Grammonota

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Grammonota
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G. gigas, male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus:Grammonota
Emerton, 1882 [1]
Type species
G. pictilis
Species

40, see text

Synonyms [1]

Grammonota is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by James Henry Emerton in 1882. [3]

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Linyphiidae Family of spiders

Linyphiidae is a family of very small spiders, including more than 4,300 described species in 601 genera worldwide. This makes Linyphiidae the second largest family of spiders after the Salticidae. New species are still being discovered throughout the world, and the family is poorly known. Because of the difficulty in identifying such tiny spiders, there are regular changes in taxonomy as species are combined or divided.

James Henry Emerton United States naturalist

James Henry Emerton was an American arachnologist and illustrator.

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Species

As of May 2019 it contains forty species and one subspecies, found in Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, and the United States: [1]

Canada Country in North America

Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres, making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern border with the United States, stretching some 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world's longest bi-national land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.

Colombia Country in South America

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the north of South America, with land, and territories in North America. Colombia is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the west by the Pacific. It comprises thirty-two departments, with the capital in Bogotá.

Costa Rica Country in Central America

Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a sovereign state in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around 5 million in a land area of 51,060 square kilometers. An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José with around 2 million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.

Grammonota angusta is a species of dwarf spider in the family Linyphiidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.

Grammonota capitata is a species of dwarf spider in the family Linyphiidae. It is found in the United States.

Vaine Wilton Ivie was an American arachnologist, who described hundreds of new species and many new genera of spiders, both under his own name and in collaboration with Ralph Vary Chamberlin. He was employed by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He also was a supporter of the Technocracy movement.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Grammonota Emerton, 1882". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. ↑ Bishop, S. C.; Crosby, C. R. (1933). "Studies in American spiders: The genus Grammonota". Journal of The New York Entomological Society. 40: 393.
  3. ↑ Emerton, J. H. (1882). "New England spiders of the family Theridiidae". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 6: 1–86.


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