Diguetia
Diguetia is a genus of coneweb spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2] It is a six-eyed spider is common in the southwestern United States and Mexico, with the exception of one Argentinian species.[1] In the United States, species have been found in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas.[3] The most common species in the U.S. are D. canities and the smaller D. albolineata.[4]
| Diguetia | |
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| D. canities | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Diguetidae |
| Genus: | Diguetia Simon, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
| D. canities (McCook, 1890) | |
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These spiders build an unusual tent-like web, often between cacti, that somewhat resembles the webs of Linyphiidae. They build a tubular retreat at the tip, camouflaged with leaf litter or similar substances, where thin egg sacs are positioned.[4]
Species
As of May 2019 it contains eleven species:[1]
- Diguetia albolineata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895) – Southern California to Texas,[5] Mexico
- Diguetia andersoni Gertsch, 1958 – Mojave Desert[5]
- Diguetia canities (McCook, 1890) (type) – Southwestern United States, Mexico
- Diguetia c. dialectica Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico
- Diguetia c. mulaiki Gertsch, 1958 – USA
- Diguetia catamarquensis (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Argentina
- Diguetia imperiosa Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 – Arizona to southern Texas, Mexico
- Diguetia mojavea Gertsch, 1958 – Southern California and Nevada[5]
- Diguetia propinqua (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico
- Diguetia signata Gertsch, 1958 – Southern California to New Mexico,[5] Mexico
- Diguetia stridulans Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico
References
- "Gen. Diguetia Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- Simon, E. (1895). "Sur les arachnides recueillis en Basse-Californie par M. Diguet". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 1: 105–107.
- "Genus Diguetia". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- "Diguetia canities venom". SpiderPharm. Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- "Genus Diguetia". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
External links
- Diguetia at BugGuide
- "Diguetia" at the Encyclopedia of Life
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