The spiders of Québec: update, additions and corrections
Author
Paquin, Pierre
Author
Dupérré, Nadine
text
Zootaxa
2006
1133
1
37
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273386
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273386
Elaver excepta
(L. Koch 1866)
Material examined.—
Canada
:
Québec
: Gatineau; Aylmer, Musée Canadien de la Nature back yard [
45°23’N
,
75°50’W
]
13.–20.vi.1999
, pitfall in poplar forest, 1Ψ, N. Dupérré (
CPAD
); Gatineau; Aylmer, Musée Canadien de la Nature back yard [
45°23’N
,
75°50’W
]
19.–25.viii.1999
, pitfall in poplar forest, 1Ψ, N. Dupérré (
CPAD
); Gatineau; Aylmer, Musée Canadien de la Nature back yard [
45°23’N
,
75°50’W
]
29.vii.–04.viii.1999
, pitfall in poplar forest, 1Ψ, N. Dupérré (
CPAD
); Gatineau; Aylmer, Musée Canadien de la Nature back yard [
45°23’N
,
75°50’W
]
19.–25.viii.1999
, pitfall in conifer forest, 3Ψ, N. Dupérré (
CPAD
).
Diagnosis.—
This species differs from
Clubiona
spp. in having two or three prolateral macrosetae on femur I, (
Clubiona
only have one). Males are distinguished by the minute blunt terminal embolus and the partly sclerotized tegulum. Females are distinguished from
Clubiona
spp by the scape of the epigynum (see
Dondale & Redner 1982
).
Distribution.—
Nebraska to Nova
Scotia
, south to Texas and the West Indies (see
Dondale & Redner 1982
).
Remark.—
The present records confirm the occurrence of the species in Québec, which was suspected by
Paquin & Dupérré (2003, see figs 480–483)
.
Dondale & Redner (1982)
report that
E. excepta
is found under loose bark and among leaf litter of deciduous forest, and under stones. The present records confirm the affinities of the species for deciduous litter.