The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/14438

Aculepeira carbonaria (L. Koch, 1869)

FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
    Genus: Aculepeira Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942

        Species: Aculepeira carbonaria (L. Koch, 1869)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  orbweavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: Palearctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:   MT

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:  (images not yet available)

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 carbonaria L. Koch 1869
Epeira carbonaria L. Koch 1869
Epeira carbonaria Simon 1874
Epeira carbonaria Kulczynski 1901
Araneus carbonarius Lessert 1910
Araneus carbonarius Simon 1929
Aculepeira carbonaria Chamberlin & Ivie 1942
Aranea carbonaria Drensky 1943
Aculepeira carbonaria Levi 1977
Araneus victoria Hu & Li 1987
Aculepeira carbonaria Heimer & Nentwig 1991
Aculepeira carbonaria Thaler 1991
Aculepeira carbonaria Hu 2001

Taxonomic References

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1942. A hundred new species of American spiders. Bull. Univ. Utah 32(13): 1-117.

Drensky, P. 1943. Die Spinnenfauna Bulgariens. VI. Unterordnung Arachnomorphae, II Gruppe Trionichia, Familie Euetrioidae. Bull. Inst. r. Hist. Nat. Sofia 16: 219-254.

Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.

Hu, J. L. 2001. Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp.

Hu, J. L. & A. H. Li. 1987. The spiders collected from the fields and the forests of Xizang Autonomous Region, China. (1). Agricultural Insects, Spiders, Plant Diseases and Weeds of Xizang 1: 315-392.

Koch, L. 1869. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachnidenfauna Tirols. Zeitschr. Ferdin. Tirol Voral. (3) 14: 149-206.

Kulczynski, W. 1901. Arachnoidea. In Horvath, G. (ed.), Zoologische Ergebnisse der dritten asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy. Budapest, 2: 311-369.

Lessert, R. de. 1910. Catalogue des invertebres de la Suisse. Fasc. 3, Araignées. Musée d'histoire naturelle de Genève, pp. 1-635.

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.

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. 1874. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 1: 1-272.

Thaler, K. 1991. Pachygnatha terilis n.sp. aus den Südalpen, mit Bemerkungen zu einigen Araneidae der Alpenländer (Arachnida: Aranei, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae). Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck 78: 47-57.

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. armida (Audouin, 1826) ...............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