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Grammonota barnesi - a dwarf spider


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Taxonomy
Order: ARANEAEInfraorder: AraneomorphaeFamily: LinyphiidaeSubfamily: Erigoninae                                                                                 
Comments: The species is named in honor of Dr. R. D. Barnes
Identification
Online Description/Photos: BugGuide Google, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, GBIF
Comments: Male carapace dark reddish-brown. Sternum and appendages light orange -brown. Abdominal pattern normal for the genus. Venter of abdomen light grey. Female coloration as in the male. Epigynum penetrated anteriorly by a long, sinuous, median canal. -In size and colour this species resembles two of the more northerly species, inornata and inusiata Bishop and Crosby. It is readily separated from both, however, by the presence of a tooth at the base of the dorsolateral apophysis of the male palpal tibia, and a deep, sinuous canal in the anterior portion of the epigynum
Total Length: Male Total length about 2.3 mm.; cephalothorax 1.6 mm. long and 1.1 mm wide. Female.-Totallength 2.4 to 2.9 mm.; cephalothorax 1.1 to 1.3 mm. long and 0.8 mm. wide.
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Grammonota barnesi
Dondale 1959
Distribution in North Carolina
Comments: Type Locality.-Davidson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
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Grammonota barnesi
Adult phenology:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2025-10-17
New Hanover Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2025-10-17
New Hanover Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2025-10-17
New Hanover Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2025-10-17
New Hanover Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2025-10-17
New Hanover Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2025-10-17
New Hanover Co.
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Recorded by: Brian Bockhahn on 2025-10-17
New Hanover Co.
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