Biology:Castianeira variata

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Short description: Species of spider

Castianeira variata
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Castianeira variata on a white flower, Pryor, Oklahoma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Castianeira
Species:
C. variata
Binomial name
Castianeira variata
Gertsch, 1942

Castianeira variata is a species of spider in the family Corinnidae, found in North and Central America. The body length is typically 7 to 9 mm, the females being larger. Castianeira variata is similar in general appearance to C. longipalpus. The carapace dark reddish brown to nearly black with thin white hairs, darker on the sides.[1][2]

References

  1. New American spiders of the Clubionidae, W.J. Gertsch. 1942. The American Museum of Natural History; No. 1195.
  2. The Spider Subfamily Castianeirinae of North and Central America, J. Reiskind. 1969. Bull. Mus. of Comp. Zool. Vol 138: 163-325.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2797687 entry