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A List of Utah Spiders, with Their Localities Great Basin Naturalist Volume 43 Number 3 Article 22 7-31-1983 A list of Utah spiders, with their localities Dorald M. Allred Brigham Young University B. J. Kaston San Diego State University, San Diego, California Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn Recommended Citation Allred, Dorald M. and Kaston, B. J. (1983) "A list of Utah spiders, with their localities," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 43 : No. 3 , Article 22. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol43/iss3/22 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Western North American Naturalist Publications at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Great Basin Naturalist by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. A LIST OF UTAH SPIDERS, WITH THEIR LOCALITIES Allred' B. Kaston- Dorald M. and J. Abstract. — The 621 species of spiders known to occnr in Utah as recorded in the Hterature or Utah universities' collections are listed with their junior synonyms and collection localities. Two-fifths (265 species) are known from onlv one locality each, and only one-fifth (123 species) from five or more localities in the state. Little is known of the distribution or eco- Much of our knowledge of Utah spiders logical relationships of Utah spiders. Each of was contributed by Ralph Chamberlin, who 265 species of the 621 recorded for the State authored or coauthored the naming of 220 of is known from only one locality. Even the the species listed for Utah. Wilton Ivie and ubiquitous black widow, Latrodectus hes- Willis Gertsch authored 106 and 73 species, perus, has been recorded from only 24 sites in respectively, some in coauthorship with Utah. Most collections from the 249 local- Chamberlin. Stanley Mulaik, arthropodolo- ities, listed primarily from the literature and gist, naturalist, and avid collector, was also some unpublished data, are from a few places contemporary with these men and coau- that seem to have been favorite or conven- thored several species with Gertsch. ient collecting areas for early naturalists and We are indebted to Willis Gertsch, who students of arachnology. For example, 166 provided some unpublished records and valu- species are recorded from Box Elder County able criticism of the manuscript. James Mac- in the northwest comer of Utah, principally Mahon of Utah State University also provid- in the Raft River Mountains, which apparent- ed unpublished records of specimens ly was a favorite place of Wilton Ivie, a con- collected by him and his students. Anne temporary and associate of Ralph Chamber- Bond, research assistant, initially helped with lin and Willis Gertsch. All three men were much of the literature search. associated with the University of Utah in Salt Sources of collection records are desig- Lake City, and 166 species are listed from nated by initials and dates in parentheses im- that environs. Two naturalists and avid col- mediately following specific, or a group of, lectors who were contemporaries and associ- localities. A key to these is given below. ates of Chamberlin were Vasco Tanner and Where more than one publication is repre- Angus Woodbury. Both had family ties in St. sented by an author's initials, the specific George in Washington County in the south- source is indicated by a date. west comer of the state and lived and fre- quently revisited there for many years. One Key to Locality Sources hundred species are listed for St. George, and (Published articles except as indicated) 80 from nearby Zion National Park, where Woodbury was employed as a naturalist for A several years. Chamberlin frequently visited Tanner in St. George, and collected in that area. Such large numbers of species recorded from these localities is indicative of the lack of study done in other areas of the state, fur- ther exemplified by the fact that each of only 123 species is known from five or more localities. April 1983 Allred, Kaston: Utah Spiders 495 cw 496 Great Basin Naturalist Vol. 43, No. 3 Greenriver (Emery) Parleys Cyn (Salt Lake) Grouse Crk (Box Elder) Parowan (Iron) Gunnison Butte (Emery) Payson (Utah) Hanksville (Wayne) Pickleville (Rich) Hat Island (Tooele) Pinecrest (Salt Lake) Hatch (Garfield) Pine Cyn (Millard) Heber (Wasatch) Pine Spngs (Garfield) Helper (Carbon) Pine Valley (Washington) Henry Mts (Garfield) Pine Valley Mts (Washington) Hidden Lake (Kane & Summit) Pink Sand Dunes (Kane) Holliday (Salt Lake) Pintura (Washington) Horse Valley (Wayne) Plain City (Weber) Hughes Cyn (Salt Lake) Posey Lake (Garfield) Hurricane (Washington) Price (Carbon) Junction (Piute) Promontory Point (Box Elder) Kaibab Forest (Kane) Provo (Utaii) Kanab (Kane) Provo River, Upper (Duchesne) Kems (Salt Lake) Puffer Lake (Beaver) Kelton (Box Elder) Raft River (Box Elder) Lake Powell (Kane) Raft River Mts (Box Elder) Laketown (Rich) Red Butte Cyn (Salt lake) Lambs Cyn (Salt Lake) Red Cyn Camp (Garfield) La Sal Jet (San Juan) Richardson (Grand) La Sal Mts (Grand) Richfield (Sevier) (Utah) La Sal Pass (San Juan) Rock Island (Salt Lake) Layton (Davis) Rotary Park (Sevier) Lehi (Utah) Salina Saltair Beach (Salt Lake) Leidy Peak (Uintah) Salt Lake Airport (Salt Lake) Levan (Juab) Salt Lake City (Salt Lake) Liberty (Weber) San Rafael (Emery) Little Cottonwood Cyn (Salt Lake) San Rafael River (Emery) Loa (Wayne) Santa Clara (Washington) Locomotive Spngs (Box Elder) Santaquin (Utah) Logan (Cache) Santaquin Res (Utah) Logan Cyn (Cache) Scipio (Millard) Lynn (Box Elder) Silver Lake (Salt Lake & Utah) Lynndyl (Millard) Smith & Morehouse Cyn (Summit) Manila (Daggett) Smokey Mt (Kane) Marysvale (Piute) Snow Crk (Sevier) Marysvale Cyn (Piute) Snow Crk Cyn (Sevier) Mill Crk (Summit) Snowville (Box Elder) Mill Crk Cyn (Salt Lake) Spring Crk (Carbon) Mirror Lake (Duchesne) Spring Cyn (Carbon) Moab (Grand) Spring Lake (Utah) Monroe Cyn (Sevier) St John (Tooele) Monticello (San Juan) St George (Washington) Moroni (Sanpete) Standardville (Carbon) Motauqua (Washington) Steep Crk Mounds (Emery) (?) Straight Wash (Emery) Mt Agassiz (Summit) Stockton (Tooele) Mt Ellen (Garfield) Strawberry (Wasatch) Mt Nebo (Juab) Swan Lake (Rich) Mud Spngs (Emery) Table Cliff Pass (Garfield) Navajo Mt (San Juan) Table Cliff Plateau (Garfield) Nipple Bench (Kane) Teapot Lake (Summit) Noton (Wayne) Ranch (Washington) Ogden (Weber) Terrys Thompsons (Grand) Ogden Cyn (Weber) Three Lakes (Garfield & Kane) Ophir (Tooele) Tibbet Spng (Kane) Oquirrh Mts (Tooele) Timpanogos Cave Nat Mon (Utah) Orton (Garfield) Timpanogos Park (Utali) Ouray (Uintah) Tooele Cyn (Tooele) Pangiiitch (Garfield) Torrey (Wayne) Paradise (Cache) Tremonton (Box Elder) Park Valley (Box Elder) April 1983 Allred, Kaston: Utah Spiders 497 Tropic (Garfield) Agelenopsis Oklahoma (Gertsch) 1936 Tropic Res (Garfield) (Amer. Mus. Novitates 852:12). Duchesne Trout Crk City (Juab) (CI41). Uinta Mts (in 5 counties) Utah Lake (Utah) Agelenopsis iitahana (Chamberlin & Ivie) Utah State Univ School Forest (Rich) 1933 (Bull. Univ. Utah Biol. Ser. 2(2):43). Valley City (San Juan) Clear Crk (CI33a), Fish Lake, La Sal Mts, Verdure (San Juan) Vermillion Castle (Iron) Wasatch Mts (CI41). Vernal (Uintah) Agelenopsis sp. Nipple Bench (AU). Vernon (Tooele) Agroeca ornata Banks 1892 (Proc. Acad. Wah Wah Mts (Beaver) Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44:23). Clear Crk, Raft Wanship (Summit) fk Wasatch (Salt Lake & Summit) River S (CI33). Wasatch Mts (Salt Lake) Agroeca pratensis Emerton 1890 (Trans. Wasatch Plateau (in 6 counties) Conn. Acad. Sci. 8:155). Raft River S White River (Uintah) fk(CI33). Widtsoe (Garfield) WiUard (Box Elder) Agroeca trivittata (Keyserling) 1887 (Verb, Willow Crk (Tooele) zool. bot. Ges. Wien 37:444). Fillmore (C19), Willow Tank Spngs (Kane) Moab (CG28), St George (CW). Yost (Box Elder) Alopecosa gulosa (Walckenaer) 1837 (Hist. Zion Nat Park (Washington) Nat. Ins. Apt., 1:38). Clear Crk, Yost (CI33), La Sal Jet (CG28), St George, Zion Nat Park Species and Localities (CW). If the name associated with a specimen in Alopecosa kochi (Keyserling) 1877 (Verb, a collection or a record in the literature is zool. bot. Ges. Wien 26:636). Green Cyn (H), not foimd in this list of species, consult the Posey Lake, Steep Crk, Table Cliff Pass, list of "Synonymies of Utah Records" in the Three Lakes (N Kanab) (BU), USU School latter part of this report. Forest (W). Adiaearanea ambera Levi 1963 (Bull. Mus. Amaurobius americanus (Emerton) 1888 Comp. Zool. 128:204). Mill Crk Cyn (L63). (Trans. Conn. Acad. Sci. 7:443). Bluff, Fruita, Achaearanea canionis (Chamberlin & Moab, Monticello, Mounds, San Rafael River, Gertsch) Ent. Zool. Coll. (in Raft River 1928 (J. Pomona Verdure (CI28), Clear Crk 21:103). American Fk Cyn, Pinecrest (lU), Mts), Dove Crk, Grouse Crk, Lynn (CI33), Beaver Cyn, Cobble Rest, Dinosaur Nat Mon, Lake Powell (CW). Dry Cyn, Richfield, Salt Lake City, St Anacornia microps Chamberlin & Ivie George (L55), Zion Nat Park (CG28). 1933 (Bull. Univ. Utah Biol. Ser. 2(2):29). Achaearanea tepidarioritm (C.L. Koch) Clear Crk, Raft River S fk, Uinta Mts (CI33). 1841 (Die Arachn. 8:75). HoUiday, Provo, Anacornia proceps Chamberlin 1948 (Ann. Salt Lake City (L55). Ent. Soc. Amer. 41:483). Chalk Crk, Cobble Actinoxia sp. Glen Cyn City (AU). Rest, Mirror Lake (C48a), USU School Forest Aculepeira carbonaria (L. Koch) 1869 (W). (Zeits. Ferd. Tirol. Voral. 15:58). St George Antrodiaetns hageni (Chamberlin) 1917 (CW). (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 61:74). Raft River S Aculepeira packardi (Thorell) 1875 (Kongl. fk (CI33). Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl. 13:3-203). Green Antrodiaetns montanus (Chamberlin & Cyn (H), Kelton Pass (K), USU School Forest Ivie) 1935 (Bull. Univ. Utah Biol. Ser. 2(8):4). (W). Green Cyn (H), USU School Forest (W). Agelenopsis aperta (Gertsch) 1934 (Amer. Anyphaena californica (Banks) 1904 (Proc. Mus. Novitates 726:24). Aspen Grove (BU), Calif. Acad. Sci. 3:338). Mill Crk (C20b). Motauqua (CI41), Salt Lake City, Trout Crk, Anyphaena pacifica (Banks) 1896 (Trans. Zion Nat Park (G34c), St George (CW). Amer. Ent. Soc. 23:63).
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