Castianeira variata

Castianeira variata
	Castianeira variata on a white flower, Pryor, Oklahoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Corinnidae
Genus:	Castianeira
Species:	C. variata
Binomial name
	Castianeira variata; Gertsch, 1942

Castianeira variata is a species of spider in the family Corinnidae, found in North and Central America. The body length is typically 7 to 9 mm, the females being larger. Castianeira variata is similar in general appearance to C. longipalpus. The carapace dark reddish brown to nearly black with thin white hairs, darker on the sides.^[1]^[2]

References

^ New American spiders of the Clubionidae, W.J. Gertsch. 1942. The American Museum of Natural History; No. 1195.
^ The Spider Subfamily Castianeirinae of North and Central America, J. Reiskind. 1969. Bull. Mus. of Comp. Zool. Vol 138: 163-325.

External links

Bugguide species info page Castianeira variata
xpda, Photos from Earth Castianeira variata
World Spider Catalog Castianeira variata

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[gertsch-1] New American spiders of the Clubionidae, W.J. Gertsch. 1942. The American Museum of Natural History; No. 1195.

[reiskind-2] The Spider Subfamily Castianeirinae of North and Central America, J. Reiskind. 1969. Bull. Mus. of Comp. Zool. Vol 138: 163-325.

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