Tibellus oblongus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Philodromidae

These are very common spiders that frequently live in human dwellings - they are the most likely culprits when you find cobwebs in the corners of your ceilings.[1]

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,180 meters (0 to 10,433 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Aranea oblonga Walckenaer • Formicinus oblongus Jarocki • Metastenus oblongus Bertkau • Philodromus gracilentus Lucas • Philodromus oblongus Walckenaer • Thanata gracilenta Simon • Thanatus maritimus Menge • Thanatus oblongus Menge • Thanatus trilineatus Prach • Thomisus oblongus Walckenaer • Tibellus duttoni (Hentz • Tibellus lineatus Utochkin • Tibellus longicephalus Utochkin • Tibellus parallelus (C. L. Koch • Tibellus propinquus O. P. -Cambridge • Tibellus punctatus Hull

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 05-Jan-2008

Similar Species

Members of the genus Tibellus

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Further Reading

• A faunal investigation of the Lake Abitibi region, Ontario / Toronto: University Library: published by the Librarian, 1928. url p. 45.
• A guide to the natural history of the Isle of Wight: a series of contributions by specialists relating to the various branches of natural history and kindred subjects / edited by Frank Morey. Newport, Isle of Wight: The County Press, 1909. url p. 275.
• A manual of the common invertebrate animals, exclusive of insects, by Henry Sherring Pratt. .. with over one thousand illustrations. Chicago, A.C. McClurg & co., 1916. url p. 427.
• A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greenland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. / by Alexander Petrunkevitch. New York: Published by order of the Trustees, for sale at the Museum, 1911 url p. 432, p. 787.
• Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Helsinki: Societas, 1875-1980. url p. 38.
• Alaska / Harriman Alaska Expedition. New York: Doubleday, Page, 1901-1910. url p. 237, p. 43.
• Alaska. New York, Doubleday, Page & company, 1901- url p. 237, p. 43.
• American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits. By Henry C. McCook. .. [Philadelphia]The author, Academy of natural sciences of Philadelphia, 1889-93. url p. 381.
• American spiders. New York, Van Nostrand[1949] url p. 259, p. 46.
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 194, p. 194, p. 210, p. 296, p. 296, p. 39.
• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. New York, New York Academy of Sciences. url p. 428.
• Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 432, p. 787.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 74 1933 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 189.
• Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia[Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences] url p. 164, p. 164, p. 166, p. 262, p. 262.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 189.
• Essex naturalist: being the journal of the Essex Field Club. Buckhurst Hill, Essex, The Club. url p. 210.
• Fauna of New England. List of the Araneida. Boston, For Society, 1908. url p. 68, p. 7.
• Fauna, flora & geology of the Clyde area, ed. by G.F. Scott Elliot, Malcolm Laurie and J. Barclay Murdoch. Glasgow, Pub. by the local committee for the meeting of the British Association, 1901. url p. 325.
• Harriman Alaska series. City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1910-1914. url p. 237, p. 43.
• Harriman Alaska series. vol. I-V, VIII-XIV Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1910-14 url p. 237, p. 43.
• Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Lawrence, Kan.: Allen Press [etc.] url p. 248.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1963 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 146, fig. 79, page 156, p. 56.
• New York State Museum bulletin. Albany, N.Y.: University of the State of New York, 1916-1944. url p. 96.
• Occasional papers of the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston, Boston Society of Natural History, 1869-1941. url .
• Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. Dorchester, Eng. url p. 124.
• Proceedings and transactions of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London: The Society. url p. 49, p. 59, p. 87, p. 90, p. 90.
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• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, Calif.: The Academy, 1897- url p. 353.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Nova Scotia. Truro, N.S., Entomological Society of Nova Scotia. url p. 96, p. 96.
• Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: The Society, 1858-1955 url p. 310.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 12 1889 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 559, p. 675, p. 70.
• Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Washington, Washington Academy of Sciences. url p. 483, p. 693.
• Proceedings. Dorchester [etc.] url , p. 124, p. 44, p. 45, p. 46, p. 47, p. 50.
• Science-gossip. Berlin: R. Friedländer & Sohn, [1894]-1902. url p. 15.
• Scientific results of the second Yarkand Mission; based upon the collections and notes of the late Ferdinand Stoliczka, PH.D., published by order of the Government of India. 1878-1891. London, Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1891. url p. 76.
• Soybean spiders: species composition, population densities and vertical distribution / by Charles D. LeSar and John D. Unzicker. Urbana: State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Illinois Natural History Survey Division, 1978. url p. 11, p. 12.
• The Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892-1911. url p. 235.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 12, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, GEO Biodiversity Day
• Canadian Arachnologist Nearctic Spider Database, Canadian Arachnologist Nearctic Spider Database
• Senckenberg, Collection Arachnology
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Bugs
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Arachnid dataset

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3547435
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ara-030106
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2149937
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 223048

Footnotes

1. http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Dispar&search=Search [back]
2. Mean = 1,747.200 meters (5,732.283 feet), Standard Deviation = 915.140 based on 395 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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