Nearctic States & Provinces: ON CO CT IL KS LA MD MO NE NJ NC OK TX VA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16706
Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838)
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Neoscona Simon, 1864
Species: Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
spotted orbweavers
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: North America, Canary Is., Madeira, Hawaii
Nearctic States & Provinces:
ON CO CT IL KS LA MD MO NE NJ NC OK TX VA
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 crucifera Lucas 1838 |
| Neoscona crucifera Lucas 1838 |
| Epeira lentiginosa Blackwall 1862 |
| Epeira hentzii Keyserling 1864 |
| Epeira domiciliorum Emerton 1884 |
| Epeira crucifera Kulczynski 1899 |
| Aranea crucifera albimaculata Strand 1908 |
| Aranea crucifera ladislausi Strand 1908 |
| Aranea crucifera ochroleucella Strand 1908 |
| Aranea crucifera pyramidella Strand 1908 |
| Neoscona benjamina Comstock 1940 |
| Neoscona arkansa Chamberlin & Ivie 1942 |
| Neoscona nebraskensis Chamberlin & Ivie 1942 |
| Neoscona sacra Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 |
| Neoscona benjamina Kaston 1948 |
| Neoscona hentzii Berman & Levi 1971 |
| Neoscona hentzi Kaston 1977 |
| Neoscona crucifera Grasshoff 1986 |
| Neoscona crucifera Dondale et al. 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Berman, J. D. & H. W. Levi. 1971. The orb weaver genus Neoscona in North America (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 141: 465-500.
Blackwall, J. 1862. Descriptions of newly-discovered spiders from the island of Madeira. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 9: 370-382.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1942. A hundred new species of American spiders. Bull. Univ. Utah 32(13): 1-117.
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.
Emerton, J. H. 1884. New England spiders of the family Epeiridae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 295-342.
Grasshoff, M. 1986. Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Neoscona in Afrika (Arachnida: Araneae). Zool. Wetensch. 250: 1-123.
Kaston, B. J. 1976. Supplement to the spiders of Connecticut. J. Arachnol. 4: 1-72.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1864. Beschreibungen neuer und wenig bekannter Arten aus der Familie Orbitelae Latr. oder Epeiridae Sund. Sitz.-ber. nat. Ges. Isis Dresden 1863: 63-98, 119-154.
Kulczynski, W. 1899. Arachnoidea opera Rev. E. Schmitz collecta in insulis Maderianis et in insulis Selvages dictis. Rozpr. spraw. wydz. mat. przyrod. Akad. umiej. Cracov 36: 319-461.
Lucas, H. 1838. Arachnides, Myriapodes et Thysanoures. In Barker-Webb, P. & S. Berthelot (eds.), Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris, 2(2): 19-52, pls. 6-7.
Strand, E. 1908. Diagnosen neuer aussereuropäischer Argiopiden. Zool. Anz. 33: 1-4.
†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 Neoscona Simon, 1864‡‡
N. adianta (Walckenaer, 1802) ...............Palearctic
N. arabesca (Walckenaer, 1842) ...............North, Central America, West Indies
N. domiciliorum (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA
N. oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) ...............USA to Peru, Galapagos Is.
N. pratensis (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, Canada
N. utahana (Chamberlin, 1919) ...............USA, Mexico
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution