Araneus gemma (McCook, 1888)
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FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 Genus: Araneus Clerck, 1757 Species: Araneus gemma (McCook, 1888)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Alaska
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database) 
BC AK CA CO MT TX UT
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)
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Natural History, Phenology & 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
Recorded Habitats: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records: (from the Nearctic Spider Database - Requires Flash plug-in - refresh this page if not visible)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Females
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1935. Miscellaneous new American spiders. Bull. Univ. Utah. 26(4): 1-79.
Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.
Dondale, C. D., J. H. Redner, P. Paquin & H. W. Levi. 2003. The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp.
Keyserling, E. 1892. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Nürnberg, 4: 1-208.
Levi, H. W. 2002. Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas. J. Arachnol. 30: 527-562. 
Levi, H. W. 1975. Additional notes on the orb-weaver genera Araneus, Hypsosinga and Singa north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Psyche, Camb. 82: 265-274.
Levi, H. W. 1971. The diadematus group of the orb-weaver genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 141: 131-179.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
McCook, H. C. 1888. Descriptive notes of new American species of orbweaving spiders. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1888: 193-199.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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