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A Note on the Occurence in Canada of the Purse-Web Spider, Atypus niger Hentz. (Araneae: Atypidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Donald P. Gray
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In June, 1955, a spider collected at Harrow, Ontario, May 28, 1955, by Mr. Robert Walsh of the Science Service Laboratory there, was sent to the author for determination. This specimen proved to be a mature male of the species, Atypus niger Hentz, commonly known as a “Purse-Web” spider. Subsequently, Dr. Willis J. Gertsch, of the American Museum of Natural History informed me that several years. ago he determined a female of Atypus niger found at Grimsby, Ontario (1). This specimen was collected on July 12, 1942, by Wm. L. Putman, of the Science Service Laboratory, Vineland, Ontario. Apparently Mr. Putman's specimen represents the first of this species to be taken in Canada. I am indebted to Dr. Gertsch for his kindness in making this information available for use at this time.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , February 1956 , pp. 78 - 79
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1956

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