Nearctic States & Provinces: CO CT
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/15325
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757)
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Araniella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942
Species: Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Palearctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CO CT
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: Nieuwenhuys, Ed
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:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
Credit: Sollfors, Stefan
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Araneus cucurbitinus Clerck 1757 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Clerck 1757 |
| Aranea cucurbitina Linnaeus 1758 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Clerck 1758 |
| Aranea frischii Scopoli 1763 |
| Aranea octopunctata Linnaeus 1767 |
| Aranea viridis-punctata De Geer 1778 |
| Aranea depressa Razoumowsky 1789 |
| Epeira cucurbitina Walckenaer 1805 |
| Epeira cucurbitina Sundevall 1833 |
| Miranda cucurbitina C. L. Koch 1838 |
| Epeira squamosa Seidel 1849 |
| Epeira cucurbitina Blackwall 1864 |
| Miranda cucurbitina Menge 1866 |
| Epeira cossoni Simon 1885 |
| Epeira cucurbitina Kulczynski 1885 |
| Epeira cucurbitina Becker 1896 |
| Epeira cucurbitina Bösenberg 1901 |
| Epeira cucurbitina Kulczynski 1901 |
| Araneus cossoni Kulczynski 1905 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus typicus Kulczynski 1905 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus typicus Lessert 1910 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Charitonov 1926 |
| Aranea cucurbitina Reimoser 1929 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Simon 1929 |
| Aranea cucurbitina Wiehle 1931 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Chamberlin & Ivie 1942 |
| Aranea cucurbitina Drensky 1943 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Archer 1951 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Millidge & Locket 1952 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Tullgren 1952 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Chrysanthus 1955 |
| Aranea cucurbitina Zamaraev 1964 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Miller 1971 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Izmailova 1972 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Loksa 1972 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Bakhvalov 1974 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Locket, Millidge & Merrett 1974 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Palmgren 1974 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Wunderlich 1975 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Punda 1975 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Blanke 1976 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Blanke 1980 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Tikader & Bal 1981 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Legotai & Sekerskaya 1982 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Tikader 1982 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Blanke 1982 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Roberts 1985 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Ransy 1987 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Legotai & Sekerskaya 1989 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Hu & Wu 1989 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Roberts 1995 |
| Araneus cucurbitinus Mcheidze 1997 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Yin et al. 1997 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Roberts 1998 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Hu 2001 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Melero & Anadón 2002 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Namkung 2002 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Namkung 2003 |
| Araniella cucurbitina Almquist 2005 |
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†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 Araniella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942‡‡
A. displicata (Hentz, 1847) ...............Holarctic
A. inconspicua (Simon, 1874) ...............Palearctic
A. proxima (Kulczynski, 1885) ...............Holarctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution