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Entelecara sombra (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Entelecara sombra (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947)
Name authority
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Linyphiidae
Genus
Entelecara
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumChelicerata
  5. classArachnida
  6. orderAraneae
  7. familyLinyphiidae Blackwall, 1859
  8. genusEntelecara Simon, 1884
  9. speciesEntelecara sombra (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Entelecara. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Entelecara acuminata (Wider, 1834)LinyphiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Entelecara aurea Gao & Zhu, 1993LinyphiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Entelecara dabudongensis Paik, 1983LinyphiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Entelecara errata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1913LinyphiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Entelecara flavipes (Blackwall, 1834)LinyphiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Entelecara helfridae Tullgren, 1955LinyphiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Entelecara media Kulczyński, 1887LinyphiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Entelecara obscura Miller, 1971LinyphiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Entelecara truncatifrons (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)LinyphiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Entelecara turbinata Simon, 1918LinyphiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 132 records assigned to Linyphiidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Alaska, Canada, USA

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Chamberlin, R. V. & Ivie, W. (1947b). The spiders of Alaska. Bulletin of the University of Utah 37(10): 1-103. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:39XT3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.