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Tiny spider - Frontinella pyramitela
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Tiny spider - Frontinella pyramitela
Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
November 26, 2006
Size: 2.5mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 30 November, 2006 - 9:01am
Last updated 20 January, 2008 - 9:20am

Moved
Moved from Frontinella communis.
… tom murray, 20 January, 2008 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

I forgot they were using some of my pics
I wonder if the brown stripes separate this from the Bowl and Doily spider's solid brown and white colors.
… tom murray, 18 January, 2008 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

Nearctic Spiders calls it
F. communis here
… john and jane balaban, 18 January, 2008 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Synonym
Wikipedia lists F. pyramitela as a synonym of F. communis.
Should the name be changed in the guide?
… tom murray, 20 January, 2008 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

 
Ah! we didn't think of that
We think we're using Spiders of North America as the reference for BugGuide and here's what they say:
"pyramitela (Walckenaer 1841). SYN communis Hentz 1850, pyramidea Marx 1890 (misspelling). Blauvelt 1936, Ch&I 1944, Kaston 1948, G&Da 1946, Mill. 1984b, Crawford 1988; widespread in Canada, U.S.A., Mexico, and West Indies. The synonymy of communis is difficult to evaluate, as the Abbot drawing on which the name pyramitela is based has not been published (RC)."
So they are putting communis in synonymy with pyramitela. Looks like we should have left it where it was. Maybe Jeff will chime in on this one.
… john and jane balaban, 20 January, 2008 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

Bowl and Doily
It looks like a good match. Tanks John and Jane.
… tom murray, 30 November, 2006 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

Reminds us of
Linyphiidae, maybe Frontinella. See what you think while we wait for Jeff.
… john and jane balaban, 30 November, 2006 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

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