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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders (Linyphiidae) » Sheetweb Spiders (Linyphiinae) » Diplostyla » Diplostyla concolor

Species Diplostyla concolor

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Linyphiinae (Sheetweb Spiders)
Genus Diplostyla
Species concolor (Diplostyla concolor)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
currently Diplostyla concolor (Wider, 1834)
previously Bathyphantes concolor
Size
Body length of adults 2-2.8mm.(1)
Identification
Female epigynum



Male palp
Range
Rod Crawford says here the species was introduced to the northern USA and southern Canada (BC, AB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NF(2)); considered Holarctic now.
See Also
Bathyphantes
Internet References
Scientific diagrams — www.araneae.unibe.ch
Works Cited
1.Guide d'identification des Araignées (Araneae) du Québec
P. Paquin and N.Dupérré. 2003. Association des Entomologistes Amateurs du Québec.
2.Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Canada and Alaska
Paquin, Buckle, Duperre, & Dondale. 2010. Zootaxa 2461: 1–170.
Contributed by Chad Heins on 8 July, 2013 - 10:13am
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Jeff Hollenbeck, Mandy Howe
Last updated 18 May, 2024 - 11:25pm

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