Nearctic States & Provinces: AL FL KS MO NC SC TN
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16597
Micrathena mitrata (Hentz, 1850)
white micrathena
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Micrathena Sundevall, 1833
Species: Micrathena mitrata (Hentz, 1850)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
white micrathena
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA to Brazil
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AL FL KS MO NC SC TN
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: Bartlett, Troy
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:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Epeira mitrata Hentz 1850 |
| Micrathena mitrata Hentz 1850 |
| Acrosoma peruana Taczanowski 1879 |
| Acrosoma mitrata Emerton 1884 |
| Acrosoma reduvianum McCook 1894 |
| Micrathena peruana Simon 1895 |
| Acrosoma mitrata Emerton 1902 |
| Micrathena mitrata F. O. P.-Cambridge 1904 |
| Micrathena patruelis luteomaculata Strand 1908 |
| Micrathena patruelis mediovittata Strand 1908 |
| Micrathena mitrata Chickering 1961 |
| Micrathena mitrata Levi 1978 |
| Micrathena mitrata Levi 1985 |
| Micrathena mitrata Dondale et al. 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1904. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 465-560.
Chickering, A. M. 1961. The genus Micrathena (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Central America. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 125: 391-470.
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.
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.
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Levi, H. W. 1985. The spiny orb-weaver genera Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 150: 429-618.
Levi, H. W. 1978. The American orb-weaver genera Colphepeira, Micrathena and Gasteracantha north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 148: 417-442.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 761-1084.
Strand, E. 1908. Diagnosen neuer aussereuropäischer Argiopiden. Zool. Anz. 33: 1-4.
Taczanowski, L. 1879. Les aranéides du Pérou central (suite). Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 15: 102-136.
†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 Micrathena Sundevall, 1833‡‡
M. funebris (Marx, 1898) ...............USA to Costa Rica
M. gracilis (Walckenaer, 1805) ...............North, Central America
M. sagittata (Walckenaer, 1842) ...............North, Central America
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution