Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
ambushers
‡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)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Nieuwenhuys, Ed
Details About Males
Description:
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Image of External Male Genitalia:
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Details About Females
Description:
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Image of Epigynum:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Aranea dorsata Fabricius 1777 |
| Diaea dorsata Fabricius 1777 |
| Aranea hermaphrodita Martini & Goeze, in Lister 1778 |
| Aranea dorsata Olivier 1789 |
| Aranea dorsata Fabricius 1793 |
| Aranea floricola Walckenaer 1802 |
| Thomisus floricolens Walckenaer 1805 |
| Thomisus dorsatus Hahn 1832 |
| Thomisus dorsatus Hahn 1833 |
| Thomisus dorsatus Sundevall 1833 |
| Thomisus floricolens Walckenaer 1837 |
| Thomisus capparinus C. L. Koch 1845 |
| Thomisus dorsatus C. L. Koch 1845 |
| Thomisus floricolens Blackwall 1861 |
| Diana caparina Simon 1864 |
| Diana dorsalis Simon 1864 |
| Diaea dorsata Thorell 1870 |
| Diaea dorsata Thorell 1872 |
| Diaea devoniensis O. P.-Cambridge 1879 |
| Diaea dorsata O. P.-Cambridge 1881 |
| Diaea dorsata Becker 1882 |
| Diaea dorsata Hansen 1882 |
| Diaea dorsata Bösenberg 1902 |
| Diaea dorsata Simon 1932 |
| Diaea dorsata Tullgren 1944 |
| Diaea dorsata Locket & Millidge 1951 |
| Diaea dorsata Chikuni 1955 |
| Diaea dorsata Vilbaste 1969 |
| Diaea dorsata Miller 1971 |
| Diaea dorsata Braendegaard 1972 |
| Diaea dorsata Buchar & Thaler 1984 |
| Diaea dorsata Ono 1985 |
| Diaea dorsata Roberts 1985 |
| Diaea dorsata Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Diaea dorsata Roberts 1995 |
| Diaea dorsata Roberts 1998 |
| Diaea dorsata Urones 2000 |
| Diaea dorsata Lehtinen 2005 |
| Diaea dorsata Trotta 2005 |
| Diaea dorsata Almquist 2006 |
Taxonomic References†
Almquist, S. 2006. Swedish Araneae, part 2--families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 63: 285-601.
Becker, L. 1882. Les Arachnides de Belgique. I. Ann. Mus. Roy. Hist. natur. Belg. 10: 1-246.
Blackwall, J. 1861. A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, 1: 1-174.
Bösenberg, W. 1902. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. II-IV. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14: 97-384.
Braendegaard, J. 1972. Edderkopper: Eller Spindlere II. Danmarks Fauna 80: 1-231.
Buchar, J. & K. Thaler. 1984. Eine Zweite Diaea-Art in Mitteleuropa: Diaea pictilis (Araneida, Thomisidae). Ve
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1881. The spiders of Dorset, with an appendix containing short descriptions of those British species not yet found in Dorsetshire. Proc. Dorset Nat. Hist. Field Club 2: 237-625.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1879. On some new and rare British spiders, with characters of a new genus. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 4: 190-215.
Chikuni, Y. 1955. Five interesting spiders from Japan highlands. Acta arachn. Tokyo 14: 29-40.
Fabricius, J. C. 1793. Entomologiae systematica. Hafniae, 2: 407-428.
Fabricius, J. C. 1777. Genera insectorum eorumque characteres naturales, secundum numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem omnium partium oris; adjecta mantissa specierum nuper detectarum. Chilonii, 310 pp. (Araneae, pp. 152, 249-250).
Hahn, C. W. 1833. Monographie der Spinnen. Nürnberg, Heft 7, 1 p., 4 pls.
Hahn, C. W. 1832. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Erster Band, pp. 25-76.
Hansen, H., J. 1882. Spindeldyr. In Schiödte, J. C. (ed.), Zoologia Danica. Kjöbenhavn, 3: 1-81, I-V.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Koch, C. L. 1845. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Zwolfter Band, pp. 1-166.
Lehtinen, P. T. 2005. Taxonomic notes on the Misumenini (Araneae: Thomisidae: Thomisinae), primarily from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. In Logunov, D. V. & D. Penney (eds.), European Arachnology 2003 (Proceedings of the 21st European Colloquium of Arachnology, St.-Petersburg, 4-9 August 2003). Arthropoda Selecta, Special Issue 1: 147-184.
Lister, M. 1778. Naturgeschichte der Spinnen uberhaupt und der Engelländischen Spinnen. Duedlinburg and Blankenburg, 302 pp.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1951. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 1: 1-310.
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Olivier G., A. 1789. Araignée, Aranea. Encycl. méth. Hist. nat. Ins. Paris 4: 173-240.
Ono, H. 1985. Revision einiger Arten der Familie Thomisidae (Arachnida, Araneae) aus Japan. Bull. natn. Sci. Mus. Tokyo (A) 11: 19-39.
Roberts, M. J. 1998. Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1995. Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1985. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
Simon, E. 1932. Les arachnides de France. Tome VI. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 4e partie. Paris, 6: 773-978.
Simon, E. 1864. Histoire naturelle des araignées (aranéides). Paris, pp. 1-540.
Sundevall, J. C. 1833. Svenska spindlarnes beskrifning. Fortsättning och slut. Kongl. Svenska Vet. Ak. Handl. 1832: 172-272.
Thorell, T. 1872. Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part III. Upsala, pp. 229-374.
Thorell, T. 1870. On European spiders. Nov. Act. reg. Soc. sci. Upsaline (3) 7: 109-242.
Trotta, A. 2005. Introduzione al ragni italiani (Arachnida Araneae). Memorie Soc. entomol. ital. 83: 3-178.
Tullgren, A. 1944. Svensk Spindelfauna. 3. Araneae (Salticidae, Thomisidae, Philodromidae och Eusparassidae). Stockholm, pp. 1-108.
Urones, C. 2000. El género Diaea Thorell, 1869 (Araneae, Thomisidae) en la Península Ibérica. Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent. 24: 85-96.
Vilbaste, A. 1969. Eesti Žmblikud I. Krabiämbliklased (Xysticidae), Jooksikämbliklased (Philodromidae) ja Hüpikämbliklased (Salticidae). Zooloogia ja Botaanika Instituut, Tallinn, pp. 1-224.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris, 1: 1-682.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1805. Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Paris, 88 pp.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1802. Faune parisienne. Insectes. ou Histoire abrégée des insectes de environs de Paris. Paris 2: 187-250.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THOMISIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Diaea Thorell, 1869‡‡
D. livens Simon, 1876 ...............USA, Central Europe to Azerbaijan
D. seminola Gertsch, 1939 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution