Pale Shield Sheetweaver

Bathyphantes pallidus

General Status Rank: 
Secure
ELCODE: 
ILARA46030
Common Name: 
Pale Shield Sheetweaver
Scientific Name: 
Bathyphantes pallidus
Synonyms: 
Bathyphantes nigrinus
Bathyphantes pallida
Diplostyla pallida
Bathyphantes nigrinia
Bathyphantes banksi
Bathyphantes sp. nr. reprobus
Linyphia nigrina
Diplostyla nigrina
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Arachnid (Spider)
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Arachnida
Order: 
Araneae
Family: 
Linyphiidae
Habitat
Usually found near water where it lives under trash and objects on damp ground (Ivie 1969).
Distribution

Distribution

One of the most common species of the genus Bathyphantes in North America. In North America, it occurs all across Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States, extending south to a latitude of 34 degrees north, in high mountains (Ivie 1969). In the NWT, the species has been recorded from Norman Wells, Hay River, and Wood Buffalo National Park (Ivie 1969, Loboda et al. 2013, GBIF).

Number of Occurrences

There are a total of 53 records of this species in the NWT. Loboda et al. (2013) notes an unknown number of occurrences in Norman Wells. Ivie (1969) includes one record from Hay River from 1965 (one male and three females). GBIF includes a further 51 records, all from Wood Buffalo National Park. References: (1) Ivie, W. 1969. North American spiders of the genus Bathyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae). American Museum Novitates, 2364: 70 pp. (2) Loboda et al. 2013. Unpublished spider data from Northern Biodiversity Program. (3) https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=CA&taxon_key=2134094&occurrence_status=present&gadm_gid=CAN.6_1
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
Apparently secure. Regional experts consider this species to be fairly common in the NWT.
S Rank: 
S4
Decision Process Description: 
Originally ranked in 2010. Rank reviewed in 2014 by R. Bennett; modified to Secure from Undetermined. Reviewed in 2023 by R. Bennett; no change.
Last Updated: 
August 10, 2024
Status Designations

Canada – Assessment by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

COSEWIC Status: 
-

References