Species Clubiona pallidula

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Clubionidae (Sac Spiders)

Genus Clubiona (Leafcurling Sac Spiders)

Species pallidula (Clubiona pallidula)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Author of name: Carl Alexander Clerck. First year published: 1757, as Araneus pallidulus.

Size

Body length of adults is 6 - 11 mm.(1)

Range

Coastal British Columbia & Washington, and southern Ontario. Also Europe and Asia.(2)

Habitat

Has been collected in shrubs, herbs, under bark, in mole burrows in the soil, in cultivated crops, and in houses.(2)

Season

Adult males April to June, and adult females from June to November.(2)

Remarks

This species is believed to be a recent introduction to North America. The earliest record of it on the continent is dated 1949 (Roddy 1966).(2)

See Also

Other members of Clubionidae.

Print References

Huber, B. A. 1995. "Genital morphology and copulatory mechanics in Anyphaena accentuata (Anyphaenidae) and Clubiona pallidula (Clubionidae: Araneae)." Journal of Zoology London 235: 689-702.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11: 1-251.

Roddy, L. R. 1966. "New species, records, of clubionid spiders." Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 85(3): 399-407.

Internet References

Great images of the genitalia on the Spiders of Belgium and France website.

Works Cited

1.	Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe Michael J. Roberts. 1996. Harper Collins, London, 383 pp.

2.	The Sac Spiders of Canada and Alaska: Araneae, Clubionidae and Anyphaenidae (The Insects and Arachnids of Canada) Charles D. Dondale and James H. Redner. 1982.

Contributed by Mandy Howe on 13 April, 2013 - 6:51am
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 7 February, 2023 - 8:27am

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