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Species Ceraticelus laetabilis

Ceraticelus laetabilis--voucher image - Ceraticelus laetabilis - 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 Linyphiidae (Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders)

Subfamily Erigoninae (Dwarf Spiders)

Genus Ceraticelus

Species laetabilis (Ceraticelus laetabilis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Synonyms:

Erigone laetabilis O. P.-Cambridge, 1874

Ceratinella laetabilis Emerton, 1902

Explanation of Names

Ceraticelus laetabilis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874)

Size

Tiny spiders; body length (excluding legs) of adults ranges from 1.4 - 1.7 millimeters.(1)

Identification

Palp:

Epigynum:

Range

USA: CT, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NY, PA, SC, SD, VT, WI (2)

Canada: AB, MB, NB, NF, ON, QC, SK (2)

Habitat

Has been found in leaf litter of moderately dry woods, under stones, in moss, in peat bogs, and debris left over from spring floods.(3)

Season

Adults can be found in all seasons.(3)

Works Cited

1.	Guide d'identification des Araignées (Araneae) du Québec P. Paquin and N.Dupérré. 2003. Association des Entomologistes Amateurs du Québec.

2.	Contributions à la connaissance des Araignées (Araneae) d'Amérique du Nord. Fabreries, Supplément 10. Pierre Paquin & Donald J. Buckle. 2001. Association des entomologistes amateurs du Québec inc. (AEAQ).

3.	Spiders Of Connecticut Benjamin Julian Kaston. 1981. State Geological And Natural History Survey Of Connecticut, Department Of Environmental Protection, Bulletin 70 Revised Edition.

Contributed by Mandy Howe on 13 April, 2014 - 5:40pm
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 31 March, 2024 - 6:10pm

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