The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/15099

Araneus pegnia (Walckenaer, 1842)

FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
    Genus: Araneus Clerck, 1757
        Species: Araneus pegnia (Walckenaer, 1842)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  orbweavers
Genus Common Name:  angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA to Ecuador and Jamaica
Nearctic States & Provinces:   OK SC TX
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: Dept. Biology, Samford University

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†

Araneus pegnia Walckenaer 1842
Epeira pegnia Walckenaer 1842
Epeira tytera Walckenaer 1842
Epeira globosa Keyserling 1865
Epeira triaranea McCook 1876
Epeira globosa McCook 1878
Epeira triaranea Emerton 1884
Epeira solersioides O. P.-Cambridge 1889
Epeira globosa Keyserling 1892
Epeira pegnia McCook 1894
Epeira globosa Emerton 1902
Neosconella solersioides F. O. P.-Cambridge 1904
Araneus pegnia Petrunkevitch 1911
Araneus solersioides Petrunkevitch 1911
Neosconella bella Chamberlin & Ivie 1942
Epeira pegnia Kaston 1948
Neosconella pegnia Archer 1951
Araneus pegnia Levi 1973
Araneus pegnia Levi 1981
Araneus bellus Brignoli 1983
Araneus pegnia Levi 1991
Araneus pegnia Dondale et al. 2003

Taxonomic References†

Archer, A. F. 1951. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. Am. Mus. Novit. 1487: 1-52.

Brignoli, P. M. 1983. A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester Univ. Press, 755 pp.

Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1904. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 465-560.

Cambridge, O. P.-. 1889. Arachnida. Araneida. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 1: 1-56.

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

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. 1884. New England spiders of the family Epeiridae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 295-342.

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.

Keyserling, E. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Orbitelae Latr. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 15: 799-856.

Levi, H. W. 1991. The Neotropical and Mexican species of the orb-weaver genera Araneus, Dubiepeira, and Aculepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 152: 167-315.

Levi, H. W. 1981. More on the genus Araneus from North America. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 170: 254-256.

Levi, H. W. 1973. Small orb-weavers of the genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 145: 473-552.

McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.

McCook, H. C. 1878. The basilica spider and her snare. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1878: 124-135.

McCook, H., C. 1876. On webs of new species of spiders. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1876: 200-201.

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.

Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.

†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. nordmanni (Thorell, 1870) ...............Holarctic
A. partitus (Walckenaer, 1842) ...............USA
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