Taxonomic revision of the spider genera Agyneta and Tennesseellum (Araneae, Linyphiidae) of North America north of Mexico with a study of the embolic division within Micronetinae sensu Saaristo & Tanasevitch 1996 Author Dupérré, Nadine text Zootaxa 2013 3674 1 1 189 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3674.1.1 9c8e7b58-7cc0-407f-a8e9-d76311dcd290 1175-5326 283954 981F80ED-96D7-40C7-8A3C-677954416A2E Agyneta micaria ( Emerton 1882 ) Figs 28 , 380–389 , map 25 Bathyphantes micaria Emerton 1882 : 71 , pl. 22, f. 6. (Description 3). Erigone zonaria Keyserling 1886 : 195 , pl. 18, f. 256. (Description Ƥ). Linyphia micaria Marx 1890 : 528 . Bathyphantes zonarius Petrunkevitch 1911 : 219 . Meioneta micaria Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 : 88 (Transferred 3 from Bathyphantes ); Kaston 1948 : 138 , f. 292-294 (3, synonymised Ƥ). Meioneta dactylata Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 : 84 , f. 157. (Description Ƥ). ( Holotype 3 from Georgia : N.W. Clayton, W 83º 28’: N 34º 53’, April 28, 1943 , Wilton Ivie collector, AMNH). EXAMINED. NEW SYNONYMY. Bathyphantes officiosus Barrows 1940 : 133 , f. 6, 6A. (Description 3). Not examined, based on the illustrations provided by Barrows. NEW SYNONYMY. Agyneta micaria Buckle et al. 2001 : 101 . (Transferred from Meioneta ). Type material: Bathyphantes micaria Emerton 1882 , 3 HOLOTYPE from New Haven, Conn., Oct. 1881 . J.H. Emerton Coll. (unique number 22060). MCZ , EXAMINED . Diagnosis: Males and females can be easily separated from all other species in the genus by their abdominal patterns ( Figs 384, 385 ). Males can be distinguished from all other species by the narrow, pointed dorsal cymbial tubercle and the squared ventral cymbial tubercle ( Fig. 381 ). Females are distinguished from all Agyneta by their wide, with rounded sides proximal part of scape ( Fig. 386 ). Description: Male : Total length 1.82; carapace length 0.77, width 0.59. CEPHALOTHORAX: Carapace brown, shiny, finely reticulate; suffused with gray along radiating lines and margin; trident mark present. Sternum, yellow suffused with gray, darker along margin. Clypeus height 2. Chelicerae light yellow, sometimes with dark gray V-band medially, excavated; ~ 10 seta-tipped tubercles; promargin four teeth, retromargin four tiny denticles and a projection near base of fang. Cheliceral stridulatory organ visible ~26 striae, well spaced. ABDOMEN: Patterned, with apical and basal dark, wide bands, flanking an off-white middle portion or apical and basal dark bands reduced ( Fig. 384 ). LEGS: Light yellow, coxae with dark mark apically, tip of femurs and metatarsus I-IV with dark gray marks; leg I total length: 3.16; leg III total length: 2.13; Tm I: 0.31, Tm IV: absent. GENITALIA: Palpal tibia with large, smooth retrolateral tibial apophysis; dorsal tibial apophysis absent; two retrolateral and one dorsal trichobothria ( Fig. 380 ). Cymbium expanded into a conical apex; glabrous depression present ( Fig. 380 ); dorsal cymbial tubercle smooth and pointed; ventral tubercle large, rugose; prolateral notch very deep ( Fig. 381 ). Paracymbium apical pocket medium, anterior pocket long and curved, posterior pocket absent ( Fig. 380 ). Embolus tip curved, rounded; small spines basally and ventrally; Fickert’s gland absent; ventral lamella absent; thumb long going beyond the embolus proper ( Fig. 382 ). Embolus proper set medially with bifid prong near base ( Fig. 382 ). Anterior terminal apophysis curved with long protrusions; posterior terminal apophysis large, well sclerotized; lamella characteristica long, with squared tip and basal prong ( Fig. 383 ). Female : Total length 1.91; carapace length 0.71, width 0.59. MAP. 25. Localities of Agyneta micaria ( Emerton 1882 ) , distribution based on material examined, distribution based on Paquin et al . 2010 . CEPHALOTHORAX: Same as in male. Chelicerae promargin five teeth, retromargin five denticles. Cheliceral stridulatory organ ~18 striae, well spaced. ABDOMEN: Patterned, off-white with two vertical dark bands lateroapically and latero-basally or two vertical dark bands latero-apically with two dark spots medially and a zigzag dark bands basally ( Fig. 385 ). LEGS : Light yellow, coxae apical mark, the tip of femurs, metatarsus and tarsus I-IV with dark gray marks, palpal femur and tibia with dark gray, palpal tarsus without claw; leg I total length: 3.92; leg III total length: 2.32; Tm I: 0.31, Tm IV: absent. GENITALIA: Epigynum with wide proximal part of scape with rounded sides; epigynal slits oval; pit hook depression absent ( Fig. 386 ); lateral lobes medium ( Fig. 387 ); stretcher small: pit medium ( Fig. 389 ). Median part of scape long; genital pores situated at base of lateral lobes ( Figs 388, 389 ). Internal genitalia with elongated, curved receptacula ( Figs 387, 388 ). Other material examined: CANADA : Ontario : Rondeau Park, Black Oak Trail, 02.vi.1985 , sweeping in forest, 13, L. Lesage ( CNC ). USA : Alabama : Oak Mountain State Park, 01.xi.1939 , 13, A. Archer ( AMNH ); Wetumpka, 06.vii.1940 , 13, A. Archer ( AMNH ); Wilson Dam, vi.1954, 1 Ƥ, R. Schick ( AMNH ). Arkansas : Cove Creek, 24.ii.1962 , near creek, 1Ƥ, O ., M. Hite ( CAS ); Jonesboro, 19.i.1967 , pitfall in oak-hickory, 1Ƥ, M. Hite ( CAS ); Morrilton, 20.viii.1962 , 1Ƥ, M. Hite ( CAS ); Round Prairie 23.iv.1965 , 13, 06–21. v.1965, 13 ( CAS ); Sumpter, Pow-274, 05 .i.1965, 1Ƥ ( CAS ); no specific locality, 18–19.xi.1960 , 131Ƥ, 24.iv.1961 , pitfalls in leaf litter, 13, 19 .v.1961, 1Ƥ, 20.x.1961 , 13, 24.vii.1963 , pitfall in Sorghum , 07.viii.1963 , 1Ƥ, 14.viii.1965 , 1Ƥ, 11.vi.1966 , sweeping in cotton, 13 ( CAS ). District of Columbia : Battery-Kemble Park, 18.v.1985 , forest shrub and litter, 13, J. Coddington, K. Smith ( USNM ); Rock Creek Park, Pierce Mill, 03.vii.1985 , field edge, 1Ƥ, J. Coddington ( USNM ). Florida : Gulf Island National Seashore, Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island , 15.viii.2000 , 13 ( DBC ); St. George Island , Potomar, 131Ƥ, L. Marx ( USNM ). Georgia : Chikamauga Park, 25.viii.1936 , 13, M. Hatch ( CAS ). Illinois : Seneca, 01.vi.1942 , 1Ƥ, D. Lowrie ( AMNH ); Urbana, 13, Hyde ( AMNH ); White Heath, 20.v.1939 , 1Ƥ, J. Dirks ( AMNH ). Indiana : Tremont, 12.x.1935 , 13, D. Lowrie ( AMNH ). Kansas : Manhattan, 10.i.1964 , 13, Hite ( CAS ). Kentucky : Lake State Park, 13.x.1965 , 1Ƥ, J., W. Ivie ( AMNH ); Lexington, vii–ix, alfalfa, 133Ƥ, J. Culin ( CNC ); Mammoth Cave National Park, 27.viii–02.ix.1967 , carrion trap in forest, 131Ƥ, S. Peck ( AMNH ); Quicksand, 25.vi.1925 , 1Ƥ, Crosby, Bishop ( AMNH ). Louisiana : Tallulah, 05.iv. 1930 , 304m, 13, Glick ( AMNH ); W Feliciana Parish, 17km E St. Francisville, 28.iv–03. v.2002, 13 , H., A. Howden ( AMNH ). Massachusetts : Readville, 01.ix.1912 , 13, J. Emerton ( AMNH ). Maryland : College Park, 05.xi.1931 , 13, C. Crosby ( AMNH ); Kensington, 01.ix.1945 , 1Ƥ, E. Chapin ( USNM ); Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 01.viii.1993 , 1Ƥ, 26.iv.1994 , 132Ƥ, 19.v.1994 , 1Ƥ, 02.vi.1994 , 1Ƥ, 07–13. vi.1994, 1 Ƥ, 24.vi.1994 , 1Ƥ, 06.vii.1994 , 1Ƥ, G. Hormiga ( USNM ). Missouri : Columbia : xi.1904, 13 , xi.1905, 13 , C. Crosby ( AMNH ); Dry Fork Creek, Rolla, 23.ix.1950 , 1Ƥ, H.E.F. ( CAS ); Pertie Springs, 16.vi.1963 , low vegetation, 13, W. Peck ( CAS ); Rolla, ix.1954, 13 ( CAS ); Warrensburg, 01.vii.1962 , sweeping shrubs, 13, 24 .iii.1963, leaf litter in ditch, 13, 14 .v.1963, stones under leaves, 13, W. Peck ( CAS ). North Carolina : B.R. parkway, 1828m , 27.viii.1983 , richland balsam, 13, R. Bennett ( CNC ); Clingmans Dome, 2024m , 20.v.1957 , 131Ƥ, J. Vockeroth ( CNC ); Glenn Falls near Highlands, 22.vi.1991 , mixed pine, hardwood, rhododendron forest, 2Ƥ, S. Larcher ( USNM ); Nantahala Gap, 16.x.1926 , 133Ƥ, Crosby, Bishop ( AMNH ); Top Whitesides Mountain, 03.vii.1957 , 13, S., D. Mulaik ( AMNH ). New York : New York, xii. 1905, 1 Ƥ, C. Crosby ( AMNH ). Ohio : Cantwell Cliffs, Rockbridge, 10.viii.1935 , 131Ƥ, W. Ivie ( AMNH ); no specific locality, 07.viii.1924 , 13 ( AMNH ). Oklahoma : near Spavinaw, 12.v.1984 , 13, G. Hevel ( USNM ); near Stillwater, vi– ix.1966 , 332Ƥ, C. Bailey ( CAS ). Pennsylvania : East of Jamison, Horseshoe Bend, Nashaminy Creek, v.1954, 13 , vii.1955 , 131Ƥ, no date, 53, W. Ivie ( AMNH ). South Carolina : Francis Beidler Forest, 10 km NE Harleyville, 23.vi–06.vii.1987 , bald cypress swamp, 13 ( CNC ); Savannah River, 12-26.vi.1995 , upland hardwood, 2Ƥ, M. Draney ( AMNH ). Tennessee : Great Smoky Mountains National Park, sides of Mount Leconte, 08.vii.1933 , 13, W. Gertsch ( AMNH ); Little Pigeon, 09.vii.1933 , 133Ƥ, W. Ivie ( AMNH ); Mill Creek, Mount Leconte, 10.x.1926 , 434Ƥ, Crosby, Bishop ( AMNH ); Summit, Mount Leconte, 10.x.1926 , 53, Crosby, Bishop ( AMNH ); Montvale Springs, 18.iii.1929 , 233Ƥ ( AMNH ). Texas : 1.6km S Red River, 15.vi.1979 , riverine forest floor, 1Ƥ ( CAS ); Austin, 12.iii.1903 , 1Ƥ, J. Comstock ( AMNH ); Backhole, 07.vi.1994 , 13, J. Ivy, G. Veni ( TMM ); College Station, 26.x.1979 , 13, D. Dean ( AMNH ); Houston, 22.iii.1936 , 13, S. Mulaik ( AMNH ); Lockhart State Park, 13.iv.1963 , 1Ƥ, W. Gertsch, W. Ivie ( AMNH ). Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Arboretum, Redwing Marsh, viii.1967 , sweeping cattails, 13, M. MacArthur ( TMM ). West Virginia : West Virginia University Forest Chestnut Ridge, 05– 12. vi.1989, 2 Ƥ, 12–19. vi.1989, 1 Ƥ, 19–26.vi.1989 , 134Ƥ, 26.vi–03.vii.1989 , 131Ƥ, 30.v–05.vi.1989 , 43, 03– 10.vii.1989 , 533Ƥ, 10–17.vii.1989 , 231Ƥ, 01–08.v.1990 , 931Ƥ, 08–15.v.1990 , 1634Ƥ, 15–22.v.1990 , 739Ƥ, 22– 29. v.1990, 23 , 29.v–05.vi.1990 , 136Ƥ, 05–12.vi.1990 , 333Ƥ, 12–19. vi.1990, 2 Ƥ, 19–26. vi.1990, 2 Ƥ, 26.vi– 03. vii.1990, 23 , 03–10. vii.1990, 13 , 10–17.vii.1990 , 331Ƥ, pitfalls in mixed oak-hardwood, D. Jennings ( USNM ). Distribution: Southeastern USA , north to Ontario and west to Texas.