The purse-web spiders of Kansas (Araneae: Atypidae)

There are three purse-web spider species in Kansas, all in the genus Sphodros. Two of these species, S. niger (Hentz) and S. rufipes (Latreille), are known only from the eastern edge of the state, while the range of S. fitchi Gertsch and Platnick extends into western Kansas which is the westernmost...

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Published in:Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 2004-04, Vol.107 (1), p.101-104
Main Authors: Cutler, Bruce, Salsbury, Glenn, Guarisco, Hank, Liggett, Cameron
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atypidae
Legs
Natural history
purse-web spiders
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Sphodros
Spiders
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Summary:There are three purse-web spider species in Kansas, all in the genus Sphodros. Two of these species, S. niger (Hentz) and S. rufipes (Latreille), are known only from the eastern edge of the state, while the range of S. fitchi Gertsch and Platnick extends into western Kansas which is the westernmost distribution record for the family in the New World.
ISSN:0022-8443
1938-5420
DOI:10.1660/0022-8443(2004)107[0101:TPSOKA]2.0.CO;2