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Overview

The list of the spiders of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park includes all species identified as of July 1999 (total = 461) by Dr. Frederick A. Coyle: Department of Biology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723. The family level classification follows Platnick (1997).

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Spider Checklist

Spiders of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Family Agelenidae
Agelenopsis emertoni Chamberlin & Ivie
Agelenopsis kastoni Chamberlin & Ivie
Agelenopsis naevia (Walckenaer)
Agelenopsis pennsylvanica (C. Koch)
Agelenopsis utahana (Chamberlin & Ivie)
Barronopsis texana (Gertsch)
Tegenaria domestica (Clerck)
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Family Amaurobiidae
Callioplus armipotens (Bishop & Crosby)
Callioplus hoplomachus (Bishop & Crosby)
Callioplus pantoplus (Bishop & Crosby)
Callobius bennetti (Blackwall)
Coras aerialis Muma
Coras cavernorum Barrows
Coras montanus (Emerton)
Coras taugynus Chamberlin
Coras tennesseensis Muma
Coras sp. A
Wadotes bimucronatus (Simon)
Wadotes calcaratus (Keyserling)
Wadotes dixiensis Chamberlin
Wadotes hybridus (Emerton)
Wadotes tennesseensis Gertsch
Titanoeca brunnea Emerton
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Family Antrodiaetidae
Antrodiaetus unicolor (Hentz)
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Family Anyphaenidae
Anyphaena celer (Hentz)
Anyphaena fraterna (Banks)
Anyphaena maculata (Banks)
Anyphaena pectorosa L. Koch
Teudis mordax (O. Pickard - Cambridge)
Wulfila alba (Hentz)
Wulfila saltabanda (Hentz)
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Family Araneidae
Acacesia hamata (Hentz)
Acanthepeira cherokee Levi
Acanthepeira marion Levi
Araneus bicentenarius (McCook)
Araneus cingulatus (Walckenaer)
Araneus guttulatus (Walckenaer)
Araneus iviei (Archer)
Araneus marmoreus Clerck
Araneus miniatus (Walckenaer)
Araneus nordmanni (Thorell)
Araneus pegnia (Walckenaer)
Araneus pratensis (Emerton)
Araneus saevus (L. Koch)
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz)
Araneus trifolum (Hentz)
Araniella displicata (Hentz)
Argiope aurantia Lucas
Argiope trifasciata (Forskål)
Colphepeira catawba (Hentz)
Cyclosa conica (Pallas)
Cyclosa turbinata (Walckenaer)
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer)
Eustala cepina (Walckenaer)
Eustala emertoni Banks
Gea heptagon (Hentz)
Hypsosinga rubens (Hentz)
Larinea directa (Hentz)
Larinioides cornuta (Clerck)
Larinioides patagiata (Clerck)
Mangora maculata (Keyserling)
Mangora placida (Hentz)
Mastophora hutchinsoni Gertsch
Mecynogea lemniscata (Walckenaer)
Metepeira labyrinthea (Hentz)
Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer)
Micrathena mitrata (Hentz)
Micrathena sagittata (Walckenaer)
Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer)
Neoscona domiciliorum (Hentz)
Neoscona hentzi (Keyserling)
Ocrepeira ectypa (Walckenaer)
Verrucosa arenata (Walckenaer)
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Family Atypidae
Sphodros niger (Hentz)
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Family Clubionidae
Chiracanthium inclusum (Hentz)
Clubiona abbotii L. Koch
Clubiona bishopi Edwards
Clubiona canadensis Emerton
Clubiona catawba Gertsch
Clubiona kastoni Gertsch
Clubiona obesa Hentz
Clubiona pygmaea Banks
Clubiona rhodododendri Barrows
Clubiona saltitans Emerton ?
Clubiona spiralis Emerton
Clubiona sp. A
Clubionoides excepta (L. Koch)
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Family Corinnidae
Castianeira alata (Muma)
Castianeira amoena (C. L. Koch) ?
Castianeira cingulata (C. L. Koch)
Castianeira crocata (Hentz)
Castianeira gertschi Kaston
Castianeira longipalpus (Hentz)
Castianeira variata Gertsch
Trachelas deceptus (Banks)
Trachelas similis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge
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Family Ctenidae
Anahita punctulata (Hentz)
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Family Ctenizidae
Ummidia audouini (Lucas)
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Family Cybaeidae
Cybaeus patritus Bishop & Crosby
Cybaeus silicis Barrows
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Family Cyrtaucheniidae
Myrmekiaphila fluviatilis (Hentz)
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Family Dictynidae
Cicurina arcuata Keyserling
Cicurina breviaria Bishop & Crosby
Cicurina brevis Emerton
Cicurina bryantae Exline
Circurina exlinae Chamberlin & Ivie
Cicurina minima Chamberlin & Ivie
Cicurina placida Banks
Cicurina sp. A
Dictyna maxima Banks
Dictyna roscida Hentz
Dictyna sublata (Hentz)
Dictyna sylvania Chamberlin & Ivie
Lathys immaculata Chamberlin & Ivie
Lathys maculina Gertsch
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Family Dipluridae
Microhexura montivaga Crosby & Bishop
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Family Gnaphosidae
Callilepus pluto Banks
Cesonia bilineata (Hentz)
Drassodes auriculoides Barrows
Drassodes gosiutus Chamberlin ?
Drassyllus aprilinus (Banks)
Drassyllus covensis Exline
Drassyllus eremitus Chamberlin
Drassyllus fallens Chamberlin
Drassyllus novus (Banks)
Gnaphosa fontinalis Keyserling
Herpyllus ecclesiasticus Hentz
Litopyllus temporarius Chamberlin
Sosticus insularis (Banks)
Sergiolus capulatus (Walckenaer)
Talanites echinus (Chamberlin)
Zelotes duplex Chamberlin
Zelotes hentzi Barrows
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Family Hahniidae
Calymmaria persica (Hentz)
Calymmaria montavencis (Bishop & Crosby)
Calymmaria sp. A
Cryphoeca montana Emerton
Neoantistea agilis (Keyserling)
Neoantistea magna (Keyserling)
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Family Hypochilidae
Hypochilus pococki Platnick
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Family Leptonetidae
Appaleptoneta coma (Barrows)
Appaleptoneta gertschi (Barrows)
Appaleptoneta silvicultrix (Crosby & Bishop)
Appaleptoneta sp. A
Appaleptoneta sp. B
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Family Linyphiidae
Subfamily Linyphiinae
Bathyphantes albiventris (Banks)
Bathyphantes bishopi Ivie
Bathyphantes pallidus (Banks)
Centromerus denticulatus (Emerton)
Centromerus latidens (Emerton)
Centromerus tennapax (Barrows)
Drapetisca alteranda Chamberlin
Estrandia grandaeva (Keyserling)
Florinda coccinea (Hentz)
Frontinella pyramitela (Walckenaer)
Helophora insignis (Blackwall)
Lepthyphantes calcaratus (Emerton)
Lepthyphantes nebulosa (Sundevall)
Lepthyphantes sabulosa (Keyserling)
Lepthyphantes turbatrix (O. Pickard-Cambridge)
Lepthyphantes zebra (Emerton)
Meioneta angulata (Emerton)
Meioneta barrowsi Chamberlin & Ivie
Meioneta leucophora Chamberlin & Ivie
Meioneta micaria (Emerton)
Meioneta minorata Chamberlin & Ivie
Meioneta semipallida Chamberlin & Ivie ?
Meioneta unimaculata (Banks)
Meioneta sp. A
Meioneta sp. B
Meioneta sp. C
Microneta viaria (Blackwall)
Microneta sp. A
Neriene clathrata (Sundevall)
Neriene radiata (Walckenaer)
Neriene redacta Chamberlin
Neriene variabilis (Banks)
Oreophantes recurvatus (Emerton)
Pitiohyphantes costatus (Hentz)
Tapinoma bilineata Banks
Taranucnus ornithes (Barrows)
Tennesseellum formicum (Emerton)
species A (near Lepthyphantes)
Subfamily Erigoninae
Baryphyma longitarsum (Emerton)
Blestia sarcocuon (Crosby & Bishop)
Carorita hiberna (Barrows)
Ceraticelus alticeps Fox
Ceraticelus carinatus Emerton
Ceraticelus creolus Chamberlin
Ceraticelus emertoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge)
Ceraticelus fastidiosus Crosby & Bishop
Ceraticelus fissiceps (O. Pickard-Cambridge)
Ceraticelus laetus (O. Pickard-Cambridge) ?
Ceraticelus cf. laetabilis O. Pickard-Cambridge
Ceraticelus laticeps (Emerton)
Ceraticelus micropalpus (Emerton)
Ceraticelus minutus Emerton
Ceraticelus paschalis Crosby & Bishop
Ceraticelus tibialis Fox
Ceratinella brunnea Emerton
Ceratinops annulipes (Banks) ?
Ceratinops carolinus (Banks)
Ceratinopsidis formosa (Banks)
Ceratinopsis atolmus Chamberlin
Ceratinopsis interpres (O. Pickard-Cambridge)
Ceratinopsis purpurescens (Keyserling)
Collinsia oxypaederotipus (Crosby)
Dicymbium elongatum (Emerton)
Disembolis sacerdotalis (Crosby & Bishop)
Eperigone bryantae Ivie & Barrows
Eperigone entomologica (Emerton)
Eperigone maculata (Banks)
Eperigone tridentata (Emerton)
Eperigone trilobata (Emerton)
Eperigone sp. A
Eridantes erigonoides (Emerton)
Erigone autumnalis Emerton
Erigone brevidentata Emerton
Erigone sp. A
Floricomus bishopi Ivie & Barrows ?
Floricomus praedesignatus Bishop & Crosby
Floricomus talulae Chamberlin & Ivie
Gonatium crassipalpum Bryant
Goneatara platyrhinus (Crosby & Bishop)
Grammonota inornata Emerton
Grammonota ornata (O. Pickard-Cambridge)
Grammonota pictilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge)
Graphomoa theridioides Chamberlin
Horcotes uncinatus Barrows
Maso sundevallii (Westring)
Oedothorax montifer (Emerton)
Origanates rostratus Emerton ?
Pelecopsis moesta (Banks)
Phanetta subterranea (Emerton)
Pocadicnemis americana Millidge
Pocadicnemis sp. A
Scironis tarsalis (Emerton)
Scylaceus pallidus Emerton
Sisicottus montigenus Bishop & Crosby
Soulgas corticarius (Emerton)
Traematosisis bispinosus (Emerton)
Walckenaeria brevicornis (Emerton)
Walckenaeria digitata (Emerton)
Walckenaeria directa (O. Pickard-Cambridge)
Walckenaeria indirecta (O. Pickard-Cambridge) ?
Walckenaeria minuta (Emerton)
Walckenaeria pallida (Emerton)
Walckenaeria spiralis (Emerton)
Walckenaeria subdirecta Millidge ?
species A
species B
species C
species D
species E
species F
species G
species H
species I
species J
species L
species W
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Family Liocranidae
Phrurotimpus alarius (Hentz)
Phrurotimpus borealis (Emerton)
Phrurotimpus sp. A
Phrurotimpus sp. B
Scotinella formica (Banks)
Scotinella redempta (Gertsch)
Scotinella sp. A
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Family Lycosidae
Allocosa funerea (Hentz)
Allocosa sublata (Montgomery)
Arctosa virgo (Chamberlin)
Hogna frondicola (Emerton)
Hogna helluo (Walckenaer)
Hogna punctulata (Hentz)
Pardosa atlantica Emerton
Pardosa milvina (Hentz)
Pardosa saxatilis (Hentz)
Pirata alachuus Gertsch & Wallace
Pirata hiteorum Wallace & Exline
Pirata insularis Emerton
Pirata montanus Emerton
Pirata sedentarius Montgomery
Pirata suwaneus Gertsch
Pirata sylvanus Chamberlin & Ivie
Pirata sp. A
Rabidosa rabida (Walckenaer)
Schizocosa bilineata (Emerton)
Schizocosa duplex Chamberlin
Schizocosa ocreata (Hentz)
Schizocosa saltatrix (Hentz)
Trabeops aurantiaca (Emerton)
Trochosa terricola Thorell
Varacosa avara (Keyserling)
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Family Mimetidae
Ero furcata (Villers)
Ero canionis Chamberlin & Ivie
Mimetus interfector Hentz
Mimetus puritanus Chamberlin
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Family Miturgidae
Strotarchus piscatorius (Hentz)
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Family Mysmenidae
Maymena ambita (Barrows)
Microdipoena guttata Banks
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Family Nesticidae
Eidmannella pallida (Emerton)
Nesticus barrowsi Gertsch
Nesticus reclusus Gertsch
Nesticus stupkai Gertsch
Nesticus cf. mimus (Gertsch)
Nesticus sp. A
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Family Oxyopidae
Oxyopes aglossus Chamberlin
Oxyopes salticus Hentz
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Family Philodromidae
Ebo latithorax Keyserling
Philodromus lutulentus Gertsch
Philodromus marxi Keyserling
Philodromus minutus Emerton
Philodromus montanus Bryant
Philodromus placidus Banks
Philodromus rufus Walckenaer
Philodromus validus (Gertsch)
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Family Pholcidae
Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin)
species A
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Family Pisauridae
Dolomedes albineus Hentz
Dolomedes scriptus Hentz
Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz
Dolomedes triton (Walckenaer)
Dolomedes vittatus Walckenaer
Pisaurina mira (Walckenaer)
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Family Salticidae
Attidops youngi (Peckham & Peckham)
Eris aurantia (Lucas)
Eris marginata (Walckenaer)
Eris pinea (Kaston)
Euophrys diminuta (Banks)
Euophrys monadnock Emerton
Evarcha falcata (Clerck)
Ghelna canadensis (Banks)
Ghelna sexmaculata (Banks)
Habrocestum parvulum (Banks)
Habrocestum pulex (Hentz)
Habronattus coecatus (Hentz)
Hentzia mitrata (Hentz)
Hentzia palmarum (Hentz)
Icius formicarius Emerton
Lyssomanes viridis (Walckeraer)
Maevia inclemens (Walckenaer)
Maevia intermedia Barnes
Maevia sp. A
Marpissa formosa (Banks)
Marpissa lineata (C. L. Koch)
Marpissa pikei (Peckham & Peckham)
Neonella vinnula Gertsch
Neon nellii Peckham & Peckham
Peckhamia americana (Peckham & Peckham)
Pelegrina exigua (Banks)
Pelegrina flavipedes (Peckham & Peckham)
Pelegrina galathea (Walckenaer)
Pelegrina montanus (Emerton)
Pelegrina proterva (Walckenaer)
Pelegrina sp. A
Phidippus audax (Hentz)
Phidippus clarus Keyserling
Phidippus insignarius C. L. Koch
Phidippus mystaceus (Hentz)
Phidippus otiosus Hentz
Phidippus pius Sheffer
Phidippus princeps (Peckham & Peckham)
Phidippus putnami (Peckham & Peckham)
Phidippus whitmani Peckham & Peckham
Phlegra fasciata (Hann)
Platycryptus undatus (DeGeer)
Sarinda hentzi (Banks)
Sitticus floridanus Gertsch & Mulaik
Sitticus palustris (Peckham & Peckham)
Talavera minuta (Banks)
Thiodina puerpera (Hentz)
Thiodina sylvana (Hentz)
Zygoballus bettini Peckham & Peckham
Zygoballus nervosus (Peckham & Peckham)
Zygoballus sexpunctatus (Hentz)
species A
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Family Segestriidae
Ariadna bicolor (Hentz)
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Family Sicariidae
Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik
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Family Tengellidae
Liocranoides sp. A
Liocranoides sp. B
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Family Tetragnathidae
Dolichognatha pentagona (Hentz)
Glenognatha foxi (McCook)
Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer)
Meta ovalis (Gertsch)
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer
Tetragnatha laboriosa (Hentz)
Tetragnatha straminea Emerton
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer
Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer
Tetragnatha sp. A
Zygiella dispar (Kulczynski)
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Family Theridiidae
Achaearanea globosa (Hentz)
Achaearanea rupicola (Emerton)
Achaearanea tepidariorum (C. L. Koch)
Anelosimus studiosus (Hentz)
Argyrodes elevatus Taczanowski
Argyrodes fictilium (Hentz)
Argyrodes trigonum (Hentz)
Crustulina altera Gertsch & Archer
Dipoena dorsata Muma (=Dipoena appalachia Levi)
Dipoena nigra (Emerton)
Enoplognatha tecta (Keyserling)
Episinus amoenus Banks
Euryopis funebris (Hentz)
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius)
Latrodectus variolus Walckenaer
Pholcomma barnesi Levi
Pholcomma hirsuitum Emerton
Pholcomma sp. A
Phoroncidia americana (Emerton)
Robertus frontatus (Banks)
Robertus laticeps (Keyserling)
Robertus riparius (Keyserling)
Spintharus flavidus Hentz
Steatoda americana (Emerton)
Steatoda borealis (Hentz)
Theridion alabamense Gertsch & Archer
Theridion albidum Banks
Theridion antonii Keyserling ?
Theridion aurantium Emerton
Theridion cheimatos Gertsch & Archer
Theridion differens Emerton
Theridion flavonotatum Becker
Theridion frondeum Hentz
Theridion glaucescens Becker
Theridion intervallatum Emerton
Theridion lyricum Walckenaer
Theridion murarium Emerton
Theridion neshamini Levi
Theridion pennsylvanicum Emerton
Theridion pictipes Keyserling
Theridion punctosparsum Emerton
Theridion sexpunctatum Emerton
Theridion sp. A
Theridula emertoni Levi
Theridula opulenta (Walckenaer)
Thymoites marxi (Crosby)
Thymoites unimaculatus (Emerton)
Tidarren sisyphoides (Walckenaer)
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Family Theridiosomatidae
Theridiosoma gemmosum (L. Koch)
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Family Thomisidae
Bassaniana utahensis (Gertsch)
Bassaniana versicolor Keyserling
Bassaniana sp. A
Misumena vatia (Clerck)
Misumenoides formosipes (Walckenaer)
Misumenops asperatus (Hentz)
Misumenops celer (Hentz)
Misumenops oblongus (Keyserling)
Ozyptila distansDondale & Redner
Ozyptila monroensis Keyserling
Synema parvulum (Hentz)
Tmarus angulatus (Walckenaer)
Xysticus elegans Keyserling
Xysticus ferox (Hentz)
Xysticus fraternus Banks
Xysticus gulosus Keyserling
Xysticus punctatus Keyserling
Xysticus triguttatus Keyserling
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Family Uloboridae
Hyptiotes cavatus (Hentz)
Uloborus glomosus (Walckenaer)
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Family Zoridae
Zora pumila (Hentz)

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Photographs

Latrodectus mactans
Latrodectus mactans
Platycryptus undatus
Platycryptus undatus

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Notes

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to James Cokendolpher for contributing his photographs to this page and to Denise Lim for techinical support of the page.

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Updated: 26 August, 2004