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: Sollfors, Stefan
Credit: Gabriel, Guido
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: Gabriel, Guido
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Araneus quadratus Clerck 1757 |
| Araneus quadratus Clerck 1758 |
| Aranea reaumurii Scopoli 1763 |
| Aranea quadrimaculata De Geer 1778 |
| Epeira quadrata Walckenaer 1805 |
| Epeira quadrata Dufour 1824 |
| Epeira quadrata Sundevall 1833 |
| Epeira quadrata C. L. Koch 1838 |
| Epeira quadrata Blackwall 1864 |
| Epeira quadrata Menge 1866 |
| Epeira quadrata Thorell 1870 |
| Epeira quadrata Hansen 1882 |
| Epeira quadrata Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Epeira quadrata Becker 1896 |
| Epeira quadrata Bösenberg 1901 |
| Aranea reaumuri Strand 1906 |
| Araneus quadratus Simon 1929 |
| Aranea reaumuri Wiehle 1931 |
| Aranea reaumuri Reimoser 1932 |
| Aranea reaumuri Drensky 1943 |
| Aranea reamuri Mikulska 1953 |
| Araneus quadratus Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Araneus quadratus Saito 1959 |
| Aranea quadrata Zamaraev 1964 |
| Araneus quadratus Azheganova 1968 |
| Araneus quadratus Grasshoff 1968 |
| Araneus quadratus Yaginuma 1969 |
| Araneus quadratus Levi 1971 |
| Araneus quadratus Miller 1971 |
| Araneus quadratus Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Araneus quadratus Loksa 1972 |
| Araneus quadratus Grasshoff 1973 |
| Araneus quadratus Palmgren 1974 |
| Araneus quadratus Punda 1975 |
| Araneus quadratus Roberts 1985 |
| Araneus quadratus Yaginuma 1986 |
| Araneus flavidus Yin et al. 1990 |
| Araneus quadratus Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Araneus quadratus Roberts 1995 |
| Araneus flavidus Yin et al. 1997 |
| Araneus quadratus Mcheidze 1997 |
| Araneus quadratus Roberts 1998 |
| Araneus flavidus Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Araneus quadratus Marusik, Logunov & Koponen 2000 |
| Araneus quadratus Almquist 2005 |
| Araneus quadratus Marusik & Crawford 2006 |
| Araneus quadratus Topçu et al. 2006 |
Taxonomic References†
Almquist, S. 2005. Swedish Araneae, part 1: families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 62: 1-284.
Azheganova, N. S. 1968. Kratkii opredelitel' paukov (Aranei) lesnoi i lesostepnoi zony SSSR. Akademia Nauk SSSR, pp. 1-149.
Becker, L. 1896. Les arachnides de Belgique. Ann. Mus. Roy. Hist. nat. Belg. 12: 1-3788.
Blackwall, J. 1864. A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, Ray Society, 2: 175-384.
Bösenberg, W. 1901. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. I. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(1): 1-96.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1891. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 1: 1-170.
Clerck, C. 1757. Svenska spindlar, uti sina hufvud-slågter indelte samt under några och sextio särskildte arter beskrefne och med illuminerade figurer uplyste. Stockholmiae, 154 pp.
De Geer, C. 1778. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes. Stockholm, 7(3-4): 176-324.
Drensky, P. 1943. Die Spinnenfauna Bulgariens. VI. Unterordnung Arachnomorphae, II Gruppe Trionichia, Familie Euetrioidae. Bull. Inst. r. Hist. Nat. Sofia 16: 219-254.
Dufour, L. 1824. Descriptions et figures de quelques Arachnides. Ann. Sci. nat., Zool. 2: 205-211.
Grasshoff, M. 1973. Konstruktions- und Funktionsanalyse an Kopulationsorganen einiger Radnetzspinnen. Aufsätze Red. senckenberg. naturf. Ges. 24: 129-151.
Grasshoff, M. 1968. Morphologische Kriterien als Ausdruck von Artgrenzen bei Radnetzspinnen der Subfamilie Araneinae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae). Abh. senckenb. naturforsch. Ges. 516: 1-100.
Hansen, H., J. 1882. Spindeldyr. In Schiödte, J. C. (ed.), Zoologia Danica. Kjöbenhavn, 3: 1-81, I-V.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Koch, C. L. 1838. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Vierter Band, pp. 109-144, Funfter Band, pp. 1-124.
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.
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.
Marusik, Y. M. & R. L. Crawford. 2006. Spiders (Aranei) of Moneron Island. In Flora and Fauna of Moneron Island. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, pp. 171-195.
Marusik, Y. M., D. V. Logunov & S. Koponen. 2000. Spiders of Tuva, south Siberia. Institute for Biological Problems of the North, Magadan, 253 pp.
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
Mikulska, I. 1953. Pajak. Warsaw, Pan[acc. acute]stowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 70 pp.
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
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.
Reimoser, E. 1932. Einheimische Spinnen 10. Die Natur (Vienna) 8: 7-12, 60-64.
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.
Roberts, M. J. 1985. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
Saito, S. 1959. The Spider Book Illustrated in Colours. Hokuryukan, Tokyo, 194 pp.
Scopoli, J. A. 1763. Entomologia carniolica, exhibens insecta carniolae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnaeana. Vindobonae, 420 pp. (Araneae, pp. 392-404).
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.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
Strand, E. 1906. Die arktischen Araneae, Opiliones und Chernetes. In Römer-Schaudinn, Fauna Arctica. Jena, 4: 431-478.
Sundevall, J. C. 1833. Svenska spindlarnes beskrifning. Fortsättning och slut. Kongl. Svenska Vet. Ak. Handl. 1832: 172-272.
Thorell, T. 1870. Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part I. Uppsala, pp. 1-96.
Topçu, A., O. Seyyar, H. Demir & T. Türkes. 2006. A contribution to the knowledge of the Turkish spider fauna (Araneae). In C. Deltshev & P. Stoev (eds.), European Arachnology 2005. Acta zool. bulg. Suppl. 1: 335-338.
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.
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. 1969. On a Japanese spider identified with Araneus quadratus of Europe. Acta arachn. Tokyo 22: 17-23.
Yin, C. M., J. F. Wang, L. P. Xie & X. J. Peng. 1990. New and newly recorded species of the spiders of family Araneidae from China (Arachnida, Araneae). In Spiders in China: One Hundred New and Newly Recorded Species of the Families Araneidae and Agelenidae. Hunan Normal Univ. Press, pp. 1-171.
Yin, C. M., X. J. Peng, L. S. Gong, Y. F. Chen & J. P. Kim. 1997. Six new species of the genus Pardosa from China (Araneae: Lycosidae). Korean Arachnol. 13(2): 19-31.
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 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. 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. 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