Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC MB NB NL NT NS ON QC SK YT AK CA FL IA KS LA MA MI MO NH NM OK OR PA SC TX
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
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Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757)
furrow orbweaver
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Larinioides Caporiacco, 1934
Species: Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757)
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page complete and awaiting review)
General Comments: This species is distributed from Alaska to Newfoundland, south to California, Florida, and Panama, Europe and Asia (Dondale et al., 2003).
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
furrow orbweaver
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC MB NB NL NT NS ON QC SK YT AK CA FL IA KS LA MA MI MO NH NM OK OR PA SC TX
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:
Around houses, frequently in bushes, often near water, bridges, low shrubs.
Life & Natural History:
The web is usually verical, built toward evening, has 15-20 radii, and there is a silk-lined retreat nearby. Both sexes are mature from early spring to late autumn, and some individuals may overwinter as do immatures of various instars. Eggs are laid in spring or early summer (Dondale et al., 2003).
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Buckle, Don
Details About Males
Description:
Carapace is dark orange-red, sometimes paler at margins, thinly covered with white setae. Legs are yellowish to orange with distal portions of segments dark. Abdomen with greyish-brown heart mark and with paired, angular broken markings. Venter is black with distinct, white bracket-shaped marks (Dondale et al., 2003).
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 7.21 mm
A = 3.79 mm
C = 3.26 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
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Details About Females
Description:
Coloration as in male
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 9.49 mm
A = 3.89 mm
C = 3.38 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†
| Araneus cornutus Clerck 1757 |
| Larinioides cornutus Clerck 1757 |
| Nuctenea cornutus Clerck 1757 |
| Larinioides cornutus Clerck 1758 |
| Aranea leuwenhoekii Scopoli 1763 |
| Aranea foliata Fourcroy 1785 |
| Aranea apoclisa Walckenaer 1802 |
| Epeira marmorata Risso 1826 |
| Epeira lyrata Fischer-Waldheim 1830 |
| Epeira tricolor Fischer-Waldheim 1830 |
| Epeira apoclisa Sundevall 1833 |
| Epeira apoclisa Hahn 1834 |
| Epeira arundinacea C. L. Koch 1835 |
| Epeira apoclisa americana Walckenaer 1842 |
| Epeira foliosa Walckenaer 1842 |
| Epeira arundinacea C. L. Koch 1844 |
| Epeira foliata C. L. Koch 1844 |
| Epeira affinis Blackwall 1846 |
| Epeira strix Hentz 1847 |
| Epeira tectorum Bremi-Wolff 1849 |
| Epeira cornuta Westring 1851 |
| Epeira cornuta Westring 1861 |
| Epeira apoclysa Blackwall 1864 |
| Epeira foliata Keyserling 1864 |
| Epeira cornuta Menge 1866 |
| Epeira cornuta Simon 1874 |
| Epeira strix Emerton 1884 |
| Epeira cornuta Kulczynski 1885 |
| Epeira vicaria Kulczynski 1885 |
| Epeira cornuta Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Epeira cornuta McCook 1894 |
| Epeira cornuta Becker 1896 |
| Epeira cornuta Bösenberg 1901 |
| Epeira strix Emerton 1902 |
| Epeira cornuta Kulczynski 1908 |
| Epeira vicaria Grese 1909 |
| Epeira cornuta inermis Franganillo 1925 |
| Aranea foliata Reimoser 1928 |
| Araneus cornutus Simon 1929 |
| Aranea foliata Wiehle 1931 |
| Aranea frondosa Comstock 1940 |
| Aranea foliata Drensky 1943 |
| Aranea foliata Muma 1943 |
| Epeira foliata Kaston 1948 |
| Araneus cornutus Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Araneus cornutus Braendegaard 1958 |
| Araneus cornutus Saito 1959 |
| Cyphepeira cornuta Yaginuma & Archer 1959 |
| Aranea foliata Zamaraev 1964 |
| Araneus cornutus Miller 1971 |
| Araneus cornutus Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Araneus cornutus Izmailova 1972 |
| Araneus cornutus Loksa 1972 |
| Araneus cornutus Palmgren 1974 |
| Araneus cornutus Thaler 1974 |
| Araneus foliatus Bakhvalov 1974 |
| Nuctenea cornuta Levi 1974 |
| Araneus cornutus Yin 1978 |
| Nuctenea cornuta Paik 1978 |
| Nuctenea cornuta Paik & Namkung 1979 |
| Aranea cornuta Song 1980 |
| Larinioides cornuta Grasshoff 1983 |
| Araneus cornutus Hu 1984 |
| Araneus cornutus Guo 1985 |
| Araneus cornutus Zhu et al. 1985 |
| Larinioides cornutus Roberts 1985 |
| Larinioides cornutus Yaginuma 1986 |
| Araneus cornutus Song 1987 |
| Araneus cornutus Zhang 1987 |
| Araneus cornutus Chikuni 1989 |
| Araneus cornutus Chen & Gao 1990 |
| Araneus cornutus Feng 1990 |
| Araneus cornutus Chen & Zhang 1991 |
| Larinioides cornutus Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Nuctenea cornuta Herreros 1991 |
| Araneus cornutus Zhao 1993 |
| Larinioides cornutus Roberts 1995 |
| Larinioides cornutus Agnarsson 1996 |
| Araneus cornutus Mcheidze 1997 |
| Larinioides cornuta Yin et al. 1997 |
| Larinioides cornutus Mikhailov 1997 |
| Larinioides cornutus Levy 1998 |
| Larinioides cornutus Roberts 1998 |
| Larinioides cornutus Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Larinioides cornuta Hu 2001 |
| Larinioides cornutus Song, Zhu & Chen 2001 |
| Larinioides cornutus Kim & Kim 2002 |
| Larinioides cornutus Levi 2002 |
| Larinioides cornutus Morano 2002 |
| Larinioides cornutus Namkung 2002 |
| Larinioides cornutus Yoo & Kim 2002 |
| Larinioides cornutus Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Larinioides cornutus Namkung 2003 |
| Larinioides cornutus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Larinioides cornutus Almquist 2005 |
| Larinioides cornutus Trotta 2005 |
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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.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Larinioides Caporiacco, 1934‡‡
L. ixobolus (Thorell, 1873) ...............Palearctic
L. patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) ...............Holarctic
L. patagiatus islandicola (Strand, 1906) ...............Iceland
L. sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757) ...............Holarctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. submitted. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: ARANEIDAE, Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16288 (Accessed: 10/7/2008 5:19:15 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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