Acanthepeira venusta (Banks, 1896)
| FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 Genus: Acanthepeira Marx, 1883 Species: Acanthepeira venusta (Banks, 1896)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: USA, Cuba
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
FL
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Specimen Search
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† orb weavers
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
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Details About Females
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
| Acanthepeira venusta Banks 1896 |
| Plectana venusta Banks 1896 |
| Araneus venustus Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Acanthepeira venusta Levi 1976 |
Taxonomic References‡
Banks, N. 1896. New North American spiders and mites. Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 23: 57-77.
Bryant, E. B. 1949. Acanthepeira venusta (Banks) (Araneae). Psyche, Camb. 56: 175-179. 
Levi, H. W. 1976. The orb-weaver genera Verrucosa, Acanthepeira, Wagneriana, Acacesia, Wixia, Scoloderus and Alpaida north of Mexico. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 147: 351-391.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1911. A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greeland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 29: 1-791. 
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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