Genus Sisicus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited

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 Sisicus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Numbers

3 species worldwide; all occur in North America. (1)

Size

Tiny spiders; body length (excluding legs) of adults roughly .97 - 1.4 millimeters.

Range

S. apertus — found throughout Alaska and Canada and also recorded from Maine; also Europe.(2)(3)

S. penifusifer — widespread in Canada, from British Columbia to Newfoundland, and also found across northern USA (published USA records seem to be mainly from the east, e.g. ME, MI, NY, WI, and SCAN(4) lists one specimen from CO).(5)(2)(3)

S. volutasilex — this is a recently (2007) described species recorded from Alberta, Quebec, and Newfoundland.(6)(2)

Works Cited

1.	The World Spider Catalog by Norman I. Platnick

2.	Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Canada and Alaska Paquin, Buckle, Duperre, & Dondale. 2010. Zootaxa 2461: 1–170.

3.	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).

4.	Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN)

5.	Have you seen my mate? Descriptions of unknown sexes of some North American species of Linyphiidae and Theridiidae (Araneae) Nadine Dupér[r]é, Pierre Paquin, & Donald J. Buckle. 2006. Journal of Arachnology 34: 142-158.

6.	Description of five new spiders from Canada (Araneae: Linyphiidae) Nadine Dupérré & Pierre Paquin. 2007. Zootaxa 1632: 1-20.

Contributed by Mandy Howe on 13 April, 2014 - 9:34pm
Last updated 24 June, 2016 - 10:50pm

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