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Taxonomic Section

Entelegynae (page 1)

OECOBIIDAE (5 species)

Oecobius annulipes  Lucas

Size: 2-3 mm
General Distribution: Pantropical, California and Oregon to Texas, Florida north to New York and south into Mexico in North America.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima; TX: Persidio?
Habitat: Walls of buildings.
Adults Present: Throughout year.
Notes: Common tiny spiders that build small sheet webs. Collected at 2400' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Shear 1970.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Shear 1970.

Oecobius cellariorum  (Dugás)

Size: 2.5-3 mm.
General Distribution: Western New Mexico through Texas to Oklahoma, Arkansas and NE to Maryland and North Carolina. Absent from most of O. annulipes range.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Doña Ana.
Habitat: Human habitations.
Adults Present: Females throughout year, males June-August.
Notes: Similar to above species.
Records: Shear 1970.
Reference: Shear 1970.

Oecobius isolatoides  Shear

Size: 1.8-2.0 mm.
General Distribution: Northern Sinaloa, N to southern Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Maricopa?, Pima.
Habitat: Thorn scrub and desert foothills.
Adults Present: April-August.
Notes: Unlike most species, this is a native. Collected at 2850' at edge of Tucson Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Shear 1970.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Shear 1970.

Oecobius isolatus  Chamberlin

Size: 2-2.5 mm.
General Distribution: Baja California N to Utah.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Mohave, Yuma.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Apparently native, but nothing published on habitat.
Records: Shear 1970.
Reference: Shear 1970.

Oecobius putus  O. P.-Cambridge

Size: 2.5-3.2 mm.
General Distribution: Africa, India, Southern California, southern Arizona, western New Mexico, SW Texas, south into Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Maricopa, Pima, Yuma; NM: Grant: TX: Brewster, El Paso
Adults Present: January-August.
Habitat: Buildings.
Notes: Similar to above species. Collected at 2300-2400' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Shear 1970, Dean 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Shear 1970, Dean 1996.

MIMETIDAE (7 species)

Ero furcata  Keyserling

Size:
General Distribution: Widespread.
Distribution in Area Covered: Widespread?
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: ??
Reference:

Mimetus epeiroides  Chamberlin

Size: Male 3.4 mm, female 4.4-4.7 mm.
General Distribution: Widespread?
Distribution in Area Covered: Widespread?
Habitat: Webs of other spiders.
Adults Present:
Notes: Araneophageous.
Records: ??
Reference:

Mimetus hesperus  Chamberlin

Size: Male 3.5-4.5 mm, female 4.0-6.3 mm.
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Yuma; NM: Doña Ana, Grant; TX: Culberson.
Habitat: Webs of other spiders.
Adults Present:
Notes: Araneophageous. Collected at 2400-6000' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961)
Records: Beatty 1961, Muma 1980, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Muma 1980, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.


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Mimetus notius  Chamberlin

Size:
General Distribution: Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Terrell.
Habitat: Webs of other spiders.
Adults Present:
Notes: Araneophageous.
Records: Vogel 1970.
Reference: Vogel 1970.

Mimetus puritanus  Chamberlin

Size: Male 4-4.5 mm, female 5-5.6 mm.
General Distribution: Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Culberson
Habitat: Webs of other spiders.
Adults Present:
Notes: Araneophageous.
Records: Dean 1996.
Reference: Dean 1996.

Mimetus  n. sp. 1

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat: Webs of other spiders.
Adults Present:
Notes: Araneophageous.
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Mimetus  n. sp. 2

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat: Webs of other spiders.
Adults Present:
Notes: Araneophageous.
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

ULOBORIDAE (7 species)

Hyptiotes puebla  Muma & Gertsch

Size: 2.8-5 mm.
General Distribution: Southwestern United States from Utah S to Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Pima; NM: Lincoln, Otero; TX: Brewster.
Habitat:
Adults Present: August-November.
Notes: Collected at 6000-8000' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Muma and Gertsch 1964, Vogel 1970, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Muma and Gertsch 1964, Vogel 1970, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.

Philoponella arizonica  (Gertsch) (=Uloborus arizonicus Gertsch)

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 2720-4450' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961.
Reference: Beatty 1961.

Philoponella oweni   (Chamberlin) (=Uloborus o. Chamberlin)

Size: 3.4-5.7 mm.
General Distribution: Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Apache (Whiteriver, Showlow)?, Cochise, Coconino? (Oak Creek ) Graham, Pima, Santa Cruz, NM: Hidalgo, Sierra.
Habitat:
Adults Present: May-October.
Notes: Collected at 4300-6000' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Muma and Gertsch 1964, Dean 1996, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Muma and Gertsch 1964, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.


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Siratoba referens   (Muma & Gertsch) (= Ariston r.)

Size: 2.5-3 mm.
General Distribution: Arizona, New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Bernalillo.
Habitat:
Adults Present: August-September.
Notes:
Records: Muma and Gertsch 1964, Roth 1996.
Reference: Muma and Gertsch 1964, Roth 1996.

Uloborus diversus  Marx

Size: 2.1-4.7 mm.
General Distribution: Oregon and Utah to eastern Arizona south into western Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Maricopa, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yuma.
Habitat:
Adults Present: June?
Notes: Collected at 2750-6000' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Muma and Gertsch 1964, Roth 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Muma and Gertsch 1964, Roth 1996.

Uloborus glomosus  Walckenaer

Size: 7-8 mm.
General Distribution: Eastern United States to Texas and S. into Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Doña Ana; TX: Brewster, Presidio.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Muma and Gertsch 1964, NMSU collection, Texas A & M.
Reference: Muma and Gertsch 1964.

Uloborus segregatus  Gertsch

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

NESTICIDAE (5 species)

Eidmanella bullata  Gertsch

Size: 2.5 mm.
General Distribution: Culberson Co., Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Culberson.
Habitat: Caves.
Adults Present: June.
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1984, Dean 1996.
Reference: Gertsch 1984, Dean 1996.

Eidmanella delicata  Gertsch

Size: 2.7 mm.
General Distribution: Known only from Ladder Cave, Val Verde Co., Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Val Verde.
Habitat: Caves.
Adults Present: April-August.
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1984.
Reference: Gertsch 1984.

Eidmanella pallida  (Emerton)

Size: 2.2-4 mm.
General Distribution: New England S. to Florida and W to California.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise , Yuma NM: DeBaca, Eddy, Otero.
Habitat: Caves.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1984, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
References: Gertsch 1984, Roth 1996.

Eidmanella rostrata  Gertsch

Size: 2.5-2.7 mm.
General Distribution: Central to West Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Terrell, Val Verde.
Habitat: Caves.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1984.
Reference: Gertsch 1984.

Eidmannella tuckeri   Cockendolpher & Reddell

Size: Female 2.23 mm, male unknown mm.
General Distribution: West Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Jeff Davis.
Habitat: Caves.
Adults Present: October
Notes:
Records: Cockendolpher & Reddell 2001.
Reference: Cockendolpher & Reddell 2001.

THERIDIIDAE (88 species)

Anelosimus analyticus  (Chamberlin)

Size: Male 2.5-2.8 mm, female 3.2-4.4 mm.
General Distribution: Southern California to Baja California, Sonora and Colima, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: No records for Arizona, New Mexico or Texas, but one record only 27 mi. south of Nogales.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1956.
Reference: Levi 1956.

Argyrodes pluto  (Banks)

Size: Male 3.7 mm, female3.9 mm.
General Distribution: Maryland and Virginia, southwest to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Chihuahua, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima; NM: Hidalgo; TX: Brewster.
Habitat: Webs of other spiders, especially Latrodectus, Metepeira, Araneus, and Argiope.
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Exline & Levi 1962, Vogel 1970, Dean 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Exline & Levi 1962, Vogel 1970, Dean 1996.


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Asagena (=Steatoda) americana  (Emerton)

Size: Male 3.2-4.4 mm, female 3.5-4.7 mm.
General Distribution: United States, except California and Oregon, and southern Canada south to Hidalgo, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Mohave; NM: Catron, Otero.
Habitat: Under stones, loose bark, in leaf litter and in moss, occasionally in vegetation.
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1957, Roth 1996.

Asagena (=Steatoda) fulva  (Keyserling)

Size: Male 5.0 mm, female 4.7 mm.
General Distribution: Southern and western United States south to central Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Coconino, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yuma; NM: Doña Ana, Hidalgo; TX: Brewster, El Paso, Hudspeth.
Habitat: Stones and houses, grass and peanuts.
Adults Present: Male March, August, September; female July, September.
Notes: Collected at 2400' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Levi 1957, Gertsch 1960, Beatty 1961, Dean 1996, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Levi 1957, Gertsch 1960, Beatty 1961, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.

Asagena (=Steatoda) medialis   (Banks)

Size: Male 3-4 mm, female 4.3-5.5 mm.
General Distribution: California and Arizona to Texas south to Sinaloa, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Maricopa, Pima, Yuma; TX: El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Terrell.
Habitat: Under stones in hot, dry deserts.
Adults Present: January-September.
Notes: Collected at 2800' in the Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Levi 1957, Gertsch 1960, Beatty 1961, Vogel 1970, Dean 1996.
Reference: Levi 1957, Gertsch 1960, Beatty 1961, Vogel 1970, Dean 1996.

Asagena (=Steatoda) pulcher  (Keyserling)

Size:
General Distribution: Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Brewster, Terrell.
Habitat: Grass, under rock.
Adults Present: March.
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957, Vogel 1970, Dean 1996.
Reference: Levi 1957, Vogel 1970, Dean 1996.

Canalidion (=Theridion) montanum  (Emerton)

Size: Male 2.2-2.6 mm, female 2.7-3.6 mm.
General Distribution: Canada and northern United States and Rocky Mountains to Utah and northern New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM:Taos.
Habitat: 8700 ft.
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957.
Reference: Levi 1957.

Chrosiothes chirica  (Levi) (=Theridiotis c.)

Size: Male1.6 mm, female 2.6-3.0 mm.
General Distribution: Colorado and Arizona south to Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Apache, Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: April, June-July, September.
Notes:
Records: Levi 1954, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1954, Roth 1996.

Chrosiothes portalensis  Levi

Size: Male 1.1 mm, female 2.7 mm
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: July-August
Notes:
Records: Levi 1964, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1964, Roth 1996.

Coleosoma normale  Bryant

Size:
General Distribution: North Carolina and Florida, west to Arizona and south to Venezuela.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Mohave, Yuma.
Habitat:?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1959.
Reference: Levi 1959.

Crustulina stricta  (O. P.-Cambridge)

General Distribution: England and parts of France, United States to Alaska.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Coconino.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957.
Reference: Levi 1957.

Cryptachaea (= Archaearanea) canionis  (Chamberlin & Gertsch)

Size:
General Distribution: Utah south to southern California, Arizona and Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pinal?, Yavapai; TX : Culberson.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1963, Dean 1996, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Levi 1963, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.

Cryptachaea (=Achaearanea) chiricahua  (Levi)

Size: Male 2.4 mm,??female ?
General Distribution: Chiricahua and Santa Catalina Mountains of Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima.
Habitat: Under rocks in openings of ponderosa pine and oak forest.
Adults Present: June.
Notes: Collected at 7200' in the Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Levi 1963, Roth 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Levi 1963, Roth 1996.

Cryptachaea (=Achaearanea) porteri  (Banks)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Culberson, Pecos, Terrell, Val Verde
Habitat:
Adults Present: May, July, September.
Notes: Collected at 2400-3500' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Levi 1963.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Levi 1963.

Dipoena abdita  Gertsch & Mulaik

Size: Male 1.4-1.8 mm, female 1.9-2.6 mm.
General Distribution: Southern United States to California, south into Mexico and east to the West Indies.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima, "Sacaton"?; NM: Otero.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present:?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1953.
Reference: Levi 1953.

Dipoena bucalis  Keyserling

ize: Male 1.4-1.8 mm, female 1.9-2.6 mm.
General Distribution: Southern United States to California, south into Mexico and east to the West Indies.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Maricopa
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1963.
Reference: Levi 1963.

Dipoena cathedralis  Levi

Size: Male1.2 mm, female not known.
General Distribution: Brewster County, Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Brewster, Jeff Davis.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1953, Dean 1996.
Reference: Levi 1953, Dean 1996.

Dipoena chathami   Levi

neral Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: ??
Reference:

Dipoena dorsata  Muma

Size: Male not known, female1.6-1.8 mm.
General Distribution: Florida to Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1953, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1953, Roth 1996.

Dipoena malkini  Levi

Size: Male 2.1-2.3 mm, female1.5-3.0 mm.
General Distribution: Southwestern United States and the Pacific Coast.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, "Miami"; NM: Cebola ?
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes: Collected at 6000' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Levi 1953, Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1953, Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.

Dipoena nigra  (Emerton)

Size: Male 1.3-2.0 mm, female 2.1-4.3 mm
General Distribution: Southern Canada and the entire United States.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima, Yuma, "Whiteriver", "Williams"; NM: Bernalillo, Sandoval.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes: Collected at 2700-6000' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Levi 1953, Beatty 1961.
Reference: Levi 1953, Beatty 1961.

Dipoena rita  Levi

Size: Male not known, female 2.3 mm.
General Distribution: Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Santa Cruz ?
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1953.
Reference: Levi 1953.

Dipoena sulfurica  Levi

Size: Male 2.8 mm, female 3.0-3.7 mm.
General Distribution: Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona and Jemez Mountains of New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Sandoval.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1953, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1953, Roth 1996.

Emertonella taczanowskii  Keyserling

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Enoplognatha intrepida  (Sørensen)

Size: Male 2.9-3.9 mm, female 2.9-5.0 mm.
General Distribution: Alaska to Greenland south to Minnesota and Pensylvania, and above timberline in Rocky Mountains
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Taos ? (Penitente Peak).
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957.
Reference: Levi 1957.

Enoplognatha joshua  Chamberlin & Ivie

Size: Male 2.9-3.9 mm, female 2.9-5.0 mm.
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: ?, N M: Sandoval.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957.
Reference: Levi 1957.

Enoplognatha maricopa  Levi

Size: Male 2.9-3.9 mm, female 2.9-5.0 mm.
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Maricopa
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: Male in March.
Notes:
Records: Levi 1962.
Reference: Levi 1962.

Enoplognatha mormorata  (Hentz)

Size: Male 4.0-6.4 mm, female 3.9-7.0 mm.
General Distribution: Southern Canada to Nova Scotia, United States south to Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Coconino; NM: Otero.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957.
Reference: Levi 1957.

Euryopis californica  Banks

Size:
General Distribution: California, western Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Euryopis lineatipes  O. Pickard-Cambridge

Size:
General Distribution: Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Presidio.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1954, Vogel 1970.
Reference: Levi 1954, Vogel 1970.

Euryopis mulaiki  Levi

Size: Male 1.7 mm, female not known.
General Distribution: Arizona., New Mexico and Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: State record only; NM: Doña Ana.
Habitat: Desert.
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1954, NMSU Arthropod Museum.
Reference: Levi 1954.

Euryopis scriptipes  Banks

Size: Male 3-4 mm, female 4-6 mm.
General Distribution:Rocky Mountain Region from Canada, south into Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Graham, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yavapai; NM: Catron, Doña Ana, Hidalgo, Otero, Sandoval, San Miguel; TX: Presidio?
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes: Collected at 6000-7500' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Levi 1954, Beatty 1961, Roth 1996, NMSU Arthropod Museum, UNM collections.
Reference: Levi 1954, Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.


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Euryopis spinigera  O. P.-Cambridge

Size: ? 1.8 mm,? 1.3-2.3 mm.
General Distribution: Texas, Utah, Arizona and California, south to Panama.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Coconino, Pima; NM: "Mimbres Mts.", TX: Jeff Davis, Reeves.
Habitat: Riparian areas?
Adults Present: Male April, July, October, December, female February, October.
Notes: Collected at 6000-8000' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Levi 1954, Beatty 1961, Vogel 1970, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1954, Beatty 1961, Vogel 1970, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.

Euryopis texana  Banks

Size: ? 2.7 mm,? 3.5-4.0 mm.
General Distribution: Southern Arizona, east to New Mexico and Texas, south to northern Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz; NM: Doña Ana; TX: Brewster, Presidio, Val Verde.
Habitat: Peanuts.
Adults Present: Male March, July, August; female February-October, December.
Notes:
Records: Levi 1954, Dean 1996, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Levi 1954, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.

Euryopis   sp.

Size:
General Distribution: Southeastern Arizona
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Faiditus (=Argyrodes) subdolus  (O. P.-Cambridge)

Size: Male 2.8 mm, female2.6 mm.
General Distribution: Texas, Arizona, Mexico, south to Gutemala.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Santa Cruz.
Habitat: Probably webs of other spiders.
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Exline & Levi 1962.
Reference: Exline & Levi 1962.

Hentziectypus (=Achaearanea) schulleri  (Gertsch & Mulaik)

Size:
General Distribution: Northern Florida to southern California, south to south-central Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima, Yuma.
Habitat:
Adults Present: May, July, September.
Notes: Collected at 2400-3500' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Levi 1963.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Levi 1963.

Lasaeola prona  (Menge)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: TX:
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Latrodectus geometricus  C. L. Koch

Size:
General Distribution: Southern United States from Florida and Georgia west to Central Texas and Oklahoma, and from California to Arizona. May also be present in New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Maricopa (probably also Yuma)
Habitat: Webs in association with human habitation
Adults Present: Probably year around.
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Latrodectus hesperus  Chamberlin & Ivie

Size:General Distribution: Western United States from central Texas to Pacific Coast.
Distribution in Area Covered: Probably throughout area.
Habitat: Webs in animal burrows, trash, old and new buildings, overhangs.
Adults Present: Probably year around.
Notes: Collected at 2300-6700' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961), but known from sea level to at least 7000'.
Records: Beatty 1961, Kaston 1970, Dean 1996, Roth 1996, NMSU collection (many specimens).
Reference: Beatty 1961, Kaston 1970, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.


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Latrodectus mactans  (Fabricius)

Size:
General Distribution: Eastern United States from New York south to Florida and Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Counties along Pecos in south?
Habitat: Webs in animal burrows, trash.
Adults Present: Probably year around.
Notes:
Records: Kaston 1970, Dean 1996.
Reference: Kaston 1970, Dean 1996.

Latrodectus variolus  Walckenaer

Size:
General Distribution: Eastern United States and Canada from Ontario south to Florida and Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: W TX: Brewster, Pecos, Terrell
Habitat: Webs in shrubs and trees
Adults Present: Probably year around.
Notes:
Records: Kaston 1970, Dean 1996, Texas A & M.
Reference: Kaston 1970, Dean 1996.

Neospintharus (=Argyrodes) baboquivari  (Exline & Levi)

Size: Male 3.5 mm, female 3.7 mm.
General Distribution: Southeastern Arizona, Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Graham, Pima.
Habitat: Webs of other spiders, especially Latrodectus, Diguetia, Theridion and Uloborus.
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 4300-5900' in the Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Exline & Levi 1962, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Exline & Levi 1962, Roth 1996.

Parasteatoda (=Achaearanea) tepidariorum  (C. L. Koch)

Size
General Distribution: Cosmopolitan, probably introduced.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma; NM: Doña Ana.
Habitat: In houses.
Adults Present: Year around.
Notes:
Records: Levi 1963, NMSU collection.
Reference: Levi 1963.


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Platnickia (=Theridion) alabamense  (Gertsch & Archer)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Santa Fe.
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: UNM.
Reference:

Rhomphaea (=Argyrodes) fictillum  (Hentz)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat: Webs of other spiders.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Exline & Levi 1962, Roth 1996.
Reference: Exline & Levi 1962, Roth 1996.

Steatoda alamosa  Gertsch

Size: Male 3 mm, female 3-5 mm.
General Distribution: Southwestern Texas and adjacent Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Brewster, Jeff Davis, Terrell.
Habitat: To 8200 ft.
Adults Present: June-September, December.
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1960, Vogel 1970.
Reference: Gertsch 1960, Vogel 1970.

Steatoda albomaculata  (De Geer)

Size: Male 4.3-6.8 mm, female 4.0-8.0 mm.
General Distribution: Southern England, Europe, North Africa, Siberia, China, Kamchatka, western and northern United States to southern Canada and northern Mexico (Chihuahua).
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Coconino, Navajo, Pima; NM: Catron, Otero, San Miguel; TX: Brewster, El Paso, Hudspeth.
Habitat: Under stones up to timberline.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957.
Reference: Levi 1957.

Steatoda apacheana  Gertsch

Size: Male 4.5 mm, female 4.5-6 mm.
General Distribution: Arizona and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Coconino, Pima, Yavapai; NM: Bernalillo, Otero.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: June-August.
Notes: Collected at 6700' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Gertsch 1960, Beatty 1961, NMSU, UNM collections.
Reference: Gertsch 1960, Beatty 1961.

Steatoda grandis  Banks

Size: Male 4.3-7.4 mm, female 4.9-9.0 mm.
General Distribution: Western United States.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yavapai; NM: Colfax, Bernalillo, Catron, Lincoln, Santa Fe, Valencia.
Habitat: Under stones and in cliffs, 7000-8000 ft.
Adults Present: ?
Notes: Collected at 6000-9100' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Levi 1957, Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1957, Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.


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Steatoda grossa  C. L. Koch

Size:
General Distribution: Widespread
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma; NM:Doña Ana.
Habitat:
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Roth Unpublished list.
Reference: Roth Unpublished list.

Steatoda mexicana  Levi

Size: Male 4.8-5.7 mm, female 5.1-9.0 mm.
General Distribution: Idaho south to Arizona and Texas and Guerrero, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Coconino, Graham, Pima, Santa Cruz; NM: Otero; TX: Brewster.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ? October.
Notes: Collected at 7500' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Levi 1957, Beatty 1961, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1957, Beatty 1961, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.

Steatoda punctulata  (Marx)

Size: Male 3.4 mm, female 3.5-5.0 mm.
General Distribution: Southern Texas and southeastern Arizona south to Tamaulipas and west to Nayarit and Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz; W TX: Terrell.
Habitat: Foothills.
Adults Present: Feburary-December (Probably all year).
Notes: Collected at 7500' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Gertsch 1960, Beatty 1961.
Reference: Gertsch 1960, Beatty 1961.

Steatoda transversa  (Banks)

Size: ? 3.1 mm,? 4.3 mm.
General Distribution: Southern California and Texas to southern Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma.
Habitat: Alfalfa field.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957.
Reference: Levi 1957.

Steatoda triangulosa  (Walckenaer)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM:
Habitat: Alfalfa field.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Steatoda variata  Gertsch

Size: Male 4 mm, female 2-6 mm.
General Distribution:Utah and Wyoming, south through Arizona and western Texas into Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Coconino, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yavapai; NM: Bernalillo, Cibola, Doña Ana, Eddy, Luna; TX: El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves.
Habitat: To 7000'
Adults Present: May-September.
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1960, Vogel 1970, NMSU collection.
Reference: Gertsch 1960, Vogel 1970.

Steatoda washona  Gertsch

Size: Male 3-7 mm, female 3.5-6.0 mm.
General Distribution:Oregon and California, south in the mountains to Baja California Norte and east into Idaho, Utah and northern Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Coconino.
Habitat: Mountains.
Adults Present: April-September, November.
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1960.
Reference: Gertsch 1960.

Styposis ajo  Levi

Size: Male not known, female 1.6 mm.
General Distribution: Southern Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima.
Habitat: Desert.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1960.
Reference: Levi 1960.

Theridion aeolium  Levi

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 6000 in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Levi (date?), Beatty 1961.
Reference: Levi (date?), Beatty 1961.

Theridion arizonense  Levi

Size: Male 2.2 mm, female not known.
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 7500-8300' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Levi 1957, 1969, Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1957, 1969, Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.

Theridion cochise   Levi

Size: Male not known, female 3.8 mm.
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1963, 1969, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1963, 1969, Roth 1996.


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Theridion dilutum  Levi

Size: Male 2.0-2.8 mm, female 2.0-2.9 mm.
General Distribution: Utah to southern California and Texas, south to Nayarit, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Gila, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Yuma: W TX: Val Verde.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 2700' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961)
Records: Levi 1957, Beatty 1961, Roth unpublished list.
Reference: Levi 1957, Beatty 1961, Roth unpublished list.

Theridion frondeum   Hentz

Size: Male 3.0-3.9 mm, female 3.0-4.2 mm.
General Distribution:Southern Canada, northeastern United States, California, Washington and Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima.
Habitat: ?.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957.
Reference: Levi 1957.

Theridion gemnipunctum  Chamberlin

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma.
Habitat: ?.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth unpublished list.
Reference: Roth unpublished list.

Theridion gertschi  Levi

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Santa Cruz.
Habitat: ?.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1959.
Reference: Levi 1959.

Theridion goodnightorum  Levi

Size: Male 2.7 mm, female 3.0-4.0 mm.
General Distribution: Wyoming and California to central Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Navajo; NM: San Miguel, Valencia?
Habitat: ?
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1957, Roth 1996.

Theridion hidalgo  Levi

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Val Verde.
Habitat: ?.
Adults Present: Female from July.
Notes:
Records: TAMU.
Reference: Levi 1957.

Theridion leviorum  Gertsch & Reichert

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Lincoln
Habitat: ?.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch & Reichert 1976.
Reference: Gertsch & Reichert 1976.

Theridion llano  Levi

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Val Verde.
Habitat: ?.
Adults Present: Female from July.
Notes:
Records: TAMU.
Reference: Levi 1963.

Theridion morulum  O. P.-Cambridge (=jeanae Gertsch & Archer)

Size: Male 3.3 mm, female 5.1 mm.
General Distribution: Southeastern Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Santa Cruz.
Habitat: ?.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957.
Reference: Levi 1957, Platnick 1997.

Theridion murarium  Emerton

Size: Male 2.1-3.2 mm, female 2.8-4.3 mm.
General Distribution:Southern Canada, south to Chiapas, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Coconino; NM: Catron, Doña Ana, Sandoval, Socorro; TX: Widespread.
Habitat: Branches of trees and bushes, fences and buildings.
Adults Present: April-August.
Notes:
Records: Levy 1957, Dean 1996, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Levi 1957, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.

Theridion neomexicanum  Banks

Size: Male 2.4-2.9 mm, female 2.5-4.0 mm.
General Distribution: British Columbia, Canada and western United States.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Navajo, Pima; NM: Bernalillo, Catron, Grant, Lincoln, Otero, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos, Torrance, Valencia?
Habitat: 7500-9700 ft.
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 7500-9100' by Beatty (1961)
Records: Levi 1957, Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1957, Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.

Theridion (=Achaearanea) ohlerti   (Thorell)

Size: Male 2.1-2.3 mm , female 1.5-2.8 mm.
General Distribution: High mountains of Europe, Scandinavia, Siberia, Greenland, Alaska and Canada, south to California and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Taos.
Habitat: High mountains 8600-10,250 ft.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957.
Reference: Levi 1957.

Theridion submissum  Gertsch & Davis

Size: Male 1.9-2.2 mm, female unknown.
General Distribution: Southwestern states to Chihuahua, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima: NM: Socorro; TX: Brewster.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: Male July.
Notes:
Records: Levy 1957, Vogel 1970, Dean 1996.
Reference: Levi 1957, Vogel 1970, Dean 1996.

Theridion transgressum  Petrunkevitch

Size: 3.8 mm.
General Distribution: Arizona, New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima, Santa Cruz; NM: Otero, Sandoval, San Miguel, Taos.
Habitat:?
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 7500-9100' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Levi 1957, Beatty 1961.
Reference: Levi 1957, Beatty 1961.

Theridion yuma  Levi;

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma.
Habitat:?
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1963.
Reference: Levi 1963.

Theridion n. sp. nr. cochise  Levi

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:?
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Theridion n. sp.nr. rabuni  Chamberlin & Ivie

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma.
Habitat:?
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth unpublished list.
Reference: Roth unpublished list.

Theridula gonygaster  (Simon)

Size:
General Distribution: Worldwide in the tropics. Also southern Arizona and Florida.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1954, 1966, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1954, 1966, Roth 1996.

Thymoites expulsus  (Gertsch & Mulaik)

Size
General Distribution: Texas
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Val Verde
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: July.
Notes:
Records: Gertsch & Mulaik 1936b, TAMU.
Reference: Gertsch & Mulaik 1936b.

Thymoites maderae  (Gertsch & Archer)

Size: Male 1.1 mm, female 1.00 mm.
General Distribution: Arizona
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes: Collected at 4750-8000' by Beatty (1961).
Records: Levi 1957, Beatty 1961.
Reference: Levi 1957, Beatty 1961.


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Thymoites minero  Roth

Size: Male 1.7-2.0 mm, female 2.5 mm.
General Distribution: Arizona
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise
Habitat: Caves.
Adults Present: December.
Notes:
Records: Roth 1992, 1996.
Reference: Roth 1992, 1996.


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Thymoites pictipes  (Banks)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima
Habitat: Caves.
Adults Present: December.
Notes:
Records: Levi 1957.
Reference: Levi 1957.

Thymoites sclerotis  (Levi)

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Thymoites . n. sp.  

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona
Distribution in Area Covered:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Thymoites . n. sp.  

Size:
General Distribution: New Mexico
Distribution in Area Covered:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Tidarren haemorrhoidale  (Bertkau)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; TX: Presidio
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Tidarren sisyphoides  (Walckenaer) (=Tidarren fordum (Keyserling) in part)

Size: Male1.1-1.4 mm, female3.7-6.2 mm.
General Distribution: Kentucky to California, south to Peru, east to Cuba, Haiti and Puerto Rico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima Santa Cruz; NM: Hidalgo.
Habitat: Pinyon-Juniper in Animas Mountains
Adults Present: ?
Notes: Collected at 2700-4650' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Levi 1955, Beatty 1961, NMSU collection.
Reference: Levi 1955, Beatty 1961.

MYSMENIDAE (1 species)

Mysmena n. sp.

Size:
General Distribution: South Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1960? Roth 1996.
Reference: Gertsch 1960, Roth 1996.

LINYPHIIDAE (118 species)

Bathyphantes pallidus  (Banks)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Apache
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Ivie 1969
Reference: Ivie 1969

Centromerus latidens  (Emerton)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Ceraticellus crassiceps  Chamberlin & Ivie

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Lowrie 1985.

Ceraticellus similus   (Banks)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Ceraticellus sp. 1  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Lowrie 1985.

Ceraticellus sp. 2  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Ceratinella brunnea  Emerton (= C. occidentalis Banks, = C. placida Banks)

Size:???1.5-1.6 mm , ? 1.8-2.0 mm.
General Distribution: Newfoundland, Labrador and New England west to North Dakota and New Mexico, south to North Carolina.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: San Miguel.
Habitat: Collected at 8000 ft.
Adults Present:March-November.
Notes:
Records: Banks 1901.
Reference: Banks 1901, Chamberlin 1948.

Ceratinella sp. 1  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Lowrie 1985.

Ceratinella sp. 2  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth.
Reference: Roth- notes.

Ceratinops crenatus  (Emerton)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Ceratinops n. sp.  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Lowrie 1985.

Ceratinopsis disparata  (Dondale)

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Dondale 1959.
Reference: Dondale 1959, Ivie 1967.

Ceratinopsis gosibia  Chamberlin

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Chamberlin 1948.
Reference: Chamberlin 1948

Ceratinopsis interventa  Chamberlin

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Chamberlin 1948.
Reference: Chamberlin 1948

Collinsia perplexa  (Keyserling) (=Catabrithorax p.= Tmeticus perplexus= Montilaira p.)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Bernilillo, Los Alamos, Sandoval.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Crosby & Bishop 1928, Lowrie 1985
Reference: Crosby & Bishop 1928, Lowrie 1985

Dismbolus anguineus  Millidge

Size: ???1.45-1.55 mm , ? 1.65 mm.
General Distribution: Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Colfax?, Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1981, Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Millidge 1981b, Lowrie 1985.

Dismbolus concinnus  Millidge

Size: ???unknown, ? 1.70-1.80 mm.
General Distribution: Southeastern Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present: September-October.
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1981b.
Reference: Millidge 1981b.

Dismbolus kesimbus   (Chamberlin)

Size: ??/? 1.35-1.40 mm.
General Distribution: Utah to Northwestern Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Coconino.
Habitat:
Adults Present: September-October.
Notes:
Records: Chamberlin 1948, Millidge 1981b.
Reference: Chamberlin 1948.Millidge 1981b

Drapetisca oteroana  Gertsch

Size:
General Distribution: New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Otero (Camp Mary White)
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1951.
Reference: Gertsch 1951.

Eridantes sp.  

Size:
General Distribution: NM: Grant, Hidalgo.
Distribution in Area Covered:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Muma 1980.
Reference: Muma 1980.

Erigone angela  Chamberlin & Ivie

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 7500' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: : Beatty 1961.
Reference: Beatty 1961.

Erigone autumnalis  Emerton

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Yuma; NM: Doña Ana, Grant.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Muma 1980, Richman et al. 1990, Roth 1996.
Reference: Muma 1980, Richman et al. 1990, Roth 1996.

Erigone dentosa  O. Pickard-Cambridge

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Erigone whymperi  O. Pickard-Cambridge

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Otero.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: ??
Reference: O. P.-Cambridge 1877?

Erigone sp.  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Grant.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Muma 1980.
Reference: Muma 1980.

Eulaira suspecta  Gertsch & Mulaik

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; TX: Val Verde.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Vogel 1970, Roth 1996.
Reference: Vogel 1970, Roth 1996.

Frontinella communis  (Hentz) [= F. pyramitela (Walckenaer) in many texts]

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Yuma, NM: Doña Ana, Hidalgo, White Mts.?
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 2700-9100' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.

Frontinella huachuca  Gertsch & Davis

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 6000-7500' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.

Grammonota gentilis  Banks

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Grammonota pictilis  (O. P.-Cambridge)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Bernalillo.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Banks 1901.
Reference: Banks 1901.

Grammonota speciosa  Gertsch & Mulaik

Size:
General Distribution: Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Terrell.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Vogel 1970.
Reference: Vogel 1970.

Grammonota nr. pictilis  (O. P.-Cambridge)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Doña Ana.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Richman et al 1990, NMSU collection.
Reference: Richman et al. 1990.

Halorates plumosa  (Emerton) (=Collinsia p. )

Size:
General Distribution: Eastern Canada and New England west to Oregon and south to New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Lowrie 1985.

Halorates stylifer  Chamberlin (= Catabrithorax s.)

Size:
General Distribution: West United States N to Alaska. New Mexico?
Distribution in Area Covered:
Habitat:
Notes:
Records: ??
Reference: Vogle? 1967.

Helophora orinoma  (Chamberlin)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 7500-9100' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961.
Reference: Beatty 1961.

Helophora sp.  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Lowrie 1985.

Helophora n. sp. nr. reducta  Keyserling

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth?
Reference: Roth.

Horcotes quadracristatus  (Emerton)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: County?
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Idionella nesiotes  Crosby (=Ceraticellus n.)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth, unpublished list.
Reference: Roth, unpublished list.

Idionella sclerata  (Ivie & Barrows)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Lincoln.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch & Riechert 1976, Roth 1996.
Reference: Gertsch & Riechert 1976, Roth 1996.

Idionella n. sp.  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Islandiana coconino  Ivie

Size:
General Distribution: Colorado to Arizona and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered:AZ: Coconino; NM Socorro
Habitat: Magdalena Mts., mixed conifer forest
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Ivie 1965, UNM.
Reference: Ivie 1965.

Islandiana flaveola   (Banks)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:AZ: Cochise; NM: Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Sandoval.
Habitat:Pinyon-juniper
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996.
Reference: Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996.

Islandiana lasalana  (Chamberlin & Ivie)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Sandoval.
Habitat:mixed conifer forest
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: UNM.
Reference:

Islandiana mimbres  Ivie

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Grant.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Ivie 1965.
Reference: Ivie 1965.

Jalapyphantes cuernavaca  Gertsch & Davis

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Jalapyphantes puebla  Gertsch & Davis

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Jeff Davis
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Lepthyphantes intricatus   (Emerton).

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Sandoval.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: UNM collection.
Reference:

Lepthyphantes turbatrix  O. P.-Cambridge (= L. subalpinus)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Cibola, Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985, NMSU Arthropod Museum, UNM collection.
Reference: Lowrie 1985.

Lepthyphantes sp. 1  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Lepthyphantes sp. 2  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Lepthyphantes sp. 3  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Lepthyphantes sp. 4  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Lowrie 1985.

Linyphia catalina  Gertsch

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 7500-8300' in Santa catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.

Linyphia rita  Gertsch

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.


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Mansoncus arienus  (Chamberlin)

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: ?
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Chamberlin 1948.
Reference: Chamberlin 1948.

Mansoncus conspectus  (Gertsch & Davis)

Size:
General Distribution: Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Culberson, Val Verde.
Habitat:
Adults Present: ? December.
Notes:
Records: Vogel 1970, Dean 1996.
Reference: Vogel 1970, Dean 1996.

Maso navajo  Chamberlin

Size: 2.2 mm
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Gila.
Habitat:
Adults Present: ? April.
Notes:
Records: Chamberlin 1948.
Reference: Chamberlin 1948.

Meioneta sp 1.  

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Meioneta sp 2.  

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Meioneta sp 3  

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Meioneta sp 4  

Size:
General Distribution: New Mexico
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Grant, Hidalgo, Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Muma 1980, Lowrie 1985
Reference: Muma 1980, Lowrie 1985.

Meioneta sp 5  

Size:
General Distribution: New Mexico
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Grant, Hidalgo, Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Muma 1980, Lowrie 1985
Reference: Muma 1980, Lowrie 1985.

Meioneta sp 6  

Size:
General Distribution: New Mexico
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Grant, Hidalgo, Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Muma 1980, Lowrie 1985
Reference: Muma 1980, Lowrie 1985.

Meioneta sp 7  

Size:
General Distribution: New Mexico
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Grant, Hidalgo, Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Muma 1980, Lowrie 1985
Reference: Muma 1980, Lowrie 1985.

Mermessus agressus   (Gertsch & Davis) (=Eperigone agressa)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Otero
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1987.
Reference: Millidge 1987

Mermessus antraeus   (Crosby) (=Eperigone antraea)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Eddy; TX: Brewster, Culberson.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Crosby 1926, Vogel 1970, Roth 1996, Dean 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Crosby 1926, Vogel 1970, Roth 1996, Dean 1996.

Mermessus coahuilanus   (Gertsch & Davis)(=Eperigone coahuilana)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 5000-9100' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.

Mermessus denticulatus   (Banks)(=Eperigone eschatologica Crosby, in Chamberlin)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Yuma; NM: Grant; TX: Widespread.
Habitat: Bluebonnets, cotton, peanuts, under rock, juniper.
Adults Present male January, March-December, female March-October.
Notes: Collected at 2400' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Muma 1980, Roth 1996, Dean 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Muma 1980, Roth 1996, Dean 1996.

Mermessus inornatus   (Ivie & Barrows) (=Eperigone inornata)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Otero
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1987.
Reference: Millidge 1987.

Mermessus maculatus   (Banks)(=Eperigone maculata)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; TX: Val Verde.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Vogel 1970, Roth 1996.
Reference: Vogel 1970, Roth 1996.

Mermessus maderus   (Millidge)(=Eperigone madera)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Graham, Pima, Santa Cruz; NM: Otero.
Habitat:
Adults Present: Male August-October, female March, May-September.
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1987.
Reference: Millidge 1987.

Mermessus major   (Millidge) (=Eperigone major)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Apache, Coconino.
Habitat:
Adults Present: Male April, female April, July.
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1987.
Reference: Millidge 1987.

Mermessus modicus (=Eperigone modica)  (Millidge) (=Eperigone modica)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:County?; NM: Otero.
Habitat:
Adults Present: Female August.
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1987.
Reference: Millidge 1987.

Mermessus taibo   (Chamberlin & Ivie) (=Eperigone taibo)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Lowrie 1985.

Mermessus tibialis   (Millidge) (=Eperigone tibialis)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Mermessus trilobatus   (Emerton) (=Eperigone trilobata)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996.
Reference: Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996.

Mermessus sp.  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Lowrie 1985.

Microlinyphia mandibulata punctata  (Chamberlin & Ivie)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Microneta varieta  (Blackwall) = M. soltani Banks

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Bernilillo.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Banks 1901.
Reference: Banks 1901.

Neriene radiata  (Walckenaer) (=Prolinyphia marginata (C. L. Koch))

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Lincoln, Los Alamos, San Miguel, Sierra.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Helsdingen 1969, Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Helsdingen 1969, Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996.

Oedothorax brevpalpus   (Banks)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Banks 1901.
Reference: Banks 1901.

Orenetides vaginatus  (Thorell)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Pityhyophantes brachygynus  Chamberlin & Ivie

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 6000-8300' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961.
Reference: Beatty 1961.

Pityohyphantes minidoka  Chamberlin & Ivie

Size:
General Distribution: Idaho to New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Cibola, Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985, NMSU collection.
Reference: Lowrie 1985.

Pityohyphantes phrygianus  (C. L. Koch)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise: NM: Top of Las Vagas Range- San Miguel Co?
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Pocadicnenmis pumila   (Blackwall)

Size:
General Distribution: New York and New Hampshire west to Utah and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Lowrie 1985.

Poeciloneta nr. theridiformis  (Emerton)(=Lepthyphantes sp.)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Scotinotylus apache  (Chamberlin)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Chamberlin 1948.
Reference: Chamberlin 1948.

Scotinotylus kenus  (Chamberlin)

Size:
General Distribution: Montana, Utah and Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Chamberlin 1948.
Reference: Chamberlin 1948.

Scotinotylus pallidus  (Emerton)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1981
Reference: Millidge 1981

Scotinotylus pollucis  Millidge

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Scotinotylus sanctuss  (Crosby)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1981
Reference: Millidge 1981

Scotinotylus sp.  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Grant.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Muma 1980.
Reference: Muma 1980.

Scotinotylus sp.  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Sisicottus montanus  (Emerton)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Sisicottus orites  (Chamberlin)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Sphecozone magnipalpus  Millidge

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1993
Reference: Millidge 1993

Spirembolus levis  Millidge

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1980
Reference: Millidge 1980

Spirembolus maderus  Chamberlin

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: ?; NM: Taos
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millage 1981.
Reference: Millidge 1981.

Spirembolus pallidus  Chamberlin & Ivie

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Grant? (Mimbres Mts.), Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996.
Reference: Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996.

Spirembolus spirotabus  (Banks)

Size:
General Distribution: New Mexico to Canada.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millage 1981.
Reference: Millidge 1981.

Spirembolus vallicolens  (Chamberlin)

Size:
General Distribution: Utah and Idaho south to California and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1981, Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Millidge 1981, Lowrie 1985.

Spirembolus venustus   Millidge

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1980.
Reference: Millidge 1980.

Tachygyna haydeni  Chamberlin & Ivie

Size: 1.35-1.45 mm.
General Distribution: Utah and Colorado south to northern Arizona and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Coconino, Mohave; NM: Colfax.
Habitat:
Adults Present: Males July-October, females April and June-October.
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1984.
Reference: Millidge 1984.

Tachygyna tuoba  (Chamberlin & Ivie)

Size: 1.60-1.65 mm.
General Distribution: Utah to northern New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Colfax.
Habitat:
Adults Present: August and October.
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1984.
Reference: Millidge 1984.

Tachygyna sp.  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Tapinopa sp.  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Tennesseelum formica  (Emerton)

Size:
General Distribution: AZ: Cochise; NM: Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln.
Distribution in Area Covered:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch & Rierchert 1976, Muma 1980, Roth 1996.
Reference: Gertsch & Rierchert 1976, Muma 1980, Roth 1996.

Walckenaeria blanda  Millidge

Size:
General Distribution: Southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Hidalgo?
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Walckenaeria directa  (O. P.-Cambridge)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Lowrie 1985.

Walckenaeria latens  Millidge

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1983.
Reference: Millidge 1983.

Walckenaeria minuta  (Emerton)

Size:
General Distribution: Eastern and Central United States.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM?
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1983.
Reference: Millidge 1983

Walckenaeria pinocchio  (Kaston)

Size:
General Distribution: Northern New Mexico
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Sandoval
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Kaston 1945, UNM collection
Reference: Kaston 1945

Walckenaeria spiralis  (Emerton)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Hidalgo? Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1983, Lowrie 1985.
Reference: Millidge 1983, Lowrie 1985.

Walckenaeria subspiralis  Millidge

Size:
General Distribution: Canada south to New York, California and Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Millidge 1983.
Reference: Millidge 1983.

Wubana drassoides   (Emerton)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Cibola, Los Alamos
Habitat: High mountains
Adults Present: September (Mt. Taylor)
Notes:
Records: Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996, NMSU Arthropod Museum.
Reference: Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996.

Wubana ornata  Chamberlin & Ivie

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 7500' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961.
Reference: Beatty 1961.

TETRAGNATHIDAE (12 species)

Glenognatha emertoni  Simon

Size:
General Distribution: SE Arizona and SW New Mexico
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Glenognatha foxi   McCook

Size:
General Distribution: Eastern United States, west to California and south into Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; TX: widespread.
Habitat: Bluebonnets, cotton, paintbrush, pasture, peanuts.
Adults Present:? January, February, April-December; ? April, June, August.
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996, Dean 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996, Dean 1996.

Leucauge venusta  (Walckenaer)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1980.
Reference: Levi 1980.

Metellina mimetoides  Chamberlin & Ivie

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima; NM: Hidalgo.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 4300-4750' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.

Pachygnatha dorothea  McCook (= P. brevis)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Valencia
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Tetragnatha elongata  Walckenaer

Size:
General Distribution: Canada and United States, West Indies
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Santa Rita Mts.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1981, Lowrie 1985?
Reference: Levi 1981, Lowrie 1985?


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Tetragnatha extensa  (Linaeus)

Size:
General Distribution: Northern Eurasia, Alaska and SE to Arizona, Colorado and New York.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise
Habitat: High Mountains
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1981.
Reference: Levi 1981.

Tetragnatha guatemalensis  O. P.-Cambridge

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Valencia?
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1981.
Reference: Levi 1981.

Tetragnatha laboriosa   Hentz

Size:
General Distribution: Widespread in United States and Canada
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Yuma; NM: Doña Ana, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Los Alamos, San Miguel (probably throughout states); TX: Widespread.
Habitat:Alfalfa, bluebonnets, brush, citrus, cotton, paintbrush, peanuts, vegetation, junipers, oaks, elms.
Adults Present: ? February-August; ? March-July, September-November.
Notes: Collected at 2800-9100' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Levi 1981, Lowrie 1985, Richman et al. 1990, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Levi 1981, Lowrie 1985, Richman et al. 1990, Roth 1996.


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Tetragnatha nitens  (Audouin) (= T. elmora Chamberlin & Ivie, T. steckleri Gertsch and T. vicinia Simon)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma; NM: Valencia
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth unpublished list, Levi 1981.
Reference: Roth unpublished list, Levi 1981.

Tetragnatha pallescens  F. O. P.-Cambridge (= T. pallida (Banks))

Size:
General Distribution: Eastern United States, west to Texas and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma; NM: San Miguel?
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth unpublished list, Levi 1981
Reference: Roth unpublished list, Levi 1981

Tetragnatha versicolor  Walckenaer

Size:
General Distribution: Widespread
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Yuma; NM: Hidalgo, San Miguel, Sierra.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 2800-7500' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Levi 1981, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Levi 1981, Roth 1996.

NEPHILIDAE (1 species)

Nephila clavipes  (Linnaeus)

Size:
General Distribution: SE US, Mexico into South America.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:).
Records: Levi 1980
Reference: Levi 1980

ARANEIDAE (58 species)

Acacesia hamata    (Hentz)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Brewster
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1976, Glueck 1994..
Reference: Levi 1976, Glueck 1994..

Acanthepeira stellata   (Walckenaer)

Size:
General Distribution: Canada to southern Mexico
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Hidalgo
Habitat: Meadows and fields, and various shrubs, weeds and grass.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: NMSU collection.
Reference:


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Aculepeira aculata   Emerton (= A. packardiLevi)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: San Miguel.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Banks 1901, Levi 1977.
Reference: Banks 1901, Levi 1977.

Aculepeira packardii   (Thorell)
Size:

General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: North central?
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1977.
Reference: Levi 1977.

Araneus abigeatus   Levi

Size:  7.0 mm, 11.0 mm
General Distribution: Rustler Park, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise
Habitat:
Adults Present: August
Notes:
Records: Levi 1975b, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Levi 1975b, Roth 1996.

Araneus allani    Levi

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Santa Cruz
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1973, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1973, Roth 1996.

Araneus apache   Levi

Size:  4.0 mm,  7.5 mm
General Distribution: Southeastern Arizona
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Cochise, Graham, Pima
Habitat:
Adults Present: August- September
Notes:
Records: Levi 1975b.
Reference: Levi 1975b.

Araneus arizonensis   (Banks)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: ?Cochise; NM: Lincoln
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1973, Gertsch & Riechert 1976, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1973, Gertsch & Riechert 1976, Roth 1996.

Araneus bicentenarius   (McCook)

Size: 7 mm,  15 mm
General Distribution: Nova Scotia south to Florida and west to Minnesota and New Mexico
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Rio Arriba
Habitat: Trees in wooded areas.
Adults Present:
Records: Levi 1971a
Reference: Levi 1971a

Araneus cochise   Levi

Size:  3.7 mm
General Distribution: Southeastern Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1973, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1973, Roth 1996.

Araneus detrimentosa  (O. P.- Cambridge)

Size:  3.8 mm,  5.3 mm
General Distribution:Western Florida to central California, south to Panama
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Santa Cruz
Habitat: Webs on shrubs and trees, such as mesquite, junipers and elms
Adults Present:  May-October,  March- October
Notes: Used as the type species for the genus Cambridgepeira by Archer (1951).
Records: Levi 1973.
Reference: Levi 1973.

Araneus gemma   McCook.

Size:
General Distribution: Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Brewster.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Vogel 1970.
Reference: Vogel 1970.

Araneus gemmoides   Chamberlin & Ivie

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 6900 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.

Araneus guerrerensis   Chamberlin & Ivie (= A. chiricahua Levi

Size:  2.8-3.5 mm,  3.0-3.9 mm
General Distribution: Arizona south to Hidalgo and Distrito Federal, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat: Low vegetation and pines.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1973, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1973, Roth 1996.

Araneus illaudatus   (Gertsch and Mulaik) (= A. pima Levi?)

Size:  2.9-7.9 mm,  11.5-27 mm
General Distribution: Utah  south to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, NM: Colfax, Doña Ana, Hidalgo, Union; TX: Brewster.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 9100' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Levi 1971a, 1975b, Roth 1996, Dean 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference:  Beatty 1961, Levi 1971a, 1975b, Roth 1996, Dean 1996.


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Araneus mammatus   (Archer)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, NM: Santa Fe
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1975b, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1975b, Roth 1996.

Araneus normanni   (Thorell)

Size: 7.5 mm,  15 mm
General Distribution: From Canada south into Mexico, except the Great Plains
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Cochise, Pima; NM: Otero
Habitat: Dark coniferous forests
Adults Present:?
Notes: Collected at 6000 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Levi 1971a, Roth 1996
Reference: Beatty 1961, Levi 1971a, Roth 1996.

Araneus pegnia   (Walckenaer)

Size:
General Distribution: Eastern United States to East Texas, southeastern Arizona and southern California
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Cochise; NM: Hidalgo.
Habitat: Wet areas
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1973, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1973, Roth 1996.

Araneus santarita  (Archer)

Size:
General Distribution: Only known from Arizona
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Santa Cruz
Habitat: ?
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1971a, 1975?, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1971a, 1975?, Roth 1996.

Araneus thaddeus  (Hentz) (= Neosconella montana Archer).

Size:
General Distribution: New England to Minnesota, southwest to Utah and Southeast Arizona and south to central Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz
Habitat: Edges of forests
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 7900-8000 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Levi 1973, Roth 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Levi 1973, Roth 1996.

Araneus trifolium  (Hentz)

Size: 5-8 mm,  9-20 mm
General Distribution: Canada south to mid California, northern New Mexico and northern Alabama
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Colfax
Habitat:Meadows and edges of fields in herbaceous plants
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1971a.
Reference: Levi 1971a.

Aranieilla displicata  (Hentz)

Size:
General Distribution:Europe and North America , arctic to North Carolina and Alabama, west to Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise;  NM: North (Rio Grande?), White Mountains
Habitat: Small webs often among leaves of bushes or under single leaf
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Argiope argentata  (Fabricius)

Size:  4.0 mm,  12 mm
General Distribution: Southern California, Arizona and Florida, south to central Argentina
Distribution in Area  Covered:  AZ: Santa Cruz
Habitat: Webs on shrubs.
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1968.
Reference: Levi 1968.

Argiope aurantia  Lucas

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:  NM: Bernalillo, Doña Ana.
Habitat: Limited to margins of lakes, stream banks, near ponds or sinks in swamps, and meadows of high grass and goldenrood.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1968, NMSU collection.
Reference: Levi 1968.

Argiope trifasciata   (Forskal)

Size:  5.5-5.8 mm,  12-26 mm.
General Distribution: Southern anada, south to southern South America.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Yuma; NM: Bernalillo, Doña Ana, Hidalgo, Sandoval; TX: Widespread.
Habitat: Range lands, tall grass at edges of fields, broomweed, cotton, oak, peanuts, miscellaneous vegetation.
Adults Present: MaleJune-September, October, female January, July-November.
Notes: Only silvery, large orb-weaver in our area. Collected at 2400' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Levi 1968, Dean 1996, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Levi 1968, Dean 1996, Roth 1996.


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Cyclosa berlandi    Levi

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Brewster.
Habitat:
Adults Present: Female September.
Notes:
Records: Levi 1999.
Reference: Levi 1999.

Cyclosa conica   (Pallas)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima?; NM: Western 2/3
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 7500-8300' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961)? (could be C. turbinata).
Records: Beatty 1961; Levi 1977.
Reference: Beatty 1961; Levi 1977.

Cyclosa turbinata  (Walckenaer)

Size:
General Distribution: Most of Texas, southern Arizona, south into Mexico
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:  Cochise; NM: Hidalgo; TX: Widespread.
Habitat: Bluebonnets, cotton, croton, prickly pear, oaks, elms.
Adults Present:  April-September; March-October.
Notes:
Records: Levi 1977?, Roth 1996, Dean 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Levi 1977?, Roth 1996, Dean 1996.


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Eriophora edax   (Blackwall)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: West AZ.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1970.
Reference: Levi 1970.


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Eustala anastera  (Walckenaer)

Size:
General Distribution: Southern Canada  and most of United States, south to Central America
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Cochise?; TX: Widespread.
Habitat: Brush, cotton, grass, mesquite, paintbrush, pasture, peanuts, junipers, oak, elm.
Adults Present:  March-Septemberr; April-July, September, October.
Notes:
Records: Levi 1977?, Dean 1996.
Reference: Levi 1977?, Dean 1996.


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Eustala conchlea  (McCook)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1977?, Dean 1996.
Reference: Levi 1977?, Dean 1996.

Eustala rosae  Chamberlin & Ivie

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Los Alamos
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference: Levi 1977, Roth 1996.

Gea heptagon   (Hentz)

Size:2.5-4.5 mm
General Distribution: New Jersey and Michigan south to the Caribbean and Panama, west to southern California
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma.
Habitat: Agricultural fields in Yuma Co., AZ
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1977, Florida State Collection of Arthropods.
Records: Levi 1977.

Hypsosinga funebris   (Keyserling) ([=H. singaeformis(Scheffer)]

Size:2.4-3.5 mm,  2.9-5.0 mm
General Distribution: Canada to Mexico
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma; TX: Val Verde
Habitat: Edges of fields
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1971b, Florida State Collection of Arthropods.
Reference: Levi 1971b

Kaira sabino    Levi

Size:
General Distribution: Only known from Arizona
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1977, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1977, Roth 1996.

Larinia borealis  Banks

Size: 3.9-5.4 mm,  4.5-8.0 mm
General Distribution: New England and southern Canada to eastern Washington and south to Kansas, Virginia and Chihuahua
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ:  Apache?; NM: Union, N. & Central part of state.
Habitat: Old fields, pine forests, prairie, tall grasses and herbs
Adults Present: May-October
Notes:
Records: Levi 1975a, UNM collection.
Reference: Levi 1975a.

Larinia directa     (Banks)

Size: 3.9-5.4 mm,  4.5-8.0 mm
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Yuma; TX: Brewster, Presidio.
Habitat: Old fields, pine forests, prairie, tall grasses and herbs, bluebonnets.
Adults Present: March-December.
Notes:  Collected at 2700' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961)
Records: Beatty 1961, Levi 1975a, Roth 1996, Dean 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Levi 1975a, Roth 1996, Dean 1996.


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Larinia famlatoria  (Keyserling)

Size: 2.9-3.3 mm,  3.2-5.6 mm
General Distribution: S. Canada through Wyoming, Idaho, W. Kansas to S. Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Levi 1975a.
Reference: Levi 1975a.

Larinoides cornutus   (Clerck) (=Nuctenea c.)

Size: 4.7-8.5 mm,  6.5-14.0 mm
General Distribution: Holarctic, perhaps worldwide.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Grant?
Habitat: In bushes near houses or water
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1974, Roth 1996.
Reference: Levi 1974, Roth 1996.

Larinoides patagiatus   (Clerck) (=Nuctenea p.)

Size:  5.8-6.5 mm,  5.5-11.0 mm
General Distribution: Holarctic, south to Arizona and North Carolina in North America..
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Navajo?
Habitat: In bushes near houses or water
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Levi 1974.
Reference: Levi 1974.

Mangora fascialata  Franganillo

Size: 2.0 mm,  3.2-3.6 mm
General Distribution: Southern Texas and Baja California to El Salvador and Honduras, Hispaniola and Cuba.
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Brewster.
Habitat:Herbs and shrubs in live oak oak thickets.
Adults Present: April- December.
Notes:
Records: Levi 1975.
Reference: Levi 1975.

Mangora giberosa  (Hentz)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Presidio.
Habitat:.
Notes:
Records: Levi 1975, Texas A & M.
Reference: Levi 1975.

Mangora passiva     (O. P.-Cambridge)

Size: 2.2-2.7 mm,  3.6-5.5 mm
General Distribution: Arizona and New Mexico south to Guatemala
Distribution in Area Covered:: AZ: Cochise, Coconino, Pima, Santa Cruz,; NM: Catron?, Lincoln
Habitat: Shrubs in pine forest and along streams
Adults Present:
Notes: Found at 1500-2300 m elevation.  Collected at 5600-8000 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountaints by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Levi 1975, Roth 1996.
Reference Beatty 1961, Levi 1975, Roth 1996.

Mastophora cornigera   Hentz.

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:: AZ: Cochise, Maricopa.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1955, Roth 1996.
Reference: Gertsch 1955, Roth 1996.


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Metepeira arizonica     Chamberlin & Ivie

Size: Male 2.7-3.8 mm, female 4.7-8.4 mm
General Distribution:  West Texas and Southern Chihuahua to southern California.
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Cochise, Pima; NM: Doña Ana, Hidalgo,  Lincoln, TX: "West" (Localities)
Habitat:  Oak-pine-juniper woodlands, cactus and agricultural fields.
Adults Present:: Male March-November, femaleMarch-December
Notes: Collected at 2400-7000 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Levi 1977, Roth 1996, Dean 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference:  Beatty 1961, Levi 1977, Roth 1996, Dean 1996.

Metepeira comanche    Levi

Size: Male 3.2-5.2 mm, female 4.5-7.2 mm
General Distribution:  Texas, New Mexico and Chihuahua
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Doña Ana, Eddy, Hidalgo, TX: Brewster.
Habitat: ?
Adults Present:  February, May-November
Notes:
Records: Levi 1977, Dean 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Levi 1977, Dean 1996.

Metepeira foxi   Gertsch & Ivie

Size: Male 2.7-4.5 mm, female 3.6-6.1 mm.
General Distribution:  Alberta and British Columbia south to California and West Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Cochise; NM: Catron, Guadalupe, McKinley, Sandoval??, TX.: Jeff Davis.
Habitat: Sagebrush, saltbush, hilaria, pine woods and meadows.
Adults Present: March-July
Notes:
Records: Levi 1977, Roth 1996; Dean 1996.
Reference: Levi 1977, Roth 1996; Dean 1996.

Metepeira gosoga     Chamberlin & Ivie

Size: Male 4.4-5.8 mm, female7.5-9.4 mm.
General Distribution:  Southern Utah to Arizona and California.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Santa Cruz? Others?
Habitat: Desert vegetation.
Adults Present: June-August.
Notes:
Records: Levi 1977.
Reference: Levi 1977.

Metepeira grandiosa   Chamberlin & Ivie

Size: Male 3.1-5.3 mm, female 4.0-6.8 mm.
General Distribution:Saskatchewan and British Columbia south to Chihuahua.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:, NM:  Hidalgo.
Habitat: Meadows, oak-juniper, sagebrush and bunch grass.
Adults Present:  June-August.
Notes:
Records: Levi 1977, NMSU Arthropod Museum.
Reference: Levi 1977

Metepeira spinipes   O.P.-Cambridge [= M. grinnelli (Coolidge)].

Size: Male 3.6-6.7 mm, female 5.0-9.4 mm
General Distribution: California and Oregon to Arizona, Sonora and Chihuahua.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz -- others?
Habitat:
Adults Present: July-October
Notes:
Records: Levi 1977.
Reference: Levi 1977.

Metepeira labyrinthea  (Hentz)

Size: Male 3.0-6.8 mm, female 4.0-8.6 mm
General Distribution: Eastern U.S. to far western Oklahoma and the Big Bend of Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered:  NM: prob. Union Co.; TX: Brewster.
Habitat:Shrubs in forested areas, indoors, peanuts..
Adults Present: Male May-August, female Spring to late fall.
Notes:
Records: Vogel 1970, Levi 1977, Dean 1996.
Reference: Vogel 1970, Levi 1977, Dean 1996.

Micrathena funebris   (Marx)

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona and Baja California, south to Guatemala.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 2700' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961.
Reference: Beatty 1961.


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Neoscona arabesca   (Walckenaer)

Size: Male 4.2-9.2 mm, female 5.2-12.3 mm
General Distribution: Southern Canada, entire United States and south to Guatamala.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Yavapai, other; NM: Doña Ana, Lincoln, San Miguel; TX: Widespread.
Habitat:Shrubs, meadows, junipers and swampy areas, bluebonnets, citrus, cotton, croton, mesquite, oak, paintbrush, pasture, peanuts.
Adults Present:  February-October, December; February-October.
Notes:
Records: Berman and Levi 1971, Roth 1996, Dean 1996.
Reference:  Berman and Levi 1971, Roth 1996, Dean 1996.

Neoscona crucifera   (Lucas) (= N. hentzi (Keyserling))

Size: Male 4.5-15.0 mm, female 8.5-19.7 mm
General Distribution: Ontario and Massachusetts south to central Mexico and west to Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, others?? NM: Chaves, Eddy, Lea; TX: Widespread.
Habitat:Open woods, pine woodland, junipers.
Adults Present: Male April, August, September; female July-November.
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996, Dean 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Berman and Levi 1971, Roth 1996, Dean 1996.


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Neoscona oaxacensis   (Keyserling)

Size: Male 6.3-12.7 mm, female 8.9-18.0 mm
General Distribution: Kansas and California south to Venezuela and Peru
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Greenlee,  Maricopa, Mojave, Pima, Pinal, Yuma; NM: Doña Ana, Hidalgo,  Eddy, Lincoln, Luna; TX: Jeff Davis, Presidio.
Habitat Edges of agricultural fields, gardens, shrubs, tall grass, junipers, old houses and bridges.:
Adults Present: June-December at least
Notes: Collected at 2300-2700 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Berman and Levi 1971, Roth 1996, Dean 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference:  Beatty 1961, Berman and Levi 1971, Roth 1996, Dean 1996.


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Neoscona orizabensis   F.O.P.-Cambridge

Size:
General Distribution: Mexico to southern New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Otero.
Habitat:  Mountain meadow.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: NMSU Arthropod Museum (Identified by H. W. Levi)
Reference:  Berman and Levi 1971.

Neoscona utahana   (Chamberlin)

Size: Male 6.2-8.0 mm, female 8.8-10.4 mm
General Distribution: Utah, Colorado and Kansas south to southern Chihuahua and Cohuilla, Mexico
Distribution in Area Covered:  NM: Lincoln?, TX: Big Bend (county?)
Habitat: Citrus, cotton.
Adults Present: Male August, female June, October.
Notes:
Records:
Reference: Berman and Levi 1971.

Ocrepeira globosa   F. O. Pickard-Cambridge (=Wixia g.)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:?
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996.

LYCOSIDAE (86 species)

Allocosa apora   (Gertsch)

Size: Male 4.1-5.9 mm, female 4.8-7.1 mm.
General Distribution: Utah south to Costa Rica.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Mericopa, Navajo, Pinal, Santa Cruz.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:  Dondale & Redner 1983b.
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1983b.

Allocosa chamberlini   (Gertsch)

Size: Male 3.5-5.9 mm, female 4.8-6.8 mm.
General Distribution: Montana and Nebraska, south to Arizona and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yavapai; NM: Los Alamos
Habitat: Under stones near water.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1983b, Roth 1996.
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1983b, Roth 1996.

Allocosa mokiensis   (Gertsch)

Size: Male 5.4-7.3 mm, female 6.0-9.6 mm.
General Distribution: Arizona and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Navajo, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yavapai; NM: Grant, Socorro.
Habitat:  Leaf litter beside streams and on stones in running water at elevations up to 2280 m.
Adults Present: March- December.
Notes: Collected at 2800-8300 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Dondale & Redner 1983b, Roth 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Dondale & Redner 1983b, Roth 1996.

Allocosa morelosiana    (Gertsch & Davis)

Size: Male 3.7-5.0 mm, female 4.9-6.5 mm.
General Distribution:  Arizona and New Mexico to central Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Santa Cruz; NM: Grant, Lincoln, San Miguel.
Habitat: Oak and pinyon-juniper woodland.
Adults Present: May-August.
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1983b, Roth 1996, UNM collection, NMSU collection.
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1983b, Roth 1996.

Allocosa noctuabunda   (Montgomery)

Size: Male 5.5-8.1 mm, female 6.2-9.2 mm.
General Distribution:  Indiana and Arkansas west to Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas, south into northern Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: San Miguel, TX: Jeff Davis.
Habitat:
Adults Present: Males April-July, females April to August.
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1983b.
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1983b.

Allocosa parva   (Banks)(= Trochosa p.)

Size: Male 4.5-6.7 mm, female 5.5-8.3 mm.
General Distribution: Colorado and Utah south to Costa Rica.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Greenlee; NM: Lincoln, Los Alamos, Otero, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos.
Habitat: Dry grassland, under stones, in leaf litter and in buildings.
Adults Present: February to November.
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1983b, Roth 1996.
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1983b, Roth 1996.

Allocosa pylora   Chamberlin

Size: Male 5.5-7.2 mm, female7.3 mm.
General Distribution: Arizona to central Texas..
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: General record; NM: San Miguel; TX: El Paso.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1983b.
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1983b.

Allocosa subparva   Dondale & Redner

Size: Male 4.8-7.9 mm, female 5.7-9.3 mm.
General Distribution: Oregon and Idaho, south to Nayarit, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Apache, Cochise, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz.
Habitat: Beaches of lakes and rivers, creek beds, crevices under stones, lawns up tp 2200 m.
Adults Present: Year around.
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1983b, Roth 1996.
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1983b, Roth 1996.

Allocosa utahana   Dondale & Redner

Size: Male 6.4 mm, female 4.7-6.0 mm.
General Distribution: Utah to New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: San Miguel.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: UNM collection.
Reference: Dondale and Redner 1983b.

Allocosa  sp.

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth.
Reference: Roth.

Alopecosa aculeata   (Clerck)

Size:
General Distribution: Canada and Alaska, south to New England, Mississipi and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Alopecosa kochi   (Clerck)(= Tarentula k.)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Yuma; NM: Cibola,  Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, San Miguel.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 7500-9100' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Muma 1980, Roth 1996, NMSU Arthropod Museum and UNM collection.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Muma 1980, Roth 1996.

Arctosa alpigena  (Doleschall)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Bernalillo.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1983.
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1983.

Arctosa littoralis  (Hentz)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Cochise, Pima, Yuma; NM: Los Alamos; TX: Brewster.
Habitat: Rocky stream beds.
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 2800' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Vogel 1970, Dondale and Redner 1983, Roth 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Vogel 1970, Dondale and Redner 1983, Roth 1996.

Camptocosa parallela  (Banks)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Cochise, Maricopa, Pima, Santa Cruz,Yavapai; NM: Doña Ana, Hidalgo, Los Alamos; TX: Brewster.
Habitat: Yucca swales.
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected on Jornada Expermental Range under Yucca trunks.
Records: Dondale et. al 2005, NMSU Arthropod Museum.
Reference: Dondale et. al 2005.


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Camptocosa texana  Dondale, Jeminez & Nieto

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:  TX: Culberson.
Habitat: Yucca swales.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Dondale et. al 2005, Texas A & M
Reference: Dondale et. al 2005.

Geolycosa gosoga  (Chamberlin)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:  Wallace 1942a
Reference: Wallace 1942a.

Geolycosa missouriensis    (Banks)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Otero, San Miguel, Santa Fe.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:  NMSU Arthropod Museum.
Reference:

Geolycosa raphaelana   Chamberlin

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Doña Ana, Grant, Lincoln.
Habitat:  Burrows in desert floor.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch and Riechert 1976, Muma 1980, NMSU Arthropod Museum.
Reference: Gertsch and Riechert 1976, Muma 1980.


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Geolycosa uinticolens    (Chamberlin)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: 17 mi. NE Whiteriver.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:  Wallace 1942a
Reference: Wallace 1942a.

Geolycosa wrightii  (Emerton)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Union?
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: NMSU Arthropod Museum.
Reference:

Gladicosa gulosa   (Walckenaer)

Size:
General Distribution: East United States, west to Utah and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Hesperocosa unica   (Gertsch & Wallace)

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Doña Ana, Grant, Lincoln; TX: Terrell.
Habitat: Desert.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Vogel 1970, Gertsch & Riechert 1976, Muma 1980, Roth 1996, NMSU Arthropod  Museum.
Reference: Vogel 1970, Gertsch & Riechert 1976, Muma 1980, Roth 1996.

Hogna antelucana   (Montgomery)

Size
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Yuma; NM: Otero; TX: Presidio, Val Verde.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 2400-2700' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Muma 1975, Roth 1996, Texas A & M.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Muma 1975, Roth 1996.

Hogna baltimoriana   (Keyserling)(= H. benedicta(Chamberlin))

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Chamberlin 1925.
Reference: Chamberlin 1925.

Hogna carolinensis   (Hentz)

Size:
General Distribution: Southern United States into Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Yuma; NM: Doña Ana, Lincoln, San Miguel, Santa Fe; TX: Terrell.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 2700-4500 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961)
Records: Beatty 1961, Vogel 1970, Roth 1996, NMSU Arthropod Museum.
Reference: Banks 1901, Beatty 1961, Vogel 1970, Roth 1996.

Hogna coloradensis   (Banks)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Doña Ana, Grant, Lincoln, Otero; TX: El Paso, Pecos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Muma 1975, Gertsch & Riechert 1976, Muma 1980, Roth 1996, Texas A & M.
Reference: Muma 1975, Gertsch & Riechert 1976, Muma 1980, Roth 1996.

Hogna frondicola   (Emerton) [ = Lycosa modesta (Thorell)]

Size:
General Distribution: Eastern United States, Kansas, west to Montana, Utah and Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:; NM:  San Miguel
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference: Banks 1901, Chamberlin 1908.

Hogna helluo   Walckenaer

Size:
General Distribution: Illinois and Iowa west to Utah and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Bernalillo; TX: Brewster.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Banks 1901, Vogel 1970.
Reference: Banks 1901, Vogel 1970.

Hogna retenta   (Gertsch & Wallace)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; TX: Brewster, Val Verde.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Vogel 1970, Roth 1996.
Reference: Vogel 1970, Roth 1996.

Hogna nr antelucana   (Montgomery)

Size
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996
Reference: Roth 1996.

Pardosa anomala   Gertsch

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Pecos Baldy (County).
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1933.
Reference: Gertsch 1933, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa bellona   Banks

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth unpublished list.
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1984, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa bucklei   Kronestedt

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: ; NM:.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth unpublished list, Dondale 1999.
Reference: Dondale 1999, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa californicai   Keyserling

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1987
References: Dondale & Redner 1987, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa coloradensis  Banks

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos, Mora, Otero, Rio Arriba, San Miguel.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1986.
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1986, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa concinna   (Thorell)
Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Cibola, Los Alamos, Sandoval, Taos
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: NMSU Arthropod Museum.
Reference: Vogel 2004.

Pardosa distincta   (Blackwall) 

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel, Taos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Vogel 1964, NMSU Arthropod Museum and UNM collections.
Reference: Vogel 1964, 2004.

Pardosa dorsalis   Banks

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie & Dondale 1981.
Reference: Lowrie & Dondale 1981, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa dorsuncata   Lowrie & Dondale 

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Lowrie & Dondale 1981.
Reference: Lowrie & Dondale 1981, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa dromaea  (Thorell).

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:,; NM
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:  Dondale & Redner 1990.
Reference: Dondale & render 1990, Vogel 2004

Pardosa falcifera    (F. O. P.-Cambridge)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Pima, Yavapai; NM: Bernalillo, Los Alamos, Lincoln, Otero, San Miguel; TX: Jeff Davis, Reeves.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Vogel 1970 a, b., Roth 1996, NMSU Arthropod Museum and UNM collection.
Reference: Vogel 1970 a, b., 2004, Roth 1996.

Pardosa fuscula   (Thorell)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered NM: Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe.:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1987
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1987, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa glacialis   (Thorell)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:NM: Bernalillo.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Pardosa groenlandica   (Thorell)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos, San Miguel?
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference: Vogel 2004.

Pardosa makenziana  

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference: Vogel 2004.

Pardosa montgomeryi    Gertsch

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Apache, Cochise, Coconino; NM: Los Alamos, Otero, Sandoval.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1934, Vogel 1964, Roth 1996.
Reference: Gertsch 1934, Vogel 1964, 2004, Roth 1996.

Pardosa mulaiki    Gertsch

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Sandoval.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1934, UNM Collection.
Reference: Gertsch 1934.

Pardosa orophila   Gertsch

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Coconino; NM: Bernalillo, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Sandoval, San Miguel.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1933, Vogel 1964, Roth 1996,  NMSU Arthropod Museum and UNM collection.
Reference: Gertsch 1933, Vogel 1964, 2004, Roth 1996.

Pardosa orthodox   Chamberlin

Size:
General Distribution: Utah, Arizona and northern Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Maricopa, Pima.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Vogel 1970a.
Reference: Vogel 1970a, 2004.

Pardosa ourayensis    Gertsch

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Mora, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1933.
Reference: Gertsch 1933, Vogel 2004 (Note: Vogel does not list this species as being found in the area covered).

Pardosa pauxilla   Montgomery

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: TX: Hudspeth
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1984.
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1984, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa sierra  Banks

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima; NM: Bernalillo, Los Alamos, Mora, Sandoval, San Miguel.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 2800-4200 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Banks 1898, Beatty 1961, Roth 1996.
Reference: Banks 1898, Beatty 1961, Roth 1996, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa sternalis   (Thorell)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai; NM: Bernalillo, Doña Ana, Grant, Lincoln, Otero, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro, Taos; TX: Brewster, Culberson, Reeves.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Vogel 1970a, Gertsch & Riechert 1976, Muma 1980, Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Vogel 1970a, Gertsch & Riechert 1976, Muma 1980, Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996, Vogel 2004.


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Pardosa steva   Lowrie & Gertsch

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Bernalillo, Mora, Sandoval, San Miguel.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996, , NMSU Arthropod Museum and UNM collections.
Reference: Roth 1996, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa tesquorum   (Odenwall)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1986.
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1986, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa tristis   (Thorell)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ:; NM:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Dondale 1999.
Reference: Dondale 1999, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa uncata   (Thorell)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise;  NM: Bernalillo, Mora, Sandoval, San Miguel.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996.
Reference: Roth 1996, Lowrie & dondale 1981, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa utahensis   Chamberlin
v Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima; NM: Otero, Los Alamos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 6800-7850 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Chamberlin 1919, Beatty 1961, Vogel 1964 (no NM records!), NMSU collection.
Reference: Chamberlin 1919, Beatty 1961,Vogel 1964, 2004.

Pardosa vadosa   Barnes

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:AZ: Cochise, Pima: TX: Hudspeth, Jeff Davis.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 2800ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996, Texas A & M.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa valens   Barnes

Size:
General Distribution: AZ: Cochise, Pima; NM: Rio Grande?
Distribution in Area Covered:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 5600-7500 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Roth 1996, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa wyuta  Gertsch

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: San Miguel.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Gertsch 1933.
Reference: Gertsch 1933, Vogel 2004.

Pardosa xerampelina   (Keyserling)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Sandoval, San Miguel, Taos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:
Reference:

Pardosa xerophila   Vogel

Size:
General Distribution:Arizona, New Mexico, south to Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Apache; NM: Otero, Sandoval, Union; TX: Culberson.
Habitat:
Adults Present: July-August.
Notes: Union County record from Sandra Brantley.
Records: Vogel 1964, NMSU Arthropod Museum and UNM collections.
Reference: Vogel 1964, 2004.

Pardosa yavapa   Chamberlin

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Coconino, Pima; NM: Bernalillo, Cibola, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Otero, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 9100 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Chamberlin 1925, Beatty 1961, Vogel 1964, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Chamberlin 1925, Beatty 1961, Vogel 1964, 2004, Roth 1996.

Pardosa zionis   Chamberlin& Ivie

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona, Texas and Utah.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Maricopa, Pima, Santa Cruz.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Chamberlin 1925, Vogel 1970a.
Reference: Chamberlin 1925, Vogel 1970a, 2004.

Pardosa n. sp.    1, nr. pineata

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona..
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth unpublished list.
Reference: Roth unpublished list.

Pardosa n. sp.   2.

Size:
General Distribution: Arizona..
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Yuma..
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Roth unpublished list.
Reference: Roth unpublished list.

Pirata insulariss   Emerton

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Apache.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Wallace & Exline 1978.
Reference: Wallace & Exline 1978, Roth 1996.

Pirata sedentarius   Montgomery

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Cochise; TX; Culberson.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Wallace & Exline 1977, Roth 1996, NMSU Arthropod Museum.
Reference: Wallace & Exline 1977, Roth 1996.

Rabidosa santrita   (Chamberlin & Ivie)

Size: Male 14 mm, female 19 mm.
General Distribution: Eastern and north central Arizona..
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Cochise, Coconino, Navajo, Pima, Santa Cruz.
Habitat: Desert riparian areas.
Adults Present: April-December.
Notes: Probably also in Hidalgo Co., NM.  Collected in Tucson by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Brady & McKinley 1994, Roth 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Brady & McKinley 1994, Roth 1996.

Schizocosa avida   (Walckenaer)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima: TX: Brewster.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 6700' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Dondale & Redner 1978.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Dondale & Redner 1978.

Schizocosa chiricahua   Dondale & Redner

Size: Male 7.5-9.0 mm, female 8.1-12.5 mm.
General Distribution: Eastern Arizona to central New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Bernalillo, Lincoln.
Habitat: Not reported, probably riparian.
Adults Present: July
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1978., Roth 1996.
Reference: Dondale & Redner 1978., Roth 1996.

Schzocosa mccooki   (Montgomory)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Union.
Habitat:
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records: Roth 1996, UNM collection.
Reference: Roth 1996.

Schizocosa mimula    (Gertsch)

Size: Male 7.1-9.0 mm, female 9.1-10.3 mm
General Distribution:  Utah and Colorado south to northern Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Lincoln, San Miguel, Union.
Habitat: Grassland.
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1978, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference:  Dondale & Redner 1978, Roth 1996.

Schzocosa minnesotensis   (Gertsch)

Size: Male 6.6-9.8 mm, female 8.5-15.3 mm
General Distribution: British Columbia and Saskatchewan south to Minnesota and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Santa Fe, Taos?, Union.
Habitat: Pinyon-juniper, sagebrush and range grassland.
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records:  Dondale & Redner 1978, UNM collection.
Reference:  Dondale & Redner 1978.

Schzocosa puebla   Chamberlin

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Bernalillo.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records:  Chamberlin 1925.
Reference:  Chamberlin 1925.<

Schzocosa retrorsa   (Banks)

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: El Paso.
Habitat:
Adults Present: ?
Notes:
Records:   Dondale & Redner 1978,
Reference:  Dondale & Redner 1978.

Schizocosa saltatrix  (Hentz)

Size: Male 6.5-8.2 mm, female 7.0-11.8 mm
General Distribution:  New England and southern Canada west to Colorado and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: Sandoval, Rio Arriba?; TX: Jeff Davis, Val Verde.
Habitat: Hardwood forests.
Adults Present: Spring-Summer
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1978.
Reference:  Dondale & Redner 1978.

Schizocosa cf. retrorsa     (Banks)

Size:  , 
General Distribution: 
Distribution in Area Covered: NM: San Miguel.
Habitat:
Adults Present: Summer.
Notes:
Records: Dondale & Redner 1978.
Reference:  Dondale & Redner 1978.

Sosippus californicus    (Simon)

Size:  , 
General Distribution: 
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima, Yuma.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:Collected at 2700-2800 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Roth unpublished list.
Reference:  Beatty 1961, Roth unpublished list.<


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Trochosa terricola   Thorell  [= Trochosa pratensis (Emerton)]

Size:?
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:  NM: Otero, San Miguel, Taos, Union.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Brady 1979, NMSU and UNM collections.
Reference: Brady 1979.

Trochosa sepulchralis   (Montgomery)  

Size:?
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:  Jeff Davis
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Brady 1979, Texas A & M.
Reference: Brady 1979.

Trochosa terricola   Thorell  [= Trochosa pratensis (Emerton)]

Size:?
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:  NM: Otero, San Miguel, Taos, Union.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Brady 1979, NMSU and UNM collections.
Reference: Brady 1979.

Varacosa gosiuta   (Chamberlin)

Size: 7.4-9.4 mm, 10.0-13.0 mm.
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Coconino, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yuma;  NM: Bernalillo, Cibola, Doña Ana, Eddy, Grant, Lincoln, Rio Arriba, Torrance, Union, Valencia; TX: Brewster.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 2700-6000 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Brady 1979, Muma 1980, Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996, NMSU Arthropod Museum and UNM collection.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Brady 1979, Muma 1980, Lowrie 1985, Roth 1996.

Varacosa parthenus   (Chamberlin)

Size:?
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered:  TX:
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Brady 1979.
Reference: Brady 1979.

TRECHALEIDAE (1 species)

Trechalea gertschii  Carico & Minch

Size:  more than 10 mm.
General Distribution:  Yavapai County, AZ, S to Chihuahua and Sonora.
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Gila, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai
Habitat:  Margins of permanent streams within xeric regions.
Adults Present:  January, April, June-July, September, November.  Eggs in June-July. Notes:
Records: Carico  & Minch 1981, Carico 1993.
Reference:  Carico  & Minch 1981, Carico 1993.

OXYOPIDAE (14 species)

Hamataliwa grisea  Keyserling

Size:
General Distribution:  Southern United States from Florida and Georgia to California and south into central Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Cochise, Maricopa, Pima, Santa Cruz; NM: Doña Ana, Hidalgo; TX: Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio.
Habitat: Woody shrubs in scrub areas.
Adults Present:
Notes: Collected at 2700 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Brady 1964, Vogel 1970a, Roth 1996, NMSU collection.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Brady 1964, Vogel 1970a, Roth 1996.


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Oxyopes acleistus   Chamberlin

Size:
General Distribution: Florida to West Texas
Distribution in Area Covered:  West TX.
Habitat:.
Adults Present: Male April, June, August, female April, June-July.
Notes:
Records: Brady 1964.??
Reference: Brady 1964.

Oxyopes apollo   Brady

Size: Male 3.4-4.4 mm, female 4.2-6.7 mm.
General Distribution: Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas south through Oklahoma and Texas, west to Arizona and south through Nuevo Leon and Chihuahua to Hidalgo, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima; NM: Doña Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, Union; TX: Brewster, Presidio, Terrell, Val Verde.
Habitat: Usually collected in pitfall traps, probably a ground-dweller.
Adults Present: Male July, female July-September.
Notes:
Records: Brady 1964, Vogel 1970, Roth 1996, University of New Mexico, Texas A & M.
Reference: Brady 1964, Vogel 1970, Roth 1996, Richman et al., 2011.

Oxyopes artemis   Brady

Size: Male Unknown, female 5.2-5.6 mm.
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pinal.
Habitat: 1440 ft. elevation.
Adults Present: Male Unknown, female July.
Notes:
Records: Brady 1969.
Reference: Brady 1969.

Oxyopes felinus  Brady

Size: Male 4.6 mm, female Unknown.
General Distribution: Southern Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Pima; TX: Brewster, Presidio.
Habitat: Dry vegetation on rocky slope.
Adults Present: Male July, female Unknown.
Notes:
Records: Brady 1969, Texas A & M.
Reference: Brady 1964.

Oxyopes lynx    Brady

Size: Male 5.0 mm, female Unknown.
General Distribution: West Texas, Southwest New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise; NM: Hidalgo, Lincoln; TX: Brewster, Val Verde.
Habitat: Ground surface.
Adults Present: Male June, female Unknown.
Notes:
Records: Brady 1964, Vogel 1970, Roth 1996, Texas A & M.
Reference: Brady 1964, Vogel 1970, Roth 1996.

Oxyopes occidens   Brady

Size: Male 5.1-5.6 mm, female 5.5-8.4 mm.
General Distribution: Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Maricopa, Pima, Yuma.
Habitat: Dry vegetation around water.
Adults Present: Male June-July, female June-October.
Notes:  Collected at 2450-2700 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Brady 1964.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Brady 1964.

Oxyopes panther   Brady

Size:
General Distribution:
Distribution in Area Covered: TX: Brewster, Presidio.
Habitat:
Adults Present:
Notes:
Records: Brady 1964, Texas A & M.
Reference: Brady 1964.

Oxyopes pardus   Brady

Size: Male 4.7-5.0 mm, female Unknown.
General Distribution: Southeastern Arizona.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise.
Habitat: Rock surfaces and open ground.
Adults Present: Male July, female Unknown.
Notes:
Records: Brady 1964, Roth 1996.
Reference: Brady 1964, Roth 1996.

Oxyopes salticus   Hentz

Size: Male 3.9-5.9 mm, female 4.6-7.4 mm.
General Distribution: Eastern United States, west to Nebraska and West Texas, southern New Mexico and Arizona, west and north through California and Oregon.
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Cochise, Maricopa, Pima, Yuma; NM: Doña Ana, Hidalgo, Lincoln; TX: Hudspeth, Pecos, Reeves, Val Verde.
Habitat: Tall grass and herbaceous vegetation.
Adults Present: Male and female summer months.
Notes:
Records: Brady 1964, Roth 1996, NMSU collection, Texas A & M.
Reference: Brady 1964, Roth 1996.

Oxyopes scalaris   Hentz

Size: Male 4.7-6.1 mm, female 5.8-9.6 mm.
General Distribution: Entire United States, plus southern Canada and northern Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yavapai; NM: Bernalillo, Doña Ana, Sandoval, San Miguel.
Habitat: Pine-Juniper, montane forest, chaparral, juniper woodland, oak woodland, etc.  Collected on desert willow in New Mexico.
Adults Present: Male and female summer months?
Notes: Collected at 6000' in Santa Catalina Mountains  by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty, 1961, Brady 1964, NMSU Arthropod Museum.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Brady 1964.

Oxyopes tridens    Brady

Size: Male 4.9-6.4 mm, female 5.5-7.6 mm.
General Distribution: West Texas to southern Nevada and California, south to Sonora and Coahuila, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Maricopa, Pima, Yuma; NM: Doña Ana; TX: Brewster, Presidio.
Habitat:  Rocks and rough outcrops and ground.  Never found on vegetation.
Adults Present: Male May-August, female May-September.
Notes: Collected at 2450-4600 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains  by Beatty (1961)
Records: Beatty 1961, Brady 1964, Vogel 1970, Roth 1996, NMSU Arthropod Museum.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Brady 1964, Vogel 1970, Roth 1996.


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Peucetia longipalpis    F. O. P.-Cambridge

Size: Male 8.1-14.5 mm, female 12.5-19.6 mm.
General Distribution:  Southwest United States, south to Belize.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Gila, Pima; NM: Doña Ana.
Habitat: On cactus pads, desert grassland, in New Mexico.
Adults Present:: Male May-October, femaleJune-October.
Notes:
Records:  Brady 1964, NMSU collection.
Reference: Brady 1964.

Peucetia viridans   (Hentz)

Size: Male  8.3-14.5 mm, female 11.8-21.6.
General Distribution: Southern United States, Mexico, Central America and the West Indies.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yuma; NM: Hidalgo; TX: Presidio, Reeves.
Habitat:
Adults Present: Male and female Summer and Fall.
Notes: Collected at 2700-4200 ft. in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Brady 1964, Roth 1996.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Brady 1964, Roth 1996.


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PISAURIDAE (3 species)

Dolomedes gertschi     Carico

Size: ?
General Distribution:  Gila River drainage in Arizona and New Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered:  AZ: Coconino, Whiteriver (Co?); NM: Catron.
Habitat:  Edges of streams with numerous boulders.
Adults Present:  June-August
Notes:
Records: Carico 1973
Reference:  Carico 1973.

Dolomedes triton    (Walckenaer)

Size: ?
General Distribution:  Eastern United States, NW to northern British Columbia and south to  southern Baja California and Chiapas, Mexico.
Distribution in Area Covered:  NM: Eddy .
Habitat:  Stream and lakesides.
Adults Present:  Probably all year.
Notes:
Records: Carico 1973.
Reference:  Carico 1973.

Tinus peregrinus     (Bishop)

Size:   ca. 10 + mm.
General Distribution:  Western Arkansas west to southern Nevada and southern California, south to Sonora and Nuevo Leon.
Distribution in Area Covered: AZ: La Paz, Pima, Yuma; TX: Brewster.
Habitat: Near bodies of water, including flooded mines.
Adults Present: July-August (eggs).
Notes: Collected at 4300' in Santa Catalina Mountains by Beatty (1961).
Records: Beatty 1961, Carico 1976.
Reference: Beatty 1961, Carico 1976.