Nature Trivia, Spiders of Arkansas

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Nature Trivia
Spiders of Arkansas
By:  Renn Tumlison, Ph.D. and Peggy Rae Dorris, Ph.D.

 Castieniera


AGELENIDAE (Funnel-Web Spiders)

Agelenopsis naevia Agelenopsis_naevia02

Agelenopsis naevia (Walckenaer)
No Common Name

Agelenopsis sp._spider

Agelenopsis sp.

ANYPHAENIDAE (Ghost Spiders)

Hibana gracilis01

Hibana gracilis (Hentz) [=Aysha gracilis (Hentz)]
Garden Ghost Spider

ARANEIDAE (Typical Orb Weavers)

Micrathena_gracilis

Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer)
Spined Micrathena

Micrathena_sagitatta

Micrathena sagittata (Walckenaer)
Arrow-shaped Micrathena

Gasteracantha1

Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus) [=Gasteracantha elipsoides (Walckenaer)]
Crablike Spiny Orbweaver

Acanthepeira  Acanthapeira stellata_Marx 

Acanthepeira stellata (Walckenaer)
Starbellied Orb Weaver

Larinioides cornutus_Clerck

Larinioides cornutus (Clerck) [=Nuctenea cornuta (Clerck)]
Furrow Orbweaver

Verrucosa_arenata

Verrucosa arenata (Walckenaer)
Arrowhead Spider

Neoscona crucifera composite Neoscona crucifera

Neoscona crucifera (Lucas)
No Common Name

Meteperia 

Metepeira labyrinthea (Hentz)
Labyrinth Orbweaver

 Argiope_aurantia Argiope_aurantia_female1

Argiope aurantia Lucas
Black and Yellow Argiope or Black and Yellow Garden Spider
Left image of juvenile on characteristic stabilimentum.  Right image of adult female. 

CORINNIDAE (Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders)

Castieniera 

Castianera amoena (L. Koch)
No Common Name

Castianeira_cingulata Castianeira cingulata02

Castianeira cingulata (C. L. Koch)
Twobanded Antmimic

CTENIDAE (Wandering Spiders)

Ctenus hibernalis01

Ctenus hibernalis Hentz
No Common Name

CTENIZIDAE (Trapdoor Spiders)

Ummidia01

Ummidia audouini (Lucas)
Common Trapdoor Spider

GNAPHOSIDAE (Ground Spiders)

Sergiolus

Sergiolus capulatus (Walckenaer) [=Poecilochroa variegatus (Hentz)]   
No Common Name

LINYPHIIDAE (Dwarf and Sheetweb Weavers)

Tapinopa

Tapinopa bilineata Banks
No Common Name

Frontinella01

Frontinella communis (Hentz)[=Frontinella pyramitela (Walckenaer)]
Bowl and Doily Spider

LYCOSIDAE

 Lycosa carolinensis01

Hogna carolinensis (Walckenaer) [=Lycosa carolinensis Walckenaer]
Carolina Wolf Spider

Gladicosa

Gladicosa gulosa (Walckenaer) [=Lycosa gulosa Walckenaer ]

Egg sac_Rabidosa rabida  Rabidosa rabida2
Rabidosa rabida3   Rabidosa rabida4

Rabidosa rabida (Walckenaer) [=Lycosa rabida Walckenaer]
Rabid Wolf Spider
Pictured at top left with egg sac.

Geolycosa_sp01

Geolycosa sp.

LYSSOMANIDAE

Lyssomanes1

Lyssomanes viridis (Walckenaer)
Magnolia Green Jumper   

NEPHILIDAE 

Nephila

Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus)
Golden Silk Orbweaver

OXYOPIDAE (Lynx Spiders)

green lynx spider1

Peucetia viridans (Hentz)
Green Lynx Spider

PHILODROMIDAE (Running Crab Spiders)

Tibellus_duttoni1

Tibellus duttoni (Hentz)
No Common Name

Tibellus_sp02

Tibellus sp.

PISAURIDAE (Nursery-web Spiders)

Dolomedes01

Dolomedes sexpunctatus (Hentz) [= (Walckenaer)]
Fishing Spider

Dolomedes_tenebrosus

Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz
No Common Name

Pisaurina Pisaurina_mira2

Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer)
Nursery Web Spider

Pelopatis_undulatus

Pisaurina undulata (Keyserling)[=Pelopatis undulata (Keyserling)]
No Common Name


SALTICIDAE (Jumping Spiders)

ant-mimic spider 

Peckhamia picata (Hentz)
Ant Mimic Spider

Phidippus_johnsoni

Phidippus johnsoni Peckham & Peckham
Johnson Jumper


Phidippus mystaceus

Phidippus mystaceus (Hentz)

 Phidippus whitmanii

Phidippus whitmanii Peckham & Peckham
Jumping Spider

Corythalia Twinflagged Jumping Spider1

Anasaitis canosa (Walckenaer) [=Corythalia aurata (Hentz)]
Twinflagged Jumping Spider

Habronattus

Habronattus viridipes (Hentz)
No Common Name

Platycryptus Platycryptus undatus_5
Platycryptus_undatus2 Platycryptus undatus_6  

Platycryptus undatus (De Geer) [=Metacyrba undata (De Geer)] 
Jumping Spider 

Hentzia mitrata

Hentzia mitrata (Hentz)
No Common Name


SCYTODIDAE (Spitting Spiders)

Scytodes_perfecta

Scytodes perfecta Banks
Perfect Spitting Spider

Scytodes1

Scytodes thoracica (Latrielle)
Spitting Spider

SICARIIDAE = LOXOSCELIDAE (Violin Spiders)

recluse_gray

Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik
Brown Recluse

TETRAGNATHIDAE (Longjawed Orb Weavers)

  Leucage 

Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer)
Orchard Spider

Tetragnatha elongata2 Tetragnatha elongata1

Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer

THERIDIIDAE (Cobweb Spiders)

 

black widow1

Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius)
Black Widow

House_spider house spider2

Achaearanea tepidariorum  (C. L. Koch)
Common House Spider 

Steatoda triangulosa

Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer)
No Common Name

THOMISIDAE (Crab Spiders)

Misumena_vatia05 Misumena_vatia2  Misumena_vatia4 

Misumena vatia3

  Misumena_vatia6  Misumena_vatia1

Misumena vatia (Clerck)
Goldenrod Crab Spider; Flower Spider

crab spider1 Misumenoides_formisipes2

Misumenoides formosipes (Walckenaer) [= Misumenoides aleatorius (Hentz)]
Whitebanded Crab Spider

Misumenops asperatus

Misumenops asperatus (Hentz)
Northern Crab Spider

Tmarus angulatus

Tmarus angulatus (Walckenaer)
No Common Name

Xysticus elegans1

Xysticus elegans (Keyserling)
Elegant Crab Spider

Xysticus ferox

Xysticus ferox (Hentz) [=Xysticus transervatus (Walckenaer)]
No Common Name

Xysticus funestus Xysticus funestus_Keyserling 

Xysticus funestus Keyserling [=Xysticus tumefactus (Walckenaer)]
No Common Name

Bassaniana_versicolor

Bassaniana versicolor (Keyserling)
Bark Spider

THERAPHOSIDAE (Tarantulas)

tarantula

Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard) [=Dugesiella hentzi (Girard)]
Texas Brown Tarantula 

ULOBORIDAE (Hackled Orb Weavers)

Uloborus_glomosus

Uloborus glomosus (Walckenaer)
Featherlegged Orbweaver

 

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Renn Tumlison
Department of Biology
Box 7861
Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, AR  71999
Phone: (870) 230-5152
E-mail: tumlison@hsu.edu

 

Last updated: 25 September 2007


 

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