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
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
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Image of Epigynum:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Araneus sturmi Hahn 1831 |
| Epeira sturmii Hahn 1831 |
| Atea sturmi C. L. Koch 1837 |
| Atea agalena C. L. Koch 1844 |
| Epeira alpina C. L. Koch 1844 |
| Epeira agalena Westring 1861 |
| Epeira agalenoides Simon 1870 |
| Epeira sturmi Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Epeira sturmi Bösenberg 1901 |
| Araneus sturmi Lessert 1910 |
| Araneus sturmi Simon 1929 |
| Aranea sturmi Wiehle 1931 |
| Aranea sturmi Drensky 1943 |
| Atea sturmi Archer 1951 |
| Conaranea sturmi Archer 1951 |
| Araneus sturmi Tullgren 1952 |
| Araneus sturmi Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Aranea sturmi Zamaraev 1964 |
| Araneus sturmi Miller 1971 |
| Araneus sturmi Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Araneus sturmi Loksa 1972 |
| Araneus sturmi Levi 1973 |
| Araneus sturmi Palmgren 1974 |
| Atea sturmi Punda 1975 |
| Araneus sturmi Xu & Wang 1983 |
| Araneus sturmi Roberts 1985 |
| Atea sturmi Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Atea sturmi Roberts 1995 |
| Araneus sturmi Yin et al. 1997 |
| Atea sturmi Bellmann 1997 |
| Atea sturmi Roberts 1998 |
| Araneus sturmi Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Araneus sturmi Aakra 2000 |
| Araneus sturmi Almquist 2005 |
| Araneus sturmi Trotta 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
Aakra, K. 2000. New records of spiders (Araneae) from Norway with notes on epigynal characters of Philodromus fuscomarginatus (De Geer) (Philodromidae) and Araneus sturmi (Hahn) (Araneidae). Norw. J. Entomol. 47: 77-88.
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). 2. Am. Mus. Novit. 1502: 1-34.
Archer, A. F. 1951. Remarks on certain European genera of argiopid spiders. Chicago Acad. Sci. nat. Hist. Misc. 84: 1-4.
Bellmann, H. 1997. Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. Frankh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart, 304 pp.
Bösenberg, W. 1901. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. I. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(1): 1-96.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1891. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 1: 1-170.
Drensky, P. 1943. Die Spinnenfauna Bulgariens. VI. Unterordnung Arachnomorphae, II Gruppe Trionichia, Familie Euetrioidae. Bull. Inst. r. Hist. Nat. Sofia 16: 219-254.
Hahn, C. W. 1831. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Erster Band, pp. 1-24.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Koch, C. L. 1844. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Eilfter Band, pp. 1-174.
Koch, C. L. 1837. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Nürnberg, Heft 1, pp. 1-39.
Lessert, R. de. 1910. Catalogue des invertebres de la Suisse. Fasc. 3, Araignées. Musée d'histoire naturelle de Genève, pp. 1-635.
Levi, H. W. 1973. Small orb-weavers of the genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 145: 473-552.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Simon, E. 1870. Aranéides noveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. sulle specie europee della famiglia degli Attidi. Mém. Soc. roy. sci. Liège (2) 3: 271-358.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
Trotta, A. 2005. Introduzione al ragni italiani (Arachnida Araneae). Memorie Soc. entomol. ital. 83: 3-178.
Tullgren, A. 1952. Zur Kenntnis schwedischer Spinnen. I. Ent. Tidskr. 73: 151-177.
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. 1931. Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. Araneidae. In Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Jena, 27: 1-136
Xu, Y. J. & L. Wang. 1983. [A record of Psechrus mimus Chamberlin]. J. Huizhou Teachers Coll. 1983(2): 35-36.
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. quadratus Clerck, 1757 ...............Palearctic
A. raui Levi, 1973 ...............USA
A. saevus (L. Koch, 1872) ...............Holarctic
A. santarita (Archer, 1951) ...............USA
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