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METALTELLA SIMONI (KEYSERLING, 1878) (AMAUROBIIDAE) NEW TO CANADA, AND RECORDS FOR TEGENARIA GIGANTEA CHAMBERLIN AND IVIE, 1935, (AGELENIDAE) IN ALBERTA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA (ARACHNIDA: ARANEIDA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robin Leech  and
Marilyn Steiner
Robin Leech
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3
Marilyn Steiner
Affiliation:
Alberta Environmental Centre, Bag 4000, Vegreville, Alberta, Canada T9C 1T4
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Metaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878), an amaurobiid spider species precinctive to Argentina and Uruguay, and probably southern Brazil, is well established in the southeastern coastal regions of the United States (Leech 1972: 107). It was brought to North America by commercial and trade activities, hence the apparent distribution disjunction. The first Nearctic record is 23–30 July 1944, from Harahan, Louisiana (Leech 1972: 107).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 124 , Issue 2 , April 1992 , pp. 419 - 420
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1992

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