The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/15063
Araneus nordmanni (Thorell, 1870)
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Araneus Clerck, 1757
Species: Araneus nordmanni (Thorell, 1870)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC MB NB NL NS ON QC SK YT AK AZ CO MA MT NH NC WA WY
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
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:

Credit: Slowik, Joey
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Epeira angulata Westring 1861 |
| Araneus nordmanni Thorell 1870 |
| Epeira nordmanni Thorell 1870 |
| Epeira nordmanni Thorell 1873 |
| Epeira nordmanni Dahl 1883 |
| Epeira nordmanni Emerton 1884 |
| Epeira silvatica Emerton 1884 |
| Epeira nordmanni Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Epeira silvatica Keyserling 1892 |
| Epeira nordmanni Emerton 1894 |
| Epeira nordmanni McCook 1894 |
| Epeira silvatica McCook 1894 |
| Epeira nordmanni Bösenberg 1901 |
| Epeira nordmanni Emerton 1902 |
| Epeira silvatica Emerton 1902 |
| Araneus nordmanni Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Aranea nordmanni Wiehle 1931 |
| Araneus nordmanni Saito 1934 |
| Araneus nordmanni Comstock 1940 |
| Araneus nordmanni Kaston 1948 |
| Aranea darlingtoni Archer 1951 |
| Aranea pseudomelaena Archer 1951 |
| Araneus nordmanni Saito 1959 |
| Araneus nordmanni Wiehle 1963 |
| Araneus nordmanni Yaginuma & Nishikawa 1969 |
| Araneus nordmanni Levi 1970 |
| Araneus nordmanni Levi 1971 |
| Araneus nordmanni Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Araneus nordmanni Namkung, Paik & Yoon 1972 |
| Araneus nordmanni Palmgren 1974 |
| Araneus nordmanni Yaginuma 1986 |
| Araneus nordmanni Chikuni 1989 |
| Araneus nordmanni Izmailova 1989 |
| Araneus nordmanni Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Araneus nordmanni Roberts 1995 |
| Araneus nordmanni Mcheidze 1997 |
| Araneus nordmanni Roberts 1998 |
| Araneus nordmanni Kim & Kim 2002 |
| Araneus nordmanni Levi 2002 |
| Araneus nordmanni Namkung 2002 |
| Araneus nordmanni Yoo & Kim 2002 |
| Araneus nordmanni Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Araneus nordmanni Namkung 2003 |
| Araneus nordmanni Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Araneus nordmanni Almquist 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
Almquist, S. 2005. Swedish Araneae, part 1: families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 62: 1-284.
Archer, A. F. 1951. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. Am. Mus. Novit. 1487: 1-52.
Bösenberg, W. 1901. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. I. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(1): 1-96.
Chikuni, Y. 1989. Pictorial Encyclopedia of Spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publ. Co., Tokyo, 310 pp.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1891. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 1: 1-170.
Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.
Dahl, F. 1883. Analytische Bearbeitung der Spinnen Norddeutschlands mit einer anatomisch-biologischen Einleitung. Schrift. naturw. Ver. Schleswig-Holstein 5: 13-88.
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.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1894. Canadian spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 9: 400-429.
Emerton, J. H. 1884. New England spiders of the family Epeiridae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 295-342.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Izmailova, M. V. 1989. [Fauna of Spiders of South Part of Eastern Siberia]. Irkutsk, State Univ. Publ., 184 pp.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1892. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Nürnberg, 4: 1-208.
Kim, J. M. & J. P. Kim. 2002. A revisional study of family Araneidae Dahl, 1912 (Arachnida, Araneae) from Korea. Korean Arachnol. 18 171-266.
Koch, C. L. 1844. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Eilfter Band, pp. 1-174.
Levi, H. W. 2002. Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas. J. Arachnol. 30: 527-562.
Levi, H. W. 1971. The diadematus group of the orb-weaver genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 141: 131-179.
Levi, H. W. 1970. Problems in the reproductive physiology of the spider palpus. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris 41(Suppl. 1): 108-111.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
Mcheidze, T. S. 1997. [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi Univ., 390 pp. (in Georgian).
Namkung, J. 2003. The Spiders of Korea, 2nd. ed. Kyo-Hak Publ. Co., Seoul, 648 pp.
Namkung, J., W. H. Paik & K. I. Yoon. 1972. The spider fauna of Mt. Jiri, Cholla-namdo, Korea. Korean J. Pl. Prot. 11: 91-99.
Namkung, N. 2002. The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp.
Palmgren, P. 1974. Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. IV. Argiopidae, Tetragnathidae und Mimetidae. Fauna Fenn. 24: 1-70.
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.
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.
Saito, S. 1959. The Spider Book Illustrated in Colours. Hokuryukan, Tokyo, 194 pp.
Saito, S. 1934. A supplementary note on spiders from southern Saghalin, with descriptions of three new species. Trans. Sapporo nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 326-340.
Thorell, T. 1873. Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part IV. Uppsala, pp. 375-645.
Thorell, T. 1870. Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part I. Uppsala, pp. 1-96.
Tyschchenko, V. P. 1971. Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, pp. 1-281.
Westring, N. 1861. Araneae svecieae. Göteb. Kongl. Vet. Handl. 7: 1-615.
Wiehle, H. 1963. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der deutschen Spinnenfauna III. Zool. Jb. (Syst.) 90: 227-298.
Wiehle, H. 1931. Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. Araneidae. In Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Jena, 27: 1-136
Yaginuma, T. 1986. Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publ. Co., Osaka.
Yaginuma, T. & Y. Nishikawa. 1969. Spider survey on Mt. Ontake, Gifu Prefecture, in 1968. Ann. Rep. JIBP-CT-S Fiscal Year 1968 43: 71-87.
Yoo, J. C. & J. P. Kim. 2002. Studies on basic pattern and evolution of male palpal organ (Arachnida: Araneae). Korean Arachnol. 18: 13-31.
†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 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. marmoreus Clerck, 1757 ...............Holarctic
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. 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