Nearctic States & Provinces: CO KS MO TX
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/17098
Verrucosa arenata (Walckenaer, 1842)
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Verrucosa McCook, 1888
Species: Verrucosa arenata (Walckenaer, 1842)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA to Panama, Greater Antilles
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CO KS MO TX
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 mexicana Lucas 1833 |
| Epeira arenata Walckenaer 1842 |
| Verrucosa arenata Walckenaer 1842 |
| Epeira verrucosa Hentz 1850 |
| Acanthepeira verrucosa Marx 1883 |
| Verrucosa arenata McCook 1888 |
| Mahadiva reticulata O. P.-Cambridge 1889 |
| Mahadiva undecim-variolata O. P.-Cambridge 1889 |
| Mahadeva reticulata Keyserling 1892 |
| Mahadeva undecimvariolata Keyserling 1892 |
| Mahadeva verrucosa Keyserling 1892 |
| Verrucosa arenata McCook 1894 |
| Araneus mexicanus Simon 1895 |
| Epeira verrucosa Emerton 1902 |
| Verrucosa arenata F. O. P.-Cambridge 1904 |
| Verrucosa undecimvariolata F. O. P.-Cambridge 1904 |
| Araneus arenatus Petrunkevitch 1911 |
| Araneus aequiangulus Franganillo 1930 |
| Araneus aequiangulus ochraceus Franganillo 1930 |
| Verrucosa arenata Petrunkevitch 1930 |
| Verrucosa arenata Levi 1976 |
| Verrucosa arenata Coddington 1990 |
| Verrucosa arenata Scharff & Coddington 1997 |
| Verrucosa arenata Levi 2002 |
Taxonomic References†
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1904. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 465-560.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1889. Arachnida. Araneida. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 1: 1-56.
Coddington, J. A. 1990. Ontogeny and homology in the male palpus of orb-weaving spiders and their relatives, with comments on phylogeny (Araneoclada: Araneoidea, Deinopoidea). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 496: 1-52.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Franganillo B., P. 1930. Arácnidos de Cuba: Mas arácnidos nuevos de la Isla de Cuba. Mem. Inst. nac. Invest. cien. 1: 47-99 [reprinted separately, pp. 1-55; only reprint seen and cited].
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Keyserling, E. 1892. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Nürnberg, 4: 1-208.
Levi, H. W. 2002. Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas. J. Arachnol. 30: 527-562.
Levi, H. W. 1976. The orb-weaver genera Verrucosa, Acanthepeira, Wagneriana, Acacesia, Wixia, Scoloderus and Alpaida north of Mexico. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 147: 351-391.
Lucas, H. 1833. Description de l'Epeira mexicana. Mag. zool. Guérin 3(8): 1-2, pl. 3.
Marx, G. 1883. Araneina. In Howard, L. O. (ed.), A list of the invertebrate fauna of South Carolina. Charleston, pp. 21-26.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
McCook, H. C. 1888. Necessity for revising the nomenclature of American spiders. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1888: 74-79.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1930. The spiders of Porto Rico. Part two. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 30: 159-356.
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.
Scharff, N. & J. A. Coddington. 1997. A phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 355-434.
Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 761-1084.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.
†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 Verrucosa McCook, 1888‡‡
No Other Species
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution