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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders (Corinnidae) » Castianeira » Castianeira amoena

Species Castianeira amoena

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
BG1176 D0039 - Castianeira amoena - male BG1180 C9708 - Castianeira amoena - female Castianeira? - Castianeira amoena Castianeira amoena ID confirmation? - Castianeira amoena Spider - Castianeira amoena - male Speed Demon Spider - Castianeira amoena Tiger Spider - Castianeira amoena Castianeira sp. - Castianeira amoena
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Corinnidae (Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders)
Genus Castianeira
Species amoena (Castianeira amoena)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Castianeira amoena (C. L. Koch, 1841)
Identification
Epigynum
Range
North Carolina west to Kansas and south to Florida and Texas (1)
Print References
Spiders of the Eastern United States (2)--according to comments here, on page 263 of this reference, the image labeled as Castianeira amoena is actually C. gertschi.
Works Cited
1.The Spider Subfamily Castianeirinae of North and Central America
J. Reiskind. 1969. Bull. Mus. of Comp. Zool. Vol 138: 163-325.
2.Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide
W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins. 2004. pearson education.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 28 December, 2005 - 9:43pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Lynette Elliott, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Chuck Entz
Last updated 8 February, 2023 - 7:26am

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