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Species Cybaeopsis euopla

Cybaeopsis euopla - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Amaurobiidae (Hacklemesh Weavers)
Genus Cybaeopsis
Species euopla (Cybaeopsis euopla)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Explanation of Names
Author of the name: Bishop & Crosby. Year first published: 1935.
Range
Nova Scotia and Newfoundland west to eastern British Columbia and north into Northwest Territories. It is only known from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Maine in the U.S. (1)
Habitat
This species is often found in deep deciduous leaf litter. (1)
Season
April to October with peaks in May and June (1)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Nearctic Amaurobiidae (Arachnida: Araneidae)
Robin Leech. 1972. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 84: 1-82.