Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Volume 26 Article 21

1972 Checklist of Collected in Mississippi Compared With Preliminary Study of Arkansas Spiders Peggy Rae Dorris Henderson State University

Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas Part of the Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons, and the Zoology Commons

Recommended Citation Dorris, Peggy Rae (1972) "Checklist of Spiders Collected in Mississippi Compared With Preliminary Study of Arkansas Spiders," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 26 , Article 21. Available at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol26/iss1/21

This article is available for use under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are able to read, download, copy, print, distribute, search, link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 26 [1972], Art. 21 Qiecklist of Spiders Collected in Mississippi Compared With Preliminary Study of Arkansas Spiders

PEGGY RAE DORRIS Department of Biology, Henderson State College, Arkadelphia, Arkansas 71923 ABSTRACT This paper presents a comparative listof spiders collected inthe 82 counties ofMississippi and in a random sampling of the spiders of Arkansas. The Mississippi list includes 26 families with 263 species, whereas the Arkansas collection includes 24 families with 206 species. Various methods of collecting were used in an effort to sample all populations and to contribute to knowledge of the ecology and distribution of the spiders found in both Mississippi and Arkansas.

This paper presents a list of spiders collected in the 82 Ctenlzidae counties ofMississippi and in a random sampling of Arkansas * counties. The Mississippi collection, housed at the University of Ummidia audouini (Lucas) Mississippi, includes 26 families and 263 species; the Arkansas collection includes 24 families and 206 species. Amauroblidae Elections were made at various times ofday and in every Amaurobius bennetti (Blackwall) th of the year. Every county of Mississippi was covered Titanoeca americana Emerton een summer I960 and spring 1966. In Arkansas the Callioplus tibialis (Emerton) ction was less concentrated, extending only from 1966 igh 1970. The writerbelieves the Arkansas species will far Uloboridae umber the Mississippi species once extensive collections * been made throughout the state. The variety of habitats *Uloborus americanus Walckenaer ed by Arkansas should yield a rich fauna. Hyptiotes cavatus (Hentz) IThe Mississippi checklist includes 263 species based on a total collection of approximately 20,000 specimens; the Arkansas list includes 206 species based on collections of nearly *? sublata (Hentz) 10,000 specimens. Dictyna volucripes Keyserling Dictyna cruciata Emerton The names used are those employed by Comstock (1948), *Dictyna annuiipes (Blackwall) Kaston and Kaston (1953), and Gertsch (1949). The Dictyna foliacea (Hentz) arrangement followed is that ofKaston and Kaston (1953). One Dictyna florens Ivie &Barrows asterisk indicates that individuals ofthe species also have been Dictyna orbiculata Jones collected in Arkansas. Two asterisks indicate that the species Dictyna zaba Ivie&Barrows have been collected in Arkansas but not in Mississippi. Dictyna angulata Emerton *Dictyna Mulaik Theraphosldae segregata Gertsch &

* * Dugesiella hentzi Walckenaer Pholcldae OecobUdae • * Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin) Oecobius cellariorum Duges Spermophora meridionalis Hentz

FUistatidae Gnaphosidae *Filistata hibernalis (Hentz) Gnaphosa sericata (Koch) Scytodldae Gnaphosa muscorum (Koch) * Haplodrassus* signifer (Koch) * Scvtodes thoracica (Latreille) Zelotes hentzi Barrows Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik ? Callilepis imbecilla (Keyserling) Callilepis femoralis Banks Dysderidae *Cesonia bilineata (Hentz) *Herpyllus vasifer (Walckenaer) Dysdera crocata Koch *Drassodes neglectus (Keyserling) (Hentz) ** Ariadna bicolor * Rachodrassus echinus Chamberlin Drassylus* depressus (Emerton) Lyssomanidae *Drassylus covensis Exline * * Drassylus mephisto Chambers Lyssomanes viridis Hentz Drassylus fallens Chambers XXVI, Published by Arkansas AcademyArkansas of Science,Academy 1972 of Science Proceedings, Vol. 1972 83 83 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 26 [1972], Art. 21 * * Drassylus creolus Chambers & Gertsch * Oxyptila conspurcata Thorell Sergiolus capulatus (Walckenaer) *Thanatus formicinus (Clerck) * * Cylphosa sericata (L. Koch) Tibellus oblongus (Walckenaer) Zelotes laccus (Barrows) * Tmarus angulatus (Walckenaer) *Ebo latithorax Keyserling Clublonldae * Salticidae * Clubiona excepta Koch * Clubiona abbotii Koch *Phidippus audax (Hentz) *Clubiona* riparia Koch *Phidippus* whitmanii Peckham Clubiona moesta Banks * Phidippus insolens Peckham Castianeira gertschi Kaston * Phidippus purpuratus Keyserling Castianeira* cingulata Koch * Phidippus mystaceus Emerton * Castianeira descripta (Hentz) * Phidippus* princeps Peckham Castianeira longipalpus (Hentz) * Phidippus incertus Peckham Castianeira* * amoena (Koch) * Phidippus* putnamii Peckham * Castianeira vulnerea Gertsch Phidippus insignarius (C.L. Koch) * Agroeca pratensis (Emerton) Phidippus* otiosus Peckham * Chiracanthium inclusum (Hentz) *Phidippus* clarus Keyserling * Marcellina piscatoria (Hentz) * Phidippus carolinensis Peckham &Peckham **Trachelas tranquillus (Hentz) *Paraphidippus aurantius (Kaston) * Trachelas laticeps Bryant *Paraphidippus marginatus (Walckenaer) *Clubiona obesa Hentz *Metaphidippus galathea (Walckenaer) *Micaria* aurata (Hentz) *Metaphidippus flavipedes (Peckham) * * Meriola decepta Banks Metaphidippus protervus (Walckenaer) Scotinella formica (Banks) *Metaphidippus insignis (Banks) Metaphidippus canadensis (Banks) Anyphaenidae Habrocestum pulex (Hentz) * sylvana (Hentz) ? Anyphaenella saltabunda (Hentz) Thiodina * * *Zygoballis Anyphaena maculata Banks * bettiniPeckham • Anyphaena celer (Hentz) Zygoballis sexpunctatus (Hentz) * * Zygoballis (Peckham) Anyphaena fragilis Banks ** nervosus ? Aysha gracilis (Hentz) Eris pineus (Kaston) *Agassa cyanea Hentz Sassacus papenhoei Peckham Ctenidae Marpissa lineata (Koch) Anahita animosa (Walckenaer) Marpissa pikei Peckham Zora pumila (Hentz) Marpissa* bina (Hentz) * Marpissa undata (DeGeer) ThornIsldae * Metacyrba taeniola (Hentz) * Myrmarachne hentzi Banks * Misumena vatia (Clerck) Phlegra* fasciata (Hahn) • Misumenoides formosipes (Walckenaer) *Ballus youngii Peckham * Misumenops asperatus (Hentz) Habronattus coronatus (Hentz) Misumenops celer (Hentz) Habronattus viridipes (Hentz) ? • Misumenops oblongus Keyserling Habronattus agilis (Banks) Coriarachne lenta (Walckenaer) Habronattus* borealis (Banks) •Coriarachne versicolor Keyserling *Habronattus decorus (Blackwall) Xysticus ferox (Hentz) Plexippus puerperus Emerton ? Xysticus tumefactus (Walckenaer) Icius* hartii Emerton ? Xysticus texanus (Banks) *Icius elegans (Hentz) •? Xysticus elegans (Keyserling) * Peckhamia picata (Hentz) Xysticus triguttatus Keyserling *Neon nelli Peckham Xysticus* gulosus Keyserling Salticus scenicus (Linnaeus) ? Xysticus auctificus Keyserling •? Sitticus* palustris (Peckham) Xysticus*• nervosus (Emerton) Sitticus floridanus Gertsch &Mulaik * Xysticus funestus Keyserling ? Maevia vittata (Hentz) Xysticus transversatus (Walckenaer) Gertschia noxiosa (Hentz) •? Synema parvula (Hentz) Evarcha* hoyi (Peckham) Philodromus pernix Blackwall Hentzia mitrata (Hentz) • Philodromus abbotii Walckenaer *Hentzia palmarum (Hentz) • Philodromus rufus Walckenaer • Philodromus imbecillus Keyserling Agelenldae • *Philodromus keyserlingi Marx • *Philodromus marxii Keyserling * Agelenopsis naevia (Walckenaer) • *Philodromus vulgaris Keyserling ? Agelenopsis pennsylvanica (Koch)

Academy of Science Proceedings, Vol. XXVI, http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol26/iss1/2184 Arkansas 1972 84 ¦ Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 26 [1972], Art. 21 Checklist of Spiders Collected inMississippi Compared With Preliminary Study of Arkansas Spiders

Agelenopsis texana (Gertsch) Theridiidae Coras lamellosus Keyserling * * Coras medicinalis (Hentz) Theridion tepidariorum (Koch) Tegenaria domestica (Clerck) *Theridion rupicola Emerton Theridion frondeum Hentz HahnUdae *Theridion australe Banks Theridion differens Emerton Hahnia cinerea Emerton *Theridion glauceseens Becker Theridion flavonotatum Keyserling Pisauridae Theridion murarium Emerton Spintharus* flavidus Hentz Pelopatis undulata (Keyserling) Teutana triangulosa (Walckenaer) * Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz Ctenium riparius (Keyserling) * Dolomedes sexpunctatus Hentz Ulesanis americana Emerton Dolomedes scriptus Hentz Crustulina altera Gertsch & Archer * Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer) Asagena americana Emerton * Tinus peregrinus (Bishop) Henziectypus globosus (Hentz) *Euryopis limbata (Walckenaer) Conopistha* * rufa (Walckenaer) Lycosidae Conopistha trigona (Hentz) Dipoena* nigra (Emerton) * Lycosa helluo Walckenaer Theridula emertoni (Walckenaer) * * quadripunctatus Lycosa helluo annexa Chambers Ivie Theridula Keyserling * & (Hentz) Lycosa avida Walckenaer Anelosimus* studiosus *Lycosa rabida Walckenaer Argyrodes nephilae Taczanowski * Lithyphantes Lycosa aspersa Hentz fulvus Keyserling * Enoplognatha (Hentz) *Lycosa punctulata Hentz * marmorata Lycosa baltimoriana (Keyserling) Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius) Lycosa* riparia (Hentz) Episinus amoenus Banks Lycosa frondicola Emerton * Lycosa gulosa Walckenaer Mlmetidae Lycosa* * lenta Comstock * * * *Lycosa antelucana Montgomery * Mimetus interfector Hentz Lycosa carolinensis Walckenaer *Mimetus* puritanus Chamberlin Lycosa avara (Keyserling) Ero furcata (Villers) Lycosa* pratensis (Emerton) * Pardosa distincta (Black wall) Araneidae *Pardosa milvina (Hentz) * *Pardosa* saxatilis (Hentz) Argiope aurantia Lucas Pardosa pauxilla Montgomery Micrathena* sagittata (Walckenaer) Pardosa* lapidicina Emerton * Argiope trifasciata (Forskal) Trochosa pratensis (Emerton) * Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer) *Trochosa acompa Chamberlin Micrathena mitrata (Walckenaer) Schizocosa bilineata (Emerton) *Theridiosoma gemmosa (Koch) Schizocosa saltatrix (Hentz) * Verrucosa arenata (Walckenaer) Schizocosa* * crassipes (Walckenaer) Araneus cavatica (Linnaeus) * Pirata sedentarius Montgomery Araneus miniatus (Walckenaer) *Pirata* insularis Emerton Araneus* frondosa (Linnaeus) * *Pirata minutus Emerton Araneus thaddeus (Linnaeus) Pirata sylvanus Chambers &Ivie *Araneus gemmoides (Linnaeus) Pirata montanus Emerton Araneus nordmanni (Thorell) ? Arctosa littoralis (Hentz) Araneus corticaria (Emerton) Arctosa floridana Banks Araneus* solitarius (Emerton) Arctosa* rubicunda (Keyserling) * Araneus marmoreus (Clerck) Arctosa funerea (Hentz) * Neoscona* domiciliorum (Hentz) Tarentula aculeata (Clerck) * Neoscona sacra (Walckenaer) Sosippus Jloridanus Simon Neoscona* arabesca (Walckenaer) * *Neoscona pratensis (Hentz) Oxyopidae * *Mastophora bisaccatum (Emerton) * * *Conopeira ozarkensis Archer Peucetia viridans (Walckenaer) * Epeira cornuta (Clerck) Oxyopes* aglossus Brady * Mangora gibberosa (Hentz) Oxyopes salticus Hentz *Mangora placida (Hentz) *Oxyopes scalaris Hentz Mangora ornata (Walckenaer) Hamataliwa helia Brady Drexilia* directa (Hentz) Hamataliwa grisea Brady Eustala anastera (Walckenaer)

XXVI, Published by Arkansas AcademyArkansas of Science,Academy 1972 of Science Proceedings, Vol. 1972 85 85 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 26 [1972], Art. 21 * * Gasteracantha elipsoides (Walckenaer) * Meioneta micaria (Emerton) *Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus) Meioneta fabra (Keyserling) Scoloderus* tuberculiferus (Cambridge) Microneta viaria (Blackwall) *Acanthepeira* stellata (Walckenaer) Estrandia nearctica (Banks) * Acanthepeira moesta Comstock Tapinopa bilineata Banks *Acacesia hamata (Hentz) Drapetisca alteranda Chamberlin Araniella displicata Chamberlin &Ivie Tennesseellum formicum (Emerton) Cyclosa bifurca (Hentz) Ceratinopsis interpret (Cambridge) *Cyclosa conica (Pallas) Ceratinopsis laticeps Emerton Cyclosa turbinata (Walckenaer) Ceratinopsis anglicana (Hentz) Metepeira labyrinthea (Hentz) Allepeira* lemniscata (Walckenaer) Micryphantidae Nzosconella pegnia (Walckenaer) * * Kaira alba (Hentz) * * Eperigone maculata (Banks) Metazygia• wittfeldae (McCook) * *Eperigone autumnalis Emerton Singa pratensis Emerton * *Erigone tridentata (Emerton) Singa calix (Walckenaer) * *Grammonata inornata Emerton Gea ergaster (Walckenaer) **Grammonata maculata Banks Wixia ectypa (Walckenaer) Walckenaera vigilax(Blackwall)

Nesticidae ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Nesticus pallidus Emerton Appreciation is extended to Dr.WillisGertsch and Tetragnathidae his associates ofthe American Museum of Natural * History, New York, and Dr. Herbert Levi, Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for *Tetragnatha straminea Emerton confirmation and identification of specimens. *Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz *Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer) *Pachygnatha tristriata C.L. Koch Mimognatha foxi(McCook) LITERATURE CITED

Linyphildae COMSTOCK, J. H. 1948. The spider book. Comstock Pub Co., Ithaca, New York. 729 p. Pityohyphantes* costatus (Koch) *Linyphia marginata (Koch) GERTSCH, W. J. 1949. American spiders. D. Van Nostrand Linyphia coccinea (Hentz) Co., Princeton, New Jersey. 285 p. Linyphia pusilla Sundevall Linyphia clathrata Sundevall KASTON, B. J., and E. KASTON, 1953. How to know the *Frontinella pyramitela (Walckenaer) spiders. William C. Brown Co., Dubuque, Iowa. 220 p.

Academy Science Proceedings, XXVI, 86 Arkansas of Vol. 1972 http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol26/iss1/21 86