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)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Nieuwenhuys, Ed
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†
| Aculepeira armida Audouin 1826 |
| Epeira armida Audouin 1826 |
| Epeira hirsuta Hahn 1831 |
| Epeira armida Walckenaer 1842 |
| Miranda exornata C. L. Koch 1844 |
| Miranda hirsuta C. L. Koch 1847 |
| Epeira victoria Thorell 1870 |
| Epeira armida Kulczynski 1901 |
| Araneus armida canescens Simon 1908 |
| Araneus armida Simon 1929 |
| Aranea armida Drensky 1943 |
| Araneus armidus Brignoli 1968 |
| Araneus victoria Azheganova 1968 |
| Araneus victoria Miller 1971 |
| Araneus victoria Loksa 1972 |
| Aculepeira armida Levi 1977 |
| Araneus victoria Zhang 1987 |
| Araneus victoria Mcheidze 1997 |
| Aculepeira armida Levy 1998 |
| Aculepeira armida Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
Taxonomic References†
Audouin, V. 1826. Explication sommaire des planches d'arachnides de l'Egypte et de la Syrie publiées ... in "Description de l'Egypte...". Histoire Naturelle 1(4): 1-339 (arachnids, pp. 99-186).
Azheganova, N. S. 1968. Kratkii opredelitel' paukov (Aranei) lesnoi i lesostepnoi zony SSSR. Akademia Nauk SSSR, pp. 1-149.
Brignoli, P. M. 1968. Su alcuni Araneidae e Theridiidae di Sicilia (Araneae). Atti Accad. gioenia Sci. nat. (6) 20: 85-104.
Drensky, P. 1943. Die Spinnenfauna Bulgariens. VI. Unterordnung Arachnomorphae, II Gruppe Trionichia, Familie Euetrioidae. Bull. Inst. r. Hist. Nat. Sofia 16: 219-254.
Hahn, C. W. 1831. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Erster Band, pp. 1-24.
Koch, C. L. 1847. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Vierzehnter Band, pp. 89-210, Funfzehnter Band, pp. 1-136, Sechszehnter Band, pp. 1-80.
Koch, C. L. 1844. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Eilfter Band, pp. 1-174.
Kulczynski, W. 1901. Arachnoidea. In Horvath, G. (ed.), Zoologische Ergebnisse der dritten asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy. Budapest, 2: 311-369.
Levi, H. W. 1977. The orb-weaver genera Metepeira, Kaira and Aculepeira in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 148: 185-238.
Levy, G. 1998. Twelve genera of orb-weaver spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) from Israel. Israel J. Zool. 43: 311-365.
Loksa, I. 1972. Araneae II. Fauna Hungariae 109: 1-112.
Mcheidze, T. S. 1997. [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi Univ., 390 pp. (in Georgian).
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Simon, E. 1929. Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 3e partie. Paris, 6: 533-772.
Simon, E. 1908. Etude sur les arachnides recueillis par M. le Dr Klaptocz en Tripolitaine. Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 419-438.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
Thorell, T. 1870. Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part I. Uppsala, pp. 1-96.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.
Zhang, W. S. (ed.). 1987. [Farm spiders from Hubei Province]. Hubei Sci. Tech. Press, 299 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 Aculepeira Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942‡‡
A. aculifera (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) ...............USA to Guatemala
A. carbonaria (L. Koch, 1869) ...............Palearctic
A. carbonarioides (Keyserling, 1892) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska, Russia
A. ceropegia (Walckenaer, 1802) ...............Palearctic
A. packardi (Thorell, 1875) ...............North America, Russia, China, Kazakhstan
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution