Species Falconina gracilis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited

Spider BG423 - Falconina gracilis - female

Grass Spider with 2 Large Feelers! - Falconina gracilis

Falconia gracillis - Falconina gracilis - 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 Corinnidae (Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders)

Genus Falconina

Species gracilis (Falconina gracilis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Author of the name: Keyserling. Year first published: 1891, as Hypsinotus gracilis.(1)

Size

Body length of adult males range from 4.6—6.4mm, and females from 5.9—8.9mm.(2)

Identification

Male:

Female:

Range

Native to Brazil, Paraguay, & northern Argentina, but introduced to the Gulf States (TX, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, SC) and more recently to California.(2)(3)(4)

Remarks

"This South American species has been introduced to the Gulf States and seems to be associated with the imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta in Texas (J Cokendolpher, pers. comm.)"(4)

See Also

Species of Scotinella can have a similar pattern on the abdomen.

Works Cited

1.	The World Spider Catalog by Norman I. Platnick

2.	Taxonomia da subfamília Corinninae (Araneae, Corinnidae) nas regiões Neotropical e Neártica Alexandre Bragio Bonaldo. 2000. Iheringia Série Zoologia, Porto Alegre 89: 3-148.

3.	A South American spider, Falconina gracilis (Keyserling 1891) (Araneae: Corinnidae), newly established in southern California Stephen Valle, Cynthia Bingham Keiser, Leonard Vincent, & Richard Vetter. 2013. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 89(4): 259-263.

4.	Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds). 2005. American Arachnological Society.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 26 October, 2006 - 12:01pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins, Bbarnd, Mandy Howe
Last updated 19 May, 2016 - 8:20am

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