Nearctic States & Provinces: ON FL IL MD MO SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16617
Micrathena sagittata (Walckenaer, 1842)
arrowshaped micrathena
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Micrathena Sundevall, 1833
Species: Micrathena sagittata (Walckenaer, 1842)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
arrowshaped micrathena
Distribution
Global Distribution: North, Central America
Nearctic States & Provinces:
ON FL IL MD MO SC
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†
| Micrathena sagittata Walckenaer 1842 |
| Epeira spinea Hentz 1850 |
| Acrosoma bovinum Thorell 1859 |
| Acrosoma sagittatum Butler 1873 |
| Acrosoma spineum Emerton 1884 |
| Acrosoma sagittata McCook 1894 |
| Acrosoma spineum Emerton 1902 |
| Micrathena sagittata F. O. P.-Cambridge 1904 |
| Micrathena sagittata Reimoser 1917 |
| Micrathena sagittata Petrunkevitch 1930 |
| Micrathena sagittata Kaston 1948 |
| Micrathena comstocki Archer 1951 |
| Micrathena sagittata Archer 1951 |
| Micrathena sagittata emertoni Archer 1951 |
| Micrathena sagittata Chickering 1961 |
| Micrathena sagittata Wiehle 1967 |
| Micrathena sagittata Levi 1978 |
| Micrathena sagittata Levi 1985 |
| Micrathena sagittata Breene et al. 1993 |
| Micrathena sagittata Dondale et al. 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Archer, A. F. 1951. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. Am. Mus. Novit. 1487: 1-52.
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Butler, A. G. 1873. A list of the spiders of the genus Acrosoma. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1873: 420-429.
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.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
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.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1930. The spiders of Porto Rico. Part two. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 30: 159-356.
Reimoser, E. 1917. Die Spinnengattung Micrathena Sundevall. Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 67: 73-160.
Thorell, T. 1859. Nya exotiska Epeirider. Öfvers. Kongl. vet. Akad. Förh. 16: 299-304.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.
Wiehle, H. 1967. Meta,-eine semientelegyne Gattung der Araneae (Arach.). Senckenberg. biol. 48: 183-196.
†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. mitrata (Hentz, 1850) ...............USA to Brazil
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution