Nearctic States & Provinces: WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16740
Neoscona pratensis (Hentz, 1847)
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Neoscona Simon, 1864
Species: Neoscona pratensis (Hentz, 1847)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
spotted orbweavers
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
WI
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:
(images not yet available)
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†
| Epeira pratensis Hentz 1847 |
| Neoscona pratensis Hentz 1847 |
| Epeira pratensis Emerton 1884 |
| Epeira pratensis Keyserling 1892 |
| Epeira pratensis McCook 1894 |
| Epeira pratensis Emerton 1902 |
| Araneus pratensis Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Neoscona pratensis Crosby & Bishop 1928 |
| Neoscona pratensis Berman & Levi 1971 |
| Neoscona pratensis Barrion et al. 1988 |
| Neoscona pratensis Dondale et al. 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Barrion, A. A., C. V. Casal, L. D. Taylo & D. M. Amalin. 1988. Two orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) in the Philippines causing araneidism. Philipp. J. Sci. 116: 245-254.
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.
Crosby, C. R. & S. C. Bishop. 1928. Araneae. In A list of the insects of New York. Mem. Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta. 101: 1034-1074.
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. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.
Keyserling, E. 1892. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Nürnberg, 4: 1-208.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1911. A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greeland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 29: 1-791.
†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. crucifera (Lucas, 1838) ...............North America, Canary Is., Madeira, Hawaii
N. domiciliorum (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA
N. oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) ...............USA to Peru, Galapagos Is.
N. utahana (Chamberlin, 1919) ...............USA, Mexico
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution