Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer, 1805)
spined micrathena
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FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 Genus: Micrathena Sundevall, 1833 Species: Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer, 1805)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
spined micrathena
Distribution
Global Distribution: North, Central America
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database) 
FL KS MO NC OK SC TX VA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)
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Specimen Search
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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)
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Details About Males
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Butler, A. G. 1873. A list of the spiders of the genus Acrosoma. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1873: 420-429.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1904. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 465-560.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1936. New spiders from Mexico and Panama. Bull. Univ. Utah 27(5): 1-103.
Chickering, A. M. 1961. The genus Micrathena (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Central America. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 125: 391-470.
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.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1884. New England spiders of the family Epeiridae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 295-342.
Franganillo B., P. 1930. Arácnidos de Cuba: Mas arácnidos nuevos de la Isla de Cuba. Mem. Inst. nac. Invest. cien. 1: 47-99 [reprinted separately, pp. 1-55; only reprint seen and cited].
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Koch, C. L. 1844. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Eilfter Band, pp. 1-174.
Levi, H. W. 1985. The spiny orb-weaver genera Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 150: 429-618.
Levi, H. W. 1978. The American orb-weaver genera Colphepeira, Micrathena and Gasteracantha north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 148: 417-442.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
Reimoser, E. 1917. Die Spinnengattung Micrathena Sundevall. Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 67: 73-160. 
Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 761-1084.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1805. Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Paris, 88 pp.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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