ALBERTA SPIDERS
C. Buddle, Nov. 23, 2000, cbuddle@ualberta.ca
Preliminary list of spider species (Araneae) collected in
Alberta, Canada
* indicate species collected at the George Lake field station (75
km NW of Edmonton, 16 km W Busby 53o57’N, 114o06’W)
Forest type: Mature mixed-wood boreal forest, dominated by Populus
tree species
Other species were collected throughout north-central Alberta, in
a variety of age-classes of Populus-dominated forest
stands (contact C. Buddle for details)
Spiders were collected by Chris Buddle, by primarily pitfall
trapping during the snow-free seasons of 1996 — 1999.
160 species listed (undetermined species are not included)
Classification, and nomenclature, and family placement followed
Platnick (1997)
References:
Coddinton, J.A. and H.W. Levi. 1991. Systematics and evolution of
spiders (Araneae). Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 22: 565-592
Platnick, N.I. 1997. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1992-1995 with
redesriptions 1940-1980. P. Merrett (ed.). New York Entomological
Society, New York. 976 pages.
| Family | Genus | Species | Authority | |
| Mimetidae | Ero | canionis | Chamberlin & Ivie | * |
| Dictynidae | Dictyna | annulipes | Blackwall | * |
| Dictyna | minuta | Emerton | * | |
| Liocranidae | Agroeca | ornata | Banks | * |
| Gnaphosidae | Drassodes | neglectus | (Keyserling) | |
| Drassyllus | niger | (Banks) | ||
| Gnaphosa | borea | Kulczy_ski | ||
| Gnaphosa | brumalis | Thorell | ||
| Gnaphosa | microps | Holm | ||
| Gnaphosa | muscorum | (L. Koch) | ||
| Gnaphosa | parvula | Banks | * | |
| Haplodrassus | hiemalis | (Emerton) | * | |
| Haplodrassus | signifer | (C.L. Koch) | ||
| Micaria | aenea | Thorell | * | |
| Micaria | pulicaria | (Sundevall) | * | |
| Micaria | tripunctata | Holm | ||
| Orodrassus | canadensis | Platnick & Shadab | ||
| Sergiolus | montanus | (Emerton) | * | |
| Zelotes | fratris | Chamberlin | * | |
| Zelotes | puritanus | Chamberlin | * | |
| Clubionidae | Clubiona | canadensis | Emerton | * |
| Clubiona | furcata | Emerton | ||
| Clubiona | kastoni | Gertsch | * | |
| Clubiona | kulczynskii | Lessert | * | |
| Clubiona | moesta | Banks | * | |
| Clubiona | opeongo | Edwards | ||
| Salticidae | Bianor | aemulus | (Gertsch) | * |
| Eris | militaris | (Hentz) | * | |
| Evarcha | hoyi | (Peckham & Peckham) | ||
| Neon | nelli | Peckham & Peckham | * | |
| Pelegrina | flavipedes | (Peckham & Peckham) | ||
| Pelegrina | montana | (Emerton) | ||
| Thomisidae | Coriarachne | utahensis | (Gertsch) | * |
| Misumena | vatia | (Clerck) | ||
| Ozyptila | sincera canadensis | Dondale & Redner | * | |
| Xysticus | britcheri | Gertsch | ||
| Xysticus | canadensis | Gertsch | ||
| Xysticus | durus | (Soerenson) | ||
| Xysticus | elegans | Keyserling | * | |
| Xysticus | ellipticus | Turnbull et al. | ||
| Xysticus | emertoni | Keyserling | * | |
| Xysticus | ferox | (Hentz) | ||
| Xysticus | luctuosus | (Blackwall) | * | |
| Xysticus | obscurus | Collett | * | |
| Philodromidae | Philodromus | oneida | Levi | * |
| Philodromus | praelustris | Keyserling | * | |
| Philodromus | rufus quartus | Dondale & Redner | * | |
| Philodromus | rufus vibrans | Dondale | * | |
| Thanatus | formicinus | (Clerck) | * | |
| Thanatus | striatus | C.L. Koch | * | |
| Tibellus | maritimus | (Menge) | ||
| Tibellus | oblongus | (Walckenaer) | ||
| Amaurobiidae | Amaurobius | borealis | Emerton | * |
| Cybaeopsis | euopla | (Bishop & Crosby) | * | |
| Agelenidae | Agelenopsis | utahana | (Chamberlin & Ivie) | * |
| Hahniidae | Cryphoeca | exlinae | Roth | |
| Hahnia | cinerea | Emerton | * | |
| Neoantistea | magna | (Keyserling) | * | |
| Lycosidae | Alopecosa | aculeata | (Clerck) | * |
| Arctobius | agelenoides | (Emerton) | ||
| Arctosa | alpigena | (Doleschall) | ||
| Arctosa | raptor | (Kulczy_ski) | ||
| Arctosa | emertoni | Gertsch | ||
| Pardosa | furcifer | (Thorell) | ||
| Pardosa | fuscula | (Thorell) | * | |
| Pardosa | hyperborea | (Thorell) | * | |
| Pardosa | mackenziana | (Keyserling) | * | |
| Pardosa | moesta | Banks | * | |
| Pardosa | ontariensis | Gertsch | * | |
| Pardosa | tesquorum | (Odenwall) | ||
| Pardosa | uintana | Gertsch | ||
| Pardosa | xerampelina | (Keyserling) | * | |
| Pirata | bryantae | Kurata | * | |
| Pirata | insularis | Emerton | * | |
| Pirata | piraticus | (Clerck) | * | |
| Trochosa | terricola | Thorell | * | |
| Araneidae | Araneus | marmoreus | Clerck | |
| Araneus | iviei | (Archer) | * | |
| Cyclosa | conica | (Pallas) | ||
| Hyposinga | rubens | (Hentz) | ||
| Larinioides | cornutus | (Clerck) | * | |
| Larinioides | patagiatus | (Clerck) | * | |
| Neoscona | arabesca | (Walckenaer) | ||
| Linyphiidae | Agyneta | olivacea | (Emerton) | |
| Allomengea | dentisetis | (Grube) | * | |
| Bathyphantes | pallidus | (Banks) | * | |
| Centromerus | sylvaticus | (Blackwall) | * | |
| Ceraticelus | fissiceps | (O.P.-Cambridge) | * | |
| Ceraticelus | laetabilis | (O.P.-Cambridge) | ||
| Ceratinella | alaskae | Chamberlin & Ivie | ||
| Ceratinella | brunnea | Emerton | * | |
| Ceratinopsis | stativa | (Simon) | * | |
| Cnephalocotes | obscurus | (Blackwall) | ||
| Collinsia | clypiella | (Chamberlin) | ||
| Diplocentria | bidentata | (Emerton) | * | |
| Diplocephalus | subrostratus | (O.P.-Cambridge) | * | |
| Dismodicus | alticeps | Chamberlin & Ivie | * | |
| Drapetisca | alteranda | Chamberlin | * | |
| Eperigone | trilobata | (Emerton) | ||
| Eridantes | utibilis | Crosby & Bishop | * | |
| Erigone | blaesa | Crosby & Bishop | * | |
| Erigone | dentrigera | O.P.-Cambridge | * | |
| Estrandia | grandaeva | (Keyserling) | ||
| Frontinella | pyramitela | (Walckenaer) | ||
| Gnathonarium | suppositum | (Kulczy_ski) | ||
| Gnathonaroides | pedalis | (Emerton) | * | |
| Gonatium | crassipalpum | Bryant | * | |
| Grammonota | gigas | (Banks) | * | |
| Helophora | insignis | (Blackwall) | * | |
| Hybauchenidium | gibbosum | (Soerenson) | ||
| Lepthyphantes | alpinus | (Emerton) | * | |
| Lepthyphantes | complicatus | (Emerton) | ||
| Lepthyphantes | intricatus | (Emerton) | * | |
| Lepthyphantes | turbatrix | (O.P.-Cambridge) | * | |
| Lepthyphantes | zebra | (Emerton) | * | |
| Micrargus | longitarsus | (Emerton) | * | |
| Microlinyphia | mandibulata | (Emerton) | * | |
| Microneta | viaria | (Blackwall) | * | |
| Neriene | clathrata | (Sundevall) | * | |
| Neriene | radiata | (Walckenaer) | ||
| Oedothorax | trilobatus | (Banks) | * | |
| Oreonetides | rectangulatus | (Emerton) | ||
| Oreonetides | recurvatus | (Emerton) | * | |
| Oreonetides | rotundus | (Emerton) | * | |
| Oreonetides | vaginatus | (Thorell) | * | |
| Phlattothrata | minuta | (Emerton) | * | |
| Pityohyphantes | costatus | (Hentz) | * | |
| Pityophyhantes | subarcticus | Chamberlin & Ivie | ||
| Pocadicnemis | americana | Millidge | * | |
| Porrhomma | terrestre | (Emerton) | * | |
| Sciastes | truncatus | (Emerton) | * | |
| Scirites | pectinatus | (Emerton) | * | |
| Scironis | tarsalis | Emerton | ||
| Sisicottus | montanus | (Emerton) | * | |
| Sisicottus | nesides | (Chamberlin) | ||
| Souessa | spinifera | (O.P.-Cambridge) | * | |
| Tapinocyba | simplex | (Emerton) | * | |
| Tunagyna | debilis | (Banks) | * | |
| Walckenaeria | atrotibialis | O.P.-Cambridge | * | |
| Walckenaeria | castanea | (Emerton) | * | |
| Walckenaeria | directa | (O.P.-Cambridge) | * | |
| Walckenaeria | exigua | Millidge | ||
| Walckenaeria | karpinskii | (O.P.-Cambridge) | ||
| Walckenaeria | nr. breviaria | * | ||
| Walckenaeria | prominens | Millidge | * | |
| Zornella | cultrigera | (L.Koch) | * | |
| Theridiidae | Enoplognatha | intrepida | (Sorensen) | * |
| Euryopis | argentia | Emerton | * | |
| Robertus | fuscus | (Emerton) | * | |
| Steatoda | borealis | (Hentz) | * | |
| Theridion | aurantium | Emerton | * | |
| Theridion | differens | Emerton | ||
| Theridion | impressum | L. Koch | ||
| Theridion | sexpunctatum | Emerton | * | |
| Theridula | emertoni | Levi | * | |
| Tetragnathidae | Pachygnatha | clercki | Sundevall | * |
| Tetragnatha | extensa | (L.) | ||
| Tetragnatha | laboriosa | Hentz | ||
| Tetragnatha | straminea | Emerton | ||
| Tetragnatha | versicolor | Walckenaer | * |