Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC SK CA CO MT WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16509
Metepeira grandiosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Metepeira F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903
Species: Metepeira grandiosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC SK CA CO MT WY
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:
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Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
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Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Metepeira grandiosa Chamberlin & Ivie 1941 |
| Metepeira alpina Chamberlin & Ivie 1942 |
| Metepeira dakota Chamberlin & Ivie 1942 |
| Metepeira palomara Chamberlin & Ivie 1942 |
| Metepeira grandiosa Levi 1977 |
| Metepeira grandiosa alpina Levi 1977 |
| Metepeira grandiosa Piel 2001 |
| Metepeira grandiosa alpina Piel 2001 |
| Metepeira grandiosa Dondale et al. 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1942. A hundred new species of American spiders. Bull. Univ. Utah 32(13): 1-117.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1941. Spiders collected by L. W. Saylor and others, mostly in California. Bull. Univ. Utah 31(8): 1-49.
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.
Levi, H. W. 1977. The orb-weaver genera Metepeira, Kaira and Aculepeira in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 148: 185-238.
Piel, W. H. 2001. The systematics of Neotropical orb-weaving spiders in the genus Metepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 157: 1-92.
†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 Metepeira F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903‡‡
M. arizonica Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA, Mexico
M. comanche Levi, 1977 ...............USA, Mexico
M. crassipes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA, Mexico
M. datona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA, Greater Antilles
M. foxi Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 ...............USA, Canada
M. gosoga Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA, Mexico
M. labyrinthea (Hentz, 1847) ...............North America
M. minima Gertsch, 1936 ...............USA to Honduras
M. palustris Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA, Canada
M. pimungan Piel, 2001 ...............USA
M. spinipes F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903 ...............USA, Mexico
M. ventura Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA, Mexico
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution