Nearctic States & Provinces: CA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/6742
Achaearanea acoreensis (Berland, 1932)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Achaearanea Strand, 1929
Species: Achaearanea acoreensis (Berland, 1932)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
space web builders
‡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†
| Achaearanea acoreensis Berland 1932 |
| Theridion acoreensis Machado 1941 |
| Achaearanea geochares Levi 1955 |
| Achaearanea acoreensis Denis 1962 |
| Achaearanea acoreensis Levi 1963 |
| Achaearanea acoreensis Levi 1967 |
| Achaearanea teja Levi 1967 |
| Achaearanea acoreensis Sedgwick 1973 |
| Achaearanea acoreensis Wunderlich 1992 |
Taxonomic References†
Berland, L. 1932. Voyage de MM. L. Chopard et A. Méquignon aux Açores (ao–t-septembre 1930). II; Araignées. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 101: 69-84 (see also Bull. Soc. ent. Fr., 1932: p. 119).
Denis, J. 1962. Les araignées de l'archipel de Madère (Mission du Professeur Vandel). Publções Inst. Zool. Dr Augusto Nobre 79: 1-118.
Levi, H. W. 1967. The theridiid spider fauna of Chile. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 136: 1-20.
Levi, H. W. 1967. Cosmopolitan and pantropical species of theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae). Pacif. Insects 9: 175-186.
Levi, H. W. 1963. American spiders of the genus Achaearanea and the new genus Echinotheridion (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 129: 187-240.
Levi, H. W. 1955. The spider genera Coressa and Achaearanea in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1718: 1-33.
Machado, A. de B. 1941. Araignées nouvelles pour la faune portugaise (II). Mem. Est. Mus. zool. Univ. Coimbra 117: i-xvi, 1-60.
Sedgwick, W. C. 1973. New species, records and synonyms of Chilean theridiid spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae). Psyche, Camb. 80: 349-354.
Wunderlich, J. 1992. Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution. Beitr. Araneol. 1: 1-619.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THERIDIIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Achaearanea Strand, 1929‡‡
A. ambera Levi, 1963 ...............USA
A. canionis (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929) ...............USA
A. chiricahua Levi, 1955 ...............USA
A. conjuncta (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) ...............USA, Canada
A. florendida Levi, 1959 ...............USA to Venezuela
A. florens (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896) ...............USA to Panama, Cuba
A. fresno Levi, 1955 ...............USA
A. globosa (Hentz, 1850) ...............North America
A. insulsa (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) ...............USA, Mexico
A. lunata (Clerck, 1757) ...............Palearctic
A. porteri (Banks, 1896) ...............USA to Panama, West Indies
A. riparia (Blackwall, 1834) ...............Palearctic
A. rupicola (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA, Canada
A. schullei (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) ...............USA, Mexico
A. serenoae (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) ...............USA
A. simulans (Thorell, 1875) ...............Palearctic
A. tabulata Levi, 1980 ...............Holarctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution