Spider fauna of Quebec 



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L. Pinter). The palp of the holotype illustrated in Millidge (1981) and Draney and Buckle 

 (2005) is slightly expanded when compared with the specimen illustrated here. Because 

 of the rarity of the species, its occurrence in Quebec was not suspected by Hutchinson and 

 Belanger (1994). The female of the species is still unknown. 



Family Salticidae 

 Admestina wheeleri Peckham and Peckham, 1888 



(Figs. 19-24) 



Material Examined. Canada: Quebec: Pare National de la Yamaska [45.42°N, 72.39°W] 

 1$ 05.ix.2006, beating, deciduous forest in regeneration, A. Mochon(CPAD); \$ 10.x. 2006, 

 beating, mixed forest, A. Mochon (CPAD). 



Diagnosis. Admestina wheeleri most resembles Admestina tibialis (C.L. Koch, 1846) (see 

 Figs. 2151-2153 in Paquin and Duperre 2003). Males are differentiated by the narrower 

 and longer embolus (E) (Fig. 21), females by the smaller copulatory openings (CO) (Fig. 

 22) separated by a distance of four times their diameter from the genital groove (see Piel 

 1992), and the longer and more sinuous copulatory ducts (CD) (Fig. 23). 



Distribution. Northern United States: Maine to North Dakota; Canada: Quebec to 

 Manitoba. 



Remarks. The species was not included in the list of probable records of Hutchinson and 

 Belanger (1994), but based on the distribution given by Piel (1992), its presence in Quebec 

 was highly probable. 



Family Tetragnathidae 

 Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1841) 



(Figs. 25-29) 



Material Examined. Canada: Quebec: Pare de la Gatineau, Lusk trail [45.56°N, 75.95°W] 

 1? 01.viii.2001, M. Larrivee (CNC). 



Diagnosis. Both males and females of Leucauge venusta are easily distinguished from all 

 other Canadian Tetragnathidae by the presence of a cluster of trichobothria on the prolateral 

 surface of femur IV (Fig. 25) and the robust form and coloration of the abdomen (Fig. 27) 

 (see also Dondale et al. 2003). 



Distribution. Eastern North America with a few records from Southwestern United States 

 (see Dondale et al. 2003, map 5); Canada: Ontario and Quebec. 



Remarks. The species was not included in the list of probable records of Hutchinson and 

 Belanger (1994), but based on the distribution given by Dondale et al. (2003), its presence 

 in Quebec was predictable. 



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