Nearctic States & Provinces: MB NS ON PE QC CO FL LA MO NH NY OK PA SC TX WA WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/14421
Acanthepeira stellata (Walckenaer, 1805)
starbellied orbweaver
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Acanthepeira Marx, 1883
Species: Acanthepeira stellata (Walckenaer, 1805)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
starbellied orbweaver
Distribution
Global Distribution: Canada to Mexico
Nearctic States & Provinces:
MB NS ON PE QC CO FL LA MO NH NY OK PA SC TX WA WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
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.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Murray, Tom
Credit: Wigney, Bev
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer 1805 |
| Epeira stellata Walckenaer 1805 |
| Epeira cerasiae Walckenaer 1842 |
| Epeira iris Walckenaer 1842 |
| Epeira nobilis Walckenaer 1842 |
| Plectana stellata Walckenaer 1842 |
| Epeira stellata Hentz 1850 |
| Epeira stellata Keyserling 1864 |
| Acrosoma stellatum Butler 1873 |
| Acanthepeira stellata Marx 1883 |
| Epeira stellata Emerton 1884 |
| Cyrtarachne dugesi O. P.-Cambridge 1893 |
| Cyrtarachne mexicana O. P.-Cambridge 1893 |
| Marxia nobilis McCook 1894 |
| Marxia stellata McCook 1894 |
| Araneus stellata Simon 1895 |
| Epeira stellata Emerton 1902 |
| Marxia stellata F. O. P.-Cambridge 1904 |
| Araneus cerasiae Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Araneus iris Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Acanthepeira stellata Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 |
| Acanthepeira stellata Kaston 1948 |
| Acanthepeira stellata Levi 1976 |
| Acanthepeira stellata Levi 1978 |
| Acanthepeira stellata Breene et al. 1993 |
| Acanthepeira stellata Levi 2002 |
| Acanthepeira stellata Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
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.
Bryant, E. B. 1949. Acanthepeira venusta (Banks) (Araneae). Psyche, Camb. 56: 175-179.
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.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1893. Arachnida. Araneida. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 1: 105-120.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
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.
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. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
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. 2002. Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas. J. Arachnol. 30: 527-562.
Levi, H. W. 1978. Orb-webs and phylogeny of orb-weavers. Symp. zool. Soc. Lond. 42: 1-15.
Levi, H. W. 1976. The orb-weaver genera Verrucosa, Acanthepeira, Wagneriana, Acacesia, Wixia, Scoloderus and Alpaida north of Mexico. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 147: 351-391.
Marx, G. 1883. Araneina. In Howard, L. O. (ed.), A list of the invertebrate fauna of South Carolina. Charleston, pp. 21-26.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
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.
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 accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ARANEIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Acanthepeira Marx, 1883‡‡
A. cherokee Levi, 1976 ...............USA
A. marion Levi, 1976 ...............USA, Mexico
A. venusta (Banks, 1896) ...............USA, Cuba
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution