Agelenopsis potteri Blackwall 1846

Agelenopsis potteri (Blackwall, 1846) ** Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941: f. 3, 17, 42; Lehtinen, 1967: f. 248. Material examined 1 ♂, env. of Vladivostok, Okeanskaya, forest litter, 2.10.1997, YM; 1 ♂, Lazo Town, 43��22.7'N 133��54'E, in buildings, 11.1998 -03.1999. YS. Comparative material: 1 ♂ (BMM ♂ 7828), Washington, Jefferson Co. Quilcene/Cemetery Rd��� 70, 57.831��N 122.884��W, 10.09.1991, I.E. Richards; 1 ♂ (BMM ♂ 8122), same state, Snohomish Co., Crabapple Lake, 420 ', 48.13��N 122.27��W, 5.09.1966, J.R. Thomson; 1 ♂ (BMM ♂ 7403), same state, Chelan Co., Wenatchee, 815 ' 47.418��N 120.328��W, 10.09.1981, D. Carroll. COMMENTS. Agelenopsis is a Nearctic genus.A. potteri is known to be distributed from Pacific to Atlantic coasts of North America [Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941] as well as intro�� duced in Kirghizia [Zonstein et al., 1996], It has been also introduced in the M aritime Province from western USA. First male was found less than a hundred meter from ���American V illage���, built for employers o f American Consulate and trade center in the vicinity o f Vladivostok. There seems to be two species in Nearctic treated under the same name. W ithin 3 males studied from W ashington State (see material) two are similar as illustrated by Chamber�� lin & Ivie [1941] while male from, Jefferson Co, is different and has similar palp as specimens from the Maritime Province (with wider course o f embolus).
Published as part of Marusik, Yuri M. & Koponen, Seppo, 2000, New data on spiders (Aranei) from the Maritime Province, Russian Far East, pp. 55-68 in Arthropoda Selecta 9 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.822713
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