Overview
Interesting Facts
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]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
()
- Heider, 1913
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
()
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
()
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
()
- Class:
Arachnida
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Arachnids
- Subclass:
Micrura
()
- Order:
Araneae
()
- C. Clerck, 1757
- Spiders
- Suborder:
Opisthothelae
()
- Pocock, 1892
- Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
()
- Smith, 1902
- Superfamily:
Araneoidea
()
- C. Clerck, 1757
- Superfamily:
Araneoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
(
- Suborder:
Opisthothelae
(
- Order:
Araneae
(
- Subclass:
Micrura
(
- Class:
Arachnida
(
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
(
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
(
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
(
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Araneus albonigra Grasshoff • Drexelia bellona F. O. P. -Cambridge • Drexelia directa Mccook • Drexelia octopunctata Caporiacco • Epeira deludens Keyserling • Epeira directa Hentz • Epeira intercisa O. P. -Cambridge • Epeira rubella Hentz • Epeira tetragnathoides O. P. -Cambridge • Larinia albonigra Franganillo • Larinia bellona Banks • Larinia cymotypa Chamberlin • Larinia nigrovittata Mello-Leitao • Metazygia albonigra Bryant
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 05-Jan-2008
Similar Species
Members of the genus Larinia
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Further Reading
- A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greenland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. / by Alexander Petrunkevitch. New York: Published by order of the Trustees, for sale at the Museum, 1911 url p. 337, p. 756.
- 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]The author, Academy of natural sciences of Philadelphia, 1889-93. url p. 249, p. 281.
- Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 337, p. 756.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 147 1975 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url article start, page 101, plate 1, page 104, map 1, page 105, p. 106, map 2, page 108, p. 110, figs. 31-46, page 111, p. 112, p. 94.
- Catalog of hymenoptera in America north of Mexico / prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein. .. [et al.]. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979- url p. 1649, p. 2630.
- Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia[Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences] url p. 8, p. 8.
- Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 562, p. 649.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 562, p. 649.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 585, p. 932.
- The common spiders of the United States, by James H. Emerton. Boston, Ginn & Company, 1902. url p. 182, p. 222, p. 223.
- The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whip-scorpions, harvestmen, and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, by John Henry Comstock. .. Garden City, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912. url p. 508.
- Trap-nesting wasps and bees: life histories, nests, and associates [by] Karl V. Krombein. Washington: Smithsonian Press, 1967. url p. 201.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 09, 2008:
- Canadian Arachnologist Nearctic Spider Database, Canadian Arachnologist Nearctic Spider Database
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNAN/Araneae
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3549100
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ara-016254
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 229112
Footnotes
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