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Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757
marbled orbweaver

FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
    Genus: Araneus Clerck, 1757

        Species: Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757

Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page complete and awaiting review)

General Comments: Specimens of this species are distinguished from other Araneus species by the often brightly colored and elliptical abdomen.

Common Names

Family Common Name:  orbweavers
Genus Common Name:  angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers
Species Common Name:  marbled orbweaver

Distribution

Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:   AB BC MB NB NL NT NS ON PE QC SK YT CO CT LA ME MO MT NH NJ OK PA SC VA WV
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:  Tall meadows, grasses, low shrubs, sometimes on trees in open forests
Life & Natural History:  Web is nearly vertical, has 25-30 radii, and the spider builds a retreat and signal thread. Males are mature late July to October, females from August to November (Dondale et al., 2003).

Seasonality of Specimen Records:


Image(s) of Habitus:


Credit: McLellan, Lynda

Details About Males

Description:  Carapace dull yellow or light brown, darker at midline and margins. Legs with white segments and darker at tips. Abdomen elliptical, lacking humps, with dorsum yellow, orange, or white and with pattern of brown or purplish markings. Venter brown with paired, semi-circular white spots.

Male Dimensions:

A+B = 6.98 mm  A = 3.74 mm  C = 3.05 mm 

Image of External Male Genitalia:  (image not yet available)

Details About Females

Description:  Coloration as in male but abdominal pattern variable. Femora and patellae of legs orange, distal segments white.

Female Dimensions:

A+B = 11.92 mm  A = 4.32 mm  C = 3.93 mm 

Image of Epigynum:  (image not yet available)

Descriptions Source:
Dondale, C. D., J. H. Redner, P. Paquin & H. W. Levi. 2003. The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp.

Synonyms and Chresonyms

Araneus babel Clerck 1757
Araneus marmoreus Clerck 1757
Araneus pyramidatus Clerck 1757
Araneus marmoreus Clerck 1758
Aranea raji Scopoli 1763
Aranea marmorea Fabricius 1775
Aranea raji betulae Sulzer 1776
Aranea aurantio-maculata De Geer 1778
Aranea aurantia Olivier 1789
Aranea pyramidata Olivier 1789
Aranea reticulata Roemer 1789
Aranea scalaris Panzer 1793
Aranea regalis Panzer 1797
Aranea melittagria Walckenaer 1802
Epeira melittagria Walckenaer 1805
Epeira scalaris Walckenaer 1805
Dysdera lutea Risso 1826
Epeira marmorea Sundevall 1833
Epeira pyramidata Sundevall 1833
Epeira jenisoni C. L. Koch 1834
Epeira scalaris Hahn 1834
Epeira marmorea C. L. Koch 1838
Epeira conspicellata Walckenaer 1842
Epeira graduata Walckenaer 1842
Epeira jenisoni C. L. Koch 1844
Epeira pyramidata C. L. Koch 1844
Epeira insularis Hentz 1847
Epeira obesa Hentz 1847
Epeira insularis Keyserling 1864
Epeira scalaris Blackwall 1864
Epeira marmorea Menge 1866
Epeira pyramidata Menge 1866
Epeira flava Giebel 1867
Epeira annulipes Giebel 1869
Epeira marmorea Thorell 1870
Epeira marmorea pyramidata Thorell 1870
Epeira insularis Emerton 1884
Epeira marmorea Emerton 1884
Epeira marmorea principalis Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891
Epeira insularis Keyserling 1892
Epeira marmorea McCook 1894
Epeira marmorea Becker 1896
Epeira marmorea Bösenberg 1901
Epeira marmorea pyramidata Bösenberg 1901
Epeira marmorea Emerton 1902
Araneus marmoreus pyramidatus Lessert 1910
Aranea tusigia Chamberlin 1919
Araneus marmoreus Simon 1929
Araneus marmoreus pyramidatus Simon 1929
Aranea raji Reimoser 1930
Aranea raji Wiehle 1931
Aranea gigas Comstock 1940
Aranea raji Drensky 1943
Aranea raji Muma 1943
Epeira raji Kaston 1948
Aranea tusigia Archer 1951
Aranea raji Mikulska 1953
Araneus marmoreus Locket & Millidge 1953
Araneus marmoreus Yaginuma 1957
Araneus marmoreus Braendegaard 1958
Araneus marmoreus Saito 1959
Aranea marmorea Zamaraev 1964
Araneus marmoreus Azheganova 1968
Araneus marmoreus Grasshoff 1968
Araneus marmoreus Levi 1971
Araneus marmoreus Miller 1971
Araneus marmoreus Tyschchenko 1971
Araneus marmoreus Loksa 1972
Araneus marmoreus Bakhvalov 1974
Araneus marmoreus Palmgren 1974
Araneus marmoreus Punda 1975
Araneus marmoreus Paik 1976
Araneus marmoreus Gertsch 1979
Aranea marmorea Song 1980
Araneus marmoreus Oliger 1981
Araneus marmoreus Legotai & Sekerskaya 1982
Araneus marmoreus Roberts 1985
Araneus marmoreus Yaginuma 1986
Araneus marmoreus Song 1987
Araneus marmoreus Zhang 1987
Araneus marmoreus Zhu, Tu & Hu 1988
Araneus marmoreus Chikuni 1989
Araneus marmoreus Hu & Wu 1989
Araneus marmoreus Legotai & Sekerskaya 1989
Araneus marmoreus pyramidatus Hu & Wu 1989
Araneus marmoreus Heimer & Nentwig 1991
Araneus marmoreus Roberts 1995
Araneus marmoreus Agnarsson 1996
Araneus marmoreus Mcheidze 1997
Araneus marmoreus Yin et al. 1997
Araneus marmoreus Roberts 1998
Araneus marmoreus Song, Zhu & Chen 1999
Araneus marmoreus Kim & Kim 2002
Araneus marmoreus Namkung 2002
Araneus marmoreus Yoo & Kim 2002
Araneus marmoreus Dondale et al. 2003
Araneus marmoreus Namkung 2003
Araneus marmoreus Paquin & Dupérré 2003
Araneus marmoreus Almquist 2005

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Natural History References

Dondale, C. D., J. H. Redner, P. Paquin & H. W. Levi. 2003. The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp.

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Araneus Clerck, 1757‡‡

A. abigeatus Levi, 1975 ...............USA
A. alboventris (Emerton, 1884) ...............USA
A. allani Levi, 1973 ...............USA
A. alsine (Walckenaer, 1802) ...............Palearctic
A. andrewsi (Archer, 1951) ...............USA
A. angulatus Clerck, 1757 ...............Palearctic
A. apache Levi, 1975 ...............USA
A. arizonensis (Banks, 1900) ...............USA, Mexico
A. bicentenarius (McCook, 1888) ...............USA, Canada
A. bispinosus (Keyserling, 1885) ...............USA
A. bivittatus (Walckenaer, 1842) ...............USA
A. bonsallae (McCook, 1894) ...............USA
A. calusa Levi, 1973 ...............USA
A. carroll Levi, 1973 ...............USA
A. cavaticus (Keyserling, 1882) ...............USA, Canada
A. cingulatus (Walckenaer, 1842) ...............USA
A. circe (Audouin, 1826) ...............Palearctic
A. cochise Levi, 1973 ...............USA
A. corticarius (Emerton, 1884) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
A. detrimentosus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) ...............USA to Colombia
A. diadematus Clerck, 1757 ...............Holarctic
A. diadematus islandicus (Strand, 1906) ...............Iceland
A. emmae Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
A. gadus Levi, 1973 ...............USA
A. gemma (McCook, 1888) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
A. gemmoides Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA, Canada
A. groenlandicola (Strand, 1906) ...............USA, Canada, Greenland
A. guerrerensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico
A. guttulatus (Walckenaer, 1842) ...............USA
A. illaudatus (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) ...............USA
A. iviei (Archer, 1951) ...............USA, Canada
A. juniperi (Emerton, 1884) ...............USA, Canada
A. kapiolaniae Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
A. kerr Levi, 1981 ...............USA
A. mammatus (Archer, 1951) ...............USA
A. mariposa Levi, 1973 ...............USA
A. miami Levi, 1973 ...............USA
A. miniatus (Walckenaer, 1842) ...............USA
A. monica Levi, 1973 ...............USA
A. montereyensis (Archer, 1951) ...............North America
A. nashoba Levi, 1973 ...............USA
A. niveus (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA
A. nordmanni (Thorell, 1870) ...............Holarctic
A. partitus (Walckenaer, 1842) ...............USA
A. pegnia (Walckenaer, 1842) ...............USA to Ecuador and Jamaica
A. phrygiatus (Walckenaer, 1842) ...............USA
A. pratensis (Emerton, 1884) ...............USA, Canada
A. prunus Levi, 1973 ...............USA
A. quadratus Clerck, 1757 ...............Palearctic
A. raui Levi, 1973 ...............USA
A. saevus (L. Koch, 1872) ...............Holarctic
A. santarita (Archer, 1951) ...............USA
A. sturmi (Hahn, 1831) ...............Palearctic
A. texanus (Archer, 1951) ...............USA
A. thaddeus (Hentz, 1847) ...............North America
A. trifolium (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
A. triguttatus (Fabricius, 1793) ...............Palearctic
A. tuscarora Levi, 1973 ...............USA
A. washingtoni Levi, 1971 ...............Russia, USA, Canada
A. yukon Levi, 1971 ...............Russia, Canada

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution

Page Reference:

Shorthouse, David P. submitted. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: ARANEIDAE, Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757. In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/15005 (Accessed: 10/13/2008 6:27:42 PM).

Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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