Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864)
western spotted orbweaver
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FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 Genus: Neoscona Simon, 1864 Species: Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
spotted orbweavers
Species Common Name:
western spotted orbweaver
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: USA to Peru, Galapagos Is.
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
AZ CA CO OK TX UT
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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
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): alfalfa field; Alfalfa;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Barrion, A. A., C. V. Casal, L. D. Taylo & D. M. Amalin. 1988. Two orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) in the Philippines causing araneidism. Philipp. J. Sci. 116: 245-254.
Berman, J. D. & H. W. Levi. 1971. The orb weaver genus Neoscona in North America (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 141: 465-500.
Butler, A., G. 1877. Myriopoda and Arachnida. In Günther, A., Account of the zoological collection made during the visit of H. M. S. "Peterel" to the Galapagos Islands. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877: 75-77.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1904. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 465-560.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1920. The spiders of Saltair Beach (Arach., Aran.). Ent. News 31: 165-169.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1942. A hundred new species of American spiders. Bull. Univ. Utah 32(13): 1-117.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. J. Gertsch. 1929. New spiders from Utah and California. Jour. Ent. Zool. Claremont 21: 101-112.
Keyserling, E. 1893. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Nürnberg, 4: 209-377.
Keyserling, E. 1864. Beschreibungen neuer und wenig bekannter Arten aus der Familie Orbitelae Latr. oder Epeiridae Sund. Sitz.-ber. nat. Ges. Isis Dresden 1863: 63-98, 119-154.
Levi, H. W. 1993. American Neoscona and corrections to previous revisions of Neotropical orb-weavers (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche, Camb. 99: 221-239.
Levi, H. W. 1973. Small orb-weavers of the genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 145: 473-552.
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.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1930. The spiders of Porto Rico. Part two. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 30: 159-356.
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. 
Roewer, C. F. 1942. Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. Bremen, 1: 1-1040.
Simon, E. 1897. Liste de arachides recueillis aux îles du Cap Vert, dans la République Argentine et le Paraguay et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. In Viaggio del Dott. A. Borelli nella République Argentina e nel Paraguay. Boll. Mus. zool. anat. comp. Torino 12(270): 1-8.
Taczanowski, L. 1878. Les Aranéides du Pérou central. Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 14: 140-175.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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