Cyclosa conica

• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Description

Family Araneidae

Orb weavers comprise a huge family of spiders, of which there are several hundred species in North America. These spiders vary greatly in color, shape and size, measuring between 2 - 30mm (1/16 -- 1 1/4") long. They have eight eyes arranged in two horizontal rows of four eyes each. The males are generally much smaller than the females and commonly lack the showy coloring of their fairer sex. They often spin their own smaller orb web near an outlying portion of the female's, and I've noticed most males give the females wide berth. Indeed, I rarely see male orb weavers, they are so reclusive. [1]

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,180 meters (0 to 10,433 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Aranea conica F. O. P. -Cambridge, 1904
2. Aranea triquetra Sulzer, 1776
3. Cyclosa conica canadensis Simon, 1929
4. Cyclosa strandjae Drensky, 1915
5. Cyrtophora conica Thorell, 1870
6. Epeira canadensis Blackwall, 1846
7. Epeira conica Walckenaer, 1802
8. Singa conica C. L. Koch, 1837

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Platnick N.I., 15-Jul-2004.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cyclosa

There are approximately 200 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. alayoni · C. alba · C. albisternis · C. albopunctata · C. algerica · C. andinas · C. angusta · C. argentata · C. argenteoalba · C. argenteoalba(Bösenberg et · C. atrata · C. baakea · C. bacilliformis · C. baloghi · C. banawensis · C. berlandi · C. bianchoria · C. bifida (Long-Bellied Cyclosa Spider) · C. bifurca · C. bifurcata · C. bituberculata · C. brevis · C. bulleri · C. cajamarca · C. caligata · C. camargoi · C. camelodes · C. caroli · C. caudata · C. centrifaciens · C. centrodes · C. cephalodina · C. circumlucens · C. clara · C. concolor · C. confraga · C. confusa · C. conica · C. conica albifoliata · C. conica defoliata · C. conica dimidiata · C. conica leucomelas · C. conica pyrenaica · C. conica zamezai · C. conigera · C. coylei · C. crassicauda · C. cucurbitoria · C. cucurbitula · C. culta · C. curiraba · C. cylindrata · C. cylindrifaciens · C. damingensis · C. deserticola · C. dianasilvae · C. diversa · C. dives · C. donking · C. dosbukolea · C. durango · C. elongata · C. espumoso · C. fililineata · C. filisinuosa · C. fissicauda · C. formosa · C. formosana · C. fuliginata · C. furcata · C. fusiformis · C. ginnaga · C. groppalii · C. gulinensis · C. haiti · C. hamulata · C. hexatuberculata · C. hova · C. huila · C. imias · C. inca · C. index · C. informis · C. insulana (Island Cyclosa Spider) · C. ipilea · C. jalapa · C. japonica · C. jose · C. kashmirica · C. kibonotensis · C. koi · C. krusa · C. kumadai · C. lacerta · C. laticauda · C. lawrencei · C. libertad · C. litoralis · C. longicauda · C. machadinho

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Further Reading

• A manual of the common invertebrate animals, exclusive of insects / by Henry Sherring Pratt with over one thousand illustrations. Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Co., 1923. ENG url p. 425.
• Abhandlungen der K. K. Zool.-Botan. Gesellschaft in Wien. Wien: Alfred Hölder, K.U.K. Hof-und Universitäts-Buchändler, 1901-1918. GER url p. 43.
• Acta Soc. pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Helsinki, Societas. ENG url p. 35, p. 7.
• American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits. By Henry C. McCook. [Philadelphia]author, Academy of natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1889-93. ENG url p. 225, p. 225, p. 228, p. 228, p. 354, p. 354, p. 355, p. 374, p. 374, p. 472.
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, ENG url p. 296, p. 39.
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• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. New York, New York Academy of Sciences, 1879- ENG url p. 418, p. 426.
• Annual report / Entomological Society of Ontario. Toronto, The Society. ENG url p. 139.
• Arachnida embolobrachiata (scorpions, spiders, mites, etc.) by Cecil Warburton. ENG url p. 135, p. 28.
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• Biological survey of the Mount Desert Region, conducted by William Procter... From the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Philadelphia, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1927-1946. ENG url p. 517.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 15 providers.
• SpidCat
• The World Spider Catalog, 5.0, 2004.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, Essig Museum of Entomology DiGIR provider
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Canadian Arachnologist Nearctic Spider Database, Canadian Arachnologist Nearctic Spider Database
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Arachnid dataset
• University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3548661
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ara-015595
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13536723
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 228404

Footnotes

1. http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Basilica&search=Search [back]
2. Mean = 802.880 meters (2,634.121 feet), Standard Deviation = 866.100 based on 415 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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