Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC MB NB NL NT NS ON PE QC SK YT AK CO MT NH NC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/15176
Araneus saevus (L. Koch, 1872)
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Araneus Clerck, 1757
Species: Araneus saevus (L. Koch, 1872)
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page complete and awaiting review)
General Comments: The range of this species is Alaska to Newfoundland and Labrador, south to Oregon, northern Colorado, and New York; Europe and Asia. Specimens of A. saevus are distinguished from other Araneus species by the prominent strongly curved apophysis, by the thick embolus, which terminates in 3-4 blunt processes, and by the flat bilobed posterior plate of the epigynum. Its large size is also partly diagnostic.
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 NT NS ON PE QC SK YT AK CO MT NH NC
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:
in forests on trees, lodgepole pine in the Rockies
Life & Natural History:
Typical habitats include trunks and lower branches of large forest trees. Mature males and females have been collected in August and September.
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Bryan, Nora
Details About Males
Description:
Carapace dark brown to black with silvery setae. Legs nearly black with darker rings at middle and tips of segments. Abdomen with paired humps on anterolateral regions. Venter with paired white spots.
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 11.98 mm
A = 6.53 mm
C = 5.43 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
Coloration much the same as male, but abdominal pattern more distinct.
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 11.65 mm
A = 4.78 mm
C = 4.24 mm
Image of Epigynum:
Credit: Slowik, Joey
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 saevus L. Koch 1872 |
| Epeira saeva L. Koch 1872 |
| Epeira sinistra Thorell 1873 |
| Epeira zimmermanni Thorell 1875 |
| Epeira solitaria Emerton 1884 |
| Epeira nigra Emerton 1894 |
| Epeira saevus Kulczynski 1901 |
| Epeira zimmermanni Bösenberg 1901 |
| Araneus saevus Lessert 1905 |
| Araneus saevus Lessert 1910 |
| Epeira solitaria Petrunkevitch 1910 |
| Araneus solitarius Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Araneus zimmermanni Charitonov 1926 |
| Aranea saevus Wiehle 1931 |
| Aranea zimmermanni Wiehle 1931 |
| Aranea angulata Comstock 1940 |
| Aranea angulata silvatica Comstock 1940 |
| Aranea solitaria Archer 1941 |
| Aranea saeva Drensky 1943 |
| Aranea solitaria Kaston 1948 |
| Araneus zimmermanni Johansson 1950 |
| Aranea nigra Archer 1951 |
| Aranea silvatica Archer 1951 |
| Aranea solitaria Archer 1951 |
| Araneus saevus Tullgren 1952 |
| Araneus saevus Wiehle 1963 |
| Araneus saevus Levi 1970 |
| Araneus saevus Levi 1971 |
| Araneus saevus Miller 1971 |
| Araneus zimmermanni Palmgren 1974 |
| Araneus saevus Kurka 1981 |
| Araneus saevus Izmailova 1989 |
| Araneus saevus Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Araneus saevus Tanikawa 2001 |
| Araneus saevus Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Araneus saevus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Araneus saevus Aakra 2005 |
| Araneus saevus Almquist 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
Aakra, K. 2005. Hjulspinnere - Araneidae. Insekt-Nytt 30: 23-38.
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.
Archer, A. F. 1941. Supplement to the Argiopidae of Alabama. Mus. Pap. geol. Surv. Ala 18: 1-47.
Bösenberg, W. 1901. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. I. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(1): 1-96.
Charitonov, D. E. 1926. Materialy k faounié paoukow Werchotourskogo Ourala. Izw. biol. Inst. Perm. 5: 49-60.
Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.
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.
Drensky, P. 1943. Die Spinnenfauna Bulgariens. VI. Unterordnung Arachnomorphae, II Gruppe Trionichia, Familie Euetrioidae. Bull. Inst. r. Hist. Nat. Sofia 16: 219-254.
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.
Johansson, K. E. 1950. Aranea zimmernanni [sic] (Thor.), eine für Schweden neue Spinne. Entomol. Tidsk. 71: 93-96.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Koch, L. 1872. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachnidenfauna Tirols. Zweite Abhandlung. Zeitschr. Ferdinand. Tirol Voral. (3) 17: 239-328.
Kulczynski, W. 1901. Arachnoidea. In Horvath, G. (ed.), Zoologische Ergebnisse der dritten asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy. Budapest, 2: 311-369.
Kurka, A. 1981. The discovery of Araneus saevus (L. Koch, 1872) in Bohemia (Araneida: Araneidae). C
Lessert, R. de. 1910. Catalogue des invertebres de la Suisse. Fasc. 3, Araignées. Musée d'histoire naturelle de Genève, pp. 1-635.
Lessert, R. de. 1905. Arachniden Graubündens. Rev. suisse zool. 13: 621-661.
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.
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.
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.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1910. Some new or little known American Spiders. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 19: 205-224.
Tanikawa, A. 2001. Twelve new species and one newly recorded species of the spider genus Araneus (Araneae: Araneidae) from Japan. Acta arachn. Tokyo 50: 63-86.
Thorell, T. 1875. Diagnoses Aranearum Europaearum aliquot novarum. Tijdschr. Ent. 18: 81-108.
Thorell, T. 1875. Descriptions of several European and North African spiders. Kongl. Svenska. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 13(5): 1-203.
Thorell, T. 1873. Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part IV. Uppsala, pp. 375-645.
Tullgren, A. 1952. Zur Kenntnis schwedischer Spinnen. I. Ent. Tidskr. 73: 151-177.
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
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ARANEIDAE.html
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.
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. 1971. The ravilla group of the orbweaver genus Eriophora in North America (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche, Camb. 77: 280-302.
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. quadratus Clerck, 1757 ...............Palearctic
A. raui Levi, 1973 ...............USA
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 saevus (L. Koch, 1872).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/15176 (Accessed: 10/7/2008 5:38:44 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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