Nearctic States & Provinces: BC NB NL NS ON QC MD NH PA WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16292
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)
bridge orbweaver
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Larinioides Caporiacco, 1934
Species: Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
bridge orbweaver
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
BC NB NL NS ON QC MD NH PA WA
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: Nieuwenhuys, Ed
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
Credit: Gabriel, Guido
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Araneus sclopetarius Clerck 1757 |
| Araneus sericatus Clerck 1757 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Clerck 1757 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Clerck 1758 |
| Aranea undata Olivier 1789 |
| Aranea oviger Panzer 1804 |
| Epeira sericata C. L. Koch 1833 |
| Epeira virgata Hahn 1834 |
| Epeira frondosa Walckenaer 1842 |
| Epeira sericata C. L. Koch 1844 |
| Epeira sclopetaria Westring 1851 |
| Epeira sericata Blackwall 1864 |
| Epeira sclopetaria Menge 1866 |
| Epeira hygrophila Simon 1874 |
| Epeira sclopetaria Hansen 1882 |
| Epeira sclopetaria Emerton 1884 |
| Epeira sclopetaria Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Epeira sclopetaria McCook 1894 |
| Epeira sclopetaria Becker 1896 |
| Epeira sclopetaria Bösenberg 1901 |
| Epeira sclopetaria Emerton 1902 |
| Araneus sericatus Simon 1929 |
| Aranea undata Wiehle 1931 |
| Aranea undata Reimoser 1932 |
| Aranea sericata Comstock 1940 |
| Aranea undata Archer 1940 |
| Aranea undata Bristowe 1941 |
| Aranea undata Drensky 1943 |
| Epeira undata Kaston 1948 |
| Araneus sclopetarius Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Araneus undatus Saito 1959 |
| Cyphepeira sclopetaria Yaginuma & Archer 1959 |
| Aranea sclopetaria Zamaraev 1964 |
| Araneus sericatus Shear 1967 |
| Araneus sericatus Miller 1971 |
| Araneus sericatus Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Araneus sericatus Loksa 1972 |
| Nuctenea sclopetaria Levi 1974 |
| Larinioides sclopetaria Grasshoff 1983 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Roberts 1985 |
| Araneus sclopetarius Hu & Wu 1989 |
| Larinioides sclopetaria Ware & Opell 1989 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Nuctenea sclopetaria Herreros 1991 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Horak & Kropf 1992 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Roberts 1995 |
| Larinioides sclopetaria Yin et al. 1997 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Roberts 1998 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Kim & Kim 2002 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Morano 2002 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Namkung 2002 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Namkung 2003 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Almquist 2005 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Trotta 2005 |
| Larinioides sclopetarius Jäger 2006 |
Taxonomic References†
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Archer, A. F. 1940. The Argiopidae or orb-weaving spiders of Alabama. Mus. Pap. geol. Surv. Ala 14: 1-77.
Becker, L. 1896. Les arachnides de Belgique. Ann. Mus. Roy. Hist. nat. Belg. 12: 1-3788.
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.
Bristowe, W. S. 1941. The comity of spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: xiv + 229-560.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1891. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 1: 1-170.
Clerck, C. 1757. Svenska spindlar, uti sina hufvud-slågter indelte samt under några och sextio särskildte arter beskrefne och med illuminerade figurer uplyste. Stockholmiae, 154 pp.
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. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1884. New England spiders of the family Epeiridae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 295-342.
Grasshoff, M. 1983. Larinioides Caporiacco 1934, der korrekte Name für die sogenannte Araneus cornutus-Gruppe (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenberg. biol. 64: 225-229.
Hahn, C. W. 1834. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Zweite Band, pp. 17-56.
Hansen, H., J. 1882. Spindeldyr. In Schiödte, J. C. (ed.), Zoologia Danica. Kjöbenhavn, 3: 1-81, I-V.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Herreros R., J. A. 1991. Datos sobre algunos araneidos (O. Araneae) del Valle del Jùcar (Albacete). Jorn. Sobre Medio Nat. Albacetense (Ser. III) 1: 207-217.
Horak, P. & C. Kropf. 1992. Larinioides ixobolus (Thorell) und L. sclopetarius (Clerck), zwei nahe verwandte Arten aus der Steiermark und benachbarten Gebieten (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae). Mitt. naturwiss. Ver. Steiermark 122: 167-171.
Hu, J. L. & W. G. Wu. 1989. Spiders from agricultural regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Shandong Univ. Publ. House, Jinan, 435 pp.
Jäger, P. 2006. I. Order Araneae. In R. Gerecke (ed.), Chelicerata: Araneae, Acari I. Süswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa 7/2-1: 1-13.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Kim, J. M. & J. P. Kim. 2002. A revisional study of family Araneidae Dahl, 1912 (Arachnida, Araneae) from Korea. Korean Arachnol. 18 171-266.
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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 Larinioides Caporiacco, 1934‡‡
L. cornutus (Clerck, 1757) ...............Holarctic
L. ixobolus (Thorell, 1873) ...............Palearctic
L. patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) ...............Holarctic
L. patagiatus islandicola (Strand, 1906) ...............Iceland
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution