum bogs often under leaves (1)

Season

March-June (1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by John Sloan on 19 March, 2010 - 3:18pm
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 28 March, 2024 - 7:48pm

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