Achaearanea lunata (Clerck, 1757)
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FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833 Genus: Achaearanea Strand, 1929 Species: Achaearanea lunata (Clerck, 1757)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Palearctic
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
Recorded Habitats: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡ 
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Becker, L. 1896. Les arachnides de Belgique. Ann. Mus. Roy. Hist. nat. Belg. 12: 1-3788.
Blackwall, J. 1864. A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, Ray Society, 2: 175-384.
Bösenberg, W. 1902. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. II-IV. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14: 97-384.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1879. The spiders of Dorset. Araneidea. Proc. Dorset Nat. Hist Field Club 1: 1-235.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1894. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 2: 1-151.
Clerck, C. 1757. Svenska spindlar, uti sina hufvud-slågter indelte samt under några och sextio särskildte arter beskrefne och med illuminerade figurer uplyste. Stockholmiae, 154 pp.
Denis, J. 1944. Sur quelques Theridion appartenant à la faune de France. Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 49: 111-117.
Hahn, C. W. 1836. Monographie der Spinnen. Nürnberg, Heft 8, 1 p., 4 pls.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Karsch, F. 1873. Verzeichniss westfälischer Spinnen (Araneiden). Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rhein. Westfäl. 10: 113-160.
Knoflach, B. 2004. Diversity in the copulatory behaviour of comb-footed spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae). In Thaler, K. (ed.), Diversität und Biologie von Webspinnen, Skorpionen under anderen Spinnentieren. Denisia 12 161-256.
Knoflach, B. 1991. Achaearanea tabulata Levi, eine für Österreich neue Kugelspinne (Arachnida, Aranei: Theridiidae). Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck 78: 59-64.
Koch, C. L. 1845. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Zwolfter Band, pp. 1-166.
Koch, C. L. 1841. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Achter Band, pp. 41-131, Neunter Band, pp. 1-56.
Levy, G. 1998. Araneae: Theridiidae. In auna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
Levy, G. & P. Amitai. 1982. The comb-footed spider genera Theridion, Achaearanea and Anelosimus of Israel (Araneae: Theridiidae). J. Zool., Lond. 196: 81-131.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1953. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: 1-449.
Martin, D. 1974. Morphologie und Biologie der Kugelspinne Achaearanea simulans (Thorell, 1875) (Araneae: Theridiidae). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 50: 251-262.
Mcheidze, T. S. 1997. [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi Univ., 390 pp. (in Georgian).
Menge, A. 1866. Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N.F.) 1: 1-152
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Olivier G., A. 1789. Araignée, Aranea. Encycl. méth. Hist. nat. Ins. Paris 4: 173-240.
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Punda, H. 1975. Pajaki Borów Sosnowych. Polska Akad. Nauk, Warsaw, 91 pp.
Reimoser, E. 1930. Einheimische Spinnen 5. Die Natur (Wien) 6: 9-15, 53-58.
Roberts, M. J. 1998. Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1995. Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1985. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
Simon, E. 1914. Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 1re partie. Paris, 6: 1-308.
Simon, E. 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 489-760.
Thorell, T. 1856. Recensio critica aranearum suecicarum quas descripserunt Clerckius, Linnaeus, de Geerus. N. Act. reg. Soc. sci. Upsal. (3) 2(1): 61-176.
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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.
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Westring, N. 1851. Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan. Götenborg. Kongl. Vet. Handl. 2: 25-62.
Wiehle, H. 1937. Spinnentier oder Arachnoidea. VIII. Theridiidae oder Haubennetzspinnen (Kugelspinnen). In Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Jena, 33(26): 119-222.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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