Nearctic States & Provinces: AB MB ON QC NH
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/15510
Cercidia prominens (Westring, 1851)
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Cercidia Thorell, 1869
Species: Cercidia prominens (Westring, 1851)
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB MB ON QC NH
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:
(images not yet available)
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 4.33 mm
A = 2.01 mm
C = 1.57 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 5.4 mm
A = 2.2 mm
C = 1.68 mm
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
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†
| Cercidia prominens Westring 1851 |
| Epeira prominens Westring 1851 |
| Epeira bella Meade 1861 |
| Epeira ochracea Grube 1861 |
| Singa prominens Westring 1861 |
| Singa scutifera Westring 1861 |
| Epeira bella Blackwall 1864 |
| Atea spinosa Ohlert 1865 |
| Cercis prominens Menge 1866 |
| Cercidia prominens Thorell 1869 |
| Miranda carinata Giebel 1869 |
| Cercidia prominens Thorell 1870 |
| Cercidia prominens Becker 1896 |
| Cercidia prominens Bösenberg 1901 |
| Araneus prominens Bryant 1908 |
| Araneus prominens Simon 1929 |
| Cercidia prominens Wiehle 1931 |
| Cercidia prominens Drensky 1943 |
| Cercidia prominens Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Cercidia prominens Beer 1964 |
| Cercidia prominens Zamaraev 1964 |
| Cercidia prominens Azheganova 1968 |
| Cercidia prominens Miller 1971 |
| Cercidia prominens Loksa 1972 |
| Cercidia prominens Palmgren 1974 |
| Cercidia prominens Levi 1975 |
| Cercidia prominens Marusik 1985 |
| Cercidia prominens Roberts 1985 |
| Cercidia prominens Roth 1985 |
| Cercidia prominens Wesolowska 1988 |
| Cercidia prominens Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Cercidia prominens Roberts 1995 |
| Cercidia prominens Roberts 1998 |
| Cercidia prominens Hutchinson, Paquin & Dupérré 2000 |
| Cercidia prominens Levi 2002 |
| Cercidia prominens Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Cercidia prominens Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Cercidia prominens Almquist 2005 |
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.
Beer, S. A. 1964. On the fauna and ecology of spiders in the Murman region. Zool. Zh. 43: 525-533.
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.
Bryant, E. B. 1908. List of the Araneina. In Fauna of New England, 9. Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 7: 1-105.
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.
Giebel, C. G. 1869. Am Vierwaldstädter See. Zeitschr. gesam. Naturw. 34: 263-311 (Araneae, pp. 298-307).
Grube, A. E. 1861. Beschreibung neuer, von den Herren L. v. Schrenck, Maack, C. v. Ditmar u. a. im Amurlande und in Ostsibirien gesammelter Araneiden. Bull. Acad. imp. sci. S.-Pétersb. 4: 161-180 [separate, pp. 1-29].
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Hutchinson, R., P. Paquin & N. Dupérré. 2000. Cercidia prominens (Westring) (Araneae: Araneidae): nouvelles mentions au Québec, répartition géographique et notes biologiques. Fabreries 25: 40-45.
Levi, H. W. 2002. Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas. J. Arachnol. 30: 527-562.
Levi, H. W. 1975. The American orb-weaver genera Larinia, Cercidia and Mangora north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 147: 101-135.
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. 1985. [Revision of the spider genus Cercidia Thorell (Aranei: Araneidae) with a description of a new species]. Vest. Leningr. gos. Univ. (Biol.) 1985(3): 114-118.
Meade, R. H. 1861. Description of a new species of spider lately discovered in England. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 7: 20-21.
Menge, A. 1866. Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N.F.) 1: 1-152
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Ohlert, E. 1865. Arachnologische Studien. Off. Prüf. Schül. höh. Königsberg Programm 1865: 1-12.
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.
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.
Roth, V. D. 1985. Spider genera of North America. American Arachnological Society, Gainesville, Florida.
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.
Thorell, T. 1870. Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part I. Uppsala, pp. 1-96.
Thorell, T. 1869. On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature. Nova Acta reg. Soc. sci. Upsaliae (3) 7: 1-108.
Wesolowska, W. 1988. Redescriptions of the A. Grube's East Siberian species of spiders (Aranei) in the collection of the Natural History Museum at Wroclaw. Annls zool. Warsz. 41: 403-413.
Westring, N. 1861. Araneae svecieae. Göteb. Kongl. Vet. Handl. 7: 1-615.
Westring, N. 1851. Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan. Götenborg. Kongl. Vet. Handl. 2: 25-62.
Wiehle, H. 1931. Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. Araneidae. In Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Jena, 27: 1-136
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 Cercidia Thorell, 1869‡‡
No Other Species
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: ARANEIDAE, Cercidia prominens (Westring, 1851).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/15510 (Accessed: 12/4/2008 1:18:28 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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