Achaearanea globosa (Hentz, 1850)
| FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833 Genus: Achaearanea Strand, 1929 Species: Achaearanea globosa (Hentz, 1850)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
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Species Common Name:
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Distribution
Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database) 
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Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)
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Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† space web builders
†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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Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Males
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Archer, A. F. 1950. A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Mus. Pap. Ala Mus. nat. Hist. 30: 1-40.
Archer, A. F. 1946. The Theridiidae or comb-footed spiders of Alabama. Mus. Pap. Ala Mus. nat. Hist. 22: 1-67.
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.
Emerton, J. H. 1911. New spiders from New England. Trans. Connect. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 16: 383-407.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Kaston, B. J. 1972. How to know the spiders, second ed. Dubuque, pp. 1-289.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1884. Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. Nürnberg, 1: 1-222.
Levi, H. W. 1961. Evolutionary trends in the development of palpal sclerites in the spider family Theridiidae. J. Morph. 108: 1-10. 
Levi, H. W. 1955. The spider genera Coressa and Achaearanea in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1718: 1-33.
Levi, H. W. & D. E. Randolph. 1975. A key and checklist of American spiders of the family Theridiidae north of Mexico (Araneae). J. Arachnol. 3: 31-51. 
Levi, H. W. & L. R. Levi. 1962. The genera of the spider family Theridiidae. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 127: 1-71.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Roth, V. D. 1994. Spider Genera of North America, with Keys to Families and Genera, and a Guide to Literature, third edition. Am. Arachnol. Soc., Gainesville, 203 pp.
Roth, V. D. 1985. Spider genera of North America. American Arachnological Society, Gainesville, Florida.
Roth, V. D. 1982. Handbook for spider identification. Published by the author, Portal, Arizona.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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