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:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Aculepeira ceropegia Walckenaer 1802 |
| Aranea ceropegia Walckenaer 1802 |
| Epeira ceropegia Walckenaer 1805 |
| Epeira sclopetaria Hahn 1833 |
| Miranda ceropegia C. L. Koch 1838 |
| Epeira ceropegia Blackwall 1864 |
| Miranda ceropegia Menge 1866 |
| Epeira ceropegia Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Epeira ceropegia Bösenberg 1901 |
| Epeira ceropegia Kulczynski 1901 |
| Araneus ceropegius Lessert 1910 |
| Araneus ceropegia Simon 1929 |
| Aranea ceropegia Wiehle 1931 |
| Aranea ceropegia Drensky 1943 |
| Araneus ceropegius Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Aranea ceropegia Zamaraev 1964 |
| Araneus vachoni Karol 1964 |
| Araneus ceropegius Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Araneus ceropegius Loksa 1972 |
| Araneus ceropegius Bakhvalov 1974 |
| Araneus ceropegius Palmgren 1974 |
| Aculepeira ceropegia Punda 1975 |
| Aculepeira ceropegia Levi 1977 |
| Aculepeira ceropegia Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Aculepeira ceropegia Thaler 1991 |
| Aculepeira ceropegia Roberts 1995 |
| Araneus ceropegius Mcheidze 1997 |
| Aculepeira ceropegia Roberts 1998 |
| Aculepeira ceropegia Blick & Nentwig 2003 |
| Aculepeira ceropegia Almquist 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
Almquist, S. 2005. Swedish Araneae, part 1: families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 62: 1-284.
Bakhvalov, V. F. 1974. [Identification key of the spider family Araneidae from Kirgizia]. Ent. Issled Kirgizii 9: 101-112.
Blackwall, J. 1864. A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, Ray Society, 2: 175-384.
Blick, T. & W. Nentwig. 2003. Taxonomische Notiz zu Aculepeira lapponica (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae). Arachnol. Mitt. 25 38-41.
Bösenberg, W. 1901. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. I. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(1): 1-96.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1891. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 1: 1-170.
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. 1833. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Erster Band, pp. 77-129; Zweite Band, pp. 1-16.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Karol, S. 1964. Sur une nouvelle espèce du genre Araneus (Araneae Argiopidae) originaire d'Asie Mineure. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris 36: 188-190.
Koch, C. L. 1838. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Vierter Band, pp. 109-144, Funfter Band, pp. 1-124.
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.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1953. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: 1-449.
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).
Menge, A. 1866. Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N.F.) 1: 1-152
Palmgren, P. 1974. Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. IV. Argiopidae, Tetragnathidae und Mimetidae. Fauna Fenn. 24: 1-70.
Punda, H. 1975. Pajaki Borów Sosnowych. Polska Akad. Nauk, Warsaw, 91 pp.
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.
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.
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.
Tyschchenko, V. P. 1971. Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, pp. 1-281.
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.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1802. Faune parisienne. Insectes. ou Histoire abrégée des insectes de environs de Paris. Paris 2: 187-250.
Wiehle, H. 1931. Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. Araneidae. In Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Jena, 27: 1-136
Zamaraev, V. N. 1964. Opredelitel vidov paukov semeistva Araneidae. Uch. Zap. Kalininsk. Ped. In-ta. 31: 350-368.
†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. carbonaria (L. Koch, 1869) ...............Palearctic
A. carbonarioides (Keyserling, 1892) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska, Russia
A. packardi (Thorell, 1875) ...............North America, Russia, China, Kazakhstan
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution