Agelenopsis emertoni

Agelenopsis emertoni is a species of funnel weaver in the family of spiders known as Agelenidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in the United States.[5] The spider was named to honour arachnologist James H. Emerton. A. emertoni is distinguished from other Agelenopsis species in the genus by the male's loosely coiling embolus making more than one full circle, and a claw-like conductor tip. These features are sclerites of the male sex organ which is used to inseminate the female. The female has a distinctive conducting tube in her genitalia. The male can be between 6 and 13mm. Distribution is in the following states of the USA: Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia.[6]

Agelenopsis emertoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Agelenopsis
Species:
A. emertoni
Binomial name
Agelenopsis emertoni
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935

References
  1. "Agelenopsis emertoni Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. "Agelenopsis emertoni species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. "Agelenopsis emertoni". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. "Agelenopsis emertoni Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. "NMBE World Spider Catalog, Agelenopsis emertoni". Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  6. Whitman-Zai, J.; Francis, M. (2015). "Revision and morphological phylogenetic analysis of the funnel web spider genus Agelenopsis (Araneae: Agelenidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 43: 1–25 – via World Spider Catalogue.


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