Castianeira

Castianeira is a genus of spiders in the family Corinnidae. Castianeira spiders have been sighted 74 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Castianeira includes 2 countries and 21 states in the United States. Castianeira is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Castianeira

Author

Eugen von Keyserling, 1879

Sightings Overview

There have been 74 confirmed sightings of Castianeira, with the most recent sighting submitted on December 31, 2019 by Spider ID member downoninit. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 74 sightings because of certain Castianeira sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 5% of the time, Castianeira spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 65)
Sex: 8 female and 6 male.
Environment: Castianeira has been sighted 21 times outdoors, and 51 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (6). Low foliage (2). High foliage (1). Ground layer (6). Under rock or debris (3). Open field, pasture, grassland (2). Desert area (1).

Location and Range

Castianeira has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, United States.

Castianeira has also been sighted in the following states: California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.