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THE INFUSCATUS AND DISPAR GROUPS OF THE SPIDER GENUS PHILODROMUS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES (ARANEIDA: THOMISIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. D. Dondale  and
J. H. Redner
C. D. Dondale
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
J. H. Redner
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
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Abstract

The infuscatus group comprises 20 species and 2 subspecies. The group is wholly American, the main habitats occurring in the dry parts of the U.SA. and Mexico. Only Philodromus infuscatus Keyserling reaches Canada, while a few species are neotropical. P. droseroides Schick is divided into P. d. droseroides of California and P. d. arizonensis ssp. n. of Arizona. Similarly P. infuscatus is divided into P. i. infuscatus of eastern U.S.A. and P. i. utus Chamberlin of western U.S.A. The following are described as new species: P. pratarioides, P. harrietae, P. mississippianus, P. separatus, P. tortus, P. probolus, P. infectus, P. longiductus, P. breviductus, P. pseudanomalus, P. mexicanus, and P. cavatus. P. dispar Walckenaer, a species introduced from the Old World, is the sole American representative of the dispar group.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 101 , Issue 9 , September 1969 , pp. 921 - 954
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1969

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