Linyphia triangularis
| Linyphia triangularis | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Linyphia |
| Species: | L. triangularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Linyphia triangularis (Clerck, 1758) | |
Linyphia triangularis is a European species of spider in the family Linyphiidae.
Description
Linyphia triangularis grows up to 6 millimetres (0.24 in) long.[1] The carapace is pale brown with darker markins along the edges and down the centre-line; the opisthosoma has a coarsely serrate brown band against a white background, with further brown markings along the sides.[1] The legs are greyish-brown, and bear many long spines.[1]
Distribution
Linyphia triangularis is abundant throughout Europe.[1] It has been introduced to the U.S. state of Maine, having been first reported there in 2002.[2] It has been recorded from at least 15 of the state's 16 counties,[2] and is now abundant within Acadia National Park and some other coastal parts of the state.[3][4]
Ecology
Linyphia triangularis lives in a wide range of habitats, where it may be found among low bushes and vegetation. It spins a horizontal sheet-web, and rests on the underside of the web for its prey.[5] Adults are active in the late summer and autumn.[1][5] The prey are snared by "barrage lines" above the web, and fall onto the horizontal sheet, where they are killed by L. triangularis, but are not wrapped in silk.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Dick Jones (1983). Country Life Guide to the Spiders of Britain and Europe. Country Life Books. pp. 290–291. ISBN 0-600-35614-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Daniel T. Jennings, Kefyn M. Catley & Frank Graham, Jr. (2002). "Linyphia triangularis, a Palearctic spider (Araneae, Linyphiidae) new to North America" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology 30 (1): 455–460.
- ↑ Jeremy D. Houser (2007). The invasion of Linyphia triangularis (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in Maine: ecological and behavioral interactions with native species (Thesis). University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- ↑ Jeremy D. Houser, Daniel T. Jennings and Elizabeth M. Jakob (2005). "Predation by Argyrodes trigonum on Linyphia triangularis, an invasive sheet-web weaver in coastal Maine". Journal of Arachnology 33 (1): 193–195. JSTOR 3706391.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 D. Marriott. "Summary for Linyphia triangularis (Araneae)". Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme website. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
External links
- [http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=1699&fr=1&.. "Linyphia triangularis (arachnid)"]. Global Invasive Species Database. February 23, 2011.
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