Sharp-forked Shield Sheetweaver

Bathyphantes brevis

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
ELCODE: 
ILARA46040
Common Name: 
Sharp-forked Shield Sheetweaver
Scientific Name: 
Bathyphantes brevis
Synonyms: 
Diplostyla brevis
Bathyphantoides brevis
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Arachnid (Spider)
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Arachnida
Order: 
Araneae
Family: 
Linyphiidae
Distribution

Distribution

Across North America from Newfoundland to Alaska, extending into the northern United States. In the NWT, the species has only been recorded from Hay River and Fort Providence (Ivie 1969).

Number of Occurrences

The species has only been confirmed from two locations in the NWT: the town of Hay River in 1965 (one female) and 5 miles southeast of Fort Providence in 1965 (one male and one female) (Ivie 1969). Reference: Ivie, W. 1969. North American spiders of the genus Bathyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae). American Museum Novitates, 2364: 70 pp.
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
Regional experts consider this species to be poorly known and unrankable in the NWT.
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Originally ranked in 2010. Rank reviewed in 2014 and 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: 
-

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