Definition of the Genus Grammonota (Araneae: Erigonidae), with Descriptions of Seven New Species

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Author: Dondale, C. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1959
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Arctic; Canada; Pacific; Alaska; James Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent91232-4; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X0007245X

Grammonota Emerton, 1882, is one of the many uniform genera that constitute the large and complex family Erigonidae. All of the 28 species and one subspecies recognized by the present writer are American in range, and representatives occur from southwestern Alaska and James Bay in the north to Central America and the West Indies. A few species are arctic-alpine, or are restricted to the Pacific coast, but most occur east of the Rocky Mountains from southern Canada to the Gulf States.