Nature Trivia, Spiders of Arkansas

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

Castieniera

We would like to thank Mandy Howe and John and Jane Balaban for help with the identification of some of these spiders.

AGELENIDAE (Funnel-Web Spiders)

Agelenopsis naevia Agelenopsis_naevia02

Agelenopsis naevia (Walckenaer)
No Common Name

Agelenopsis sp._spider

Agelenopsis sp.

ANYPHAENIDAE (Ghost Spiders)

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

ARANEIDAE (Typical Orb Weavers)

Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer)
Spined Micrathena

Micrathena sagittata (Walckenaer)
Arrow-shaped Micrathena

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_3

Neoscona crucifera (Lucas)
No Common Name

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 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)

Frontinella01

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

LYCOSIDAE

Lycosa carolinensis01

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

Gladicosa gulosa (Walckenaer) [=Lycosa gulosa Walckenaer ]

Egg sac_Rabidosa rabida Rabidosa rabida2 Rabidosa rabida3

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

Geolycosa_sp01

Geolycosa sp.

LYSSOMANIDAE

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 duttoni (Hentz)
No Common Name

Philodromus sp.

Most likely Philodromus sp.

PISAURIDAE (Nursery-web Spiders)

Dolomedes01

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

Dolomedes_tenebrosus

Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz
No Common Name

Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer)
Nursery Web Spider

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

SALTICIDAE (Jumping Spiders)

ant-mimic spider

Peckhamia picata (Hentz)
Ant Mimic Spider

Phidippus johnsoni Peckham & Peckham
Johnson Jumper

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 undatus_5
Platycryptus_undatus2 Platycryptus undatus_6

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

Hentzia mitrata (Hentz)
No Common Name

SCYTODIDAE (Spitting Spiders)

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)

Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius)
Black Widow

House_spider house spider2

Achaearanea tepidariorum (C. L. Koch) [= Parasteatoda tepidariorum]
Common House Spider

Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer)
No Common Name

THOMISIDAE (Crab Spiders)

Misumena vatia3

Misumena vatia (Clerck)
Goldenrod Crab Spider; Flower Spider

Misumenoides_formosipes_3

Misumenoides_formisipes2

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

Misumenops asperatus

Misumenops asperatus (Hentz)
Northern Crab Spider

Misumenops_sp

Misumenops sp.

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
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Arkadelphia, AR 71999
Phone: (870) 230-5152
E-mail: tumlison@hsu.edu

Last updated: 11 June 2010

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