Nearctic States & Provinces: PA SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/6793
Achaearanea globosa (Hentz, 1850)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Achaearanea Strand, 1929
Species: Achaearanea globosa (Hentz, 1850)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces:
PA SC
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 globosa Hentz 1850 |
| Theridion globosum Hentz 1850 |
| Theridion globosum Emerton 1882 |
| Theridion globosum Keyserling 1884 |
| Theridion globosum Emerton 1902 |
| Theridion globosum Emerton 1911 |
| Hentziectypus globosus Archer 1946 |
| Theridion globosum Kaston 1948 |
| Hentziectypus globosus Archer 1950 |
| Achaearanea globosa Levi 1955 |
| Achaearanea globosa Levi 1961 |
| Achaearanea globosa Levi & Levi 1962 |
| Achaearanea globosus Kaston 1972 |
| Achaearanea globosa Levi & Randolph 1975 |
| Achaearanea globosa Roth 1982 |
| Achaearanea globosa Roth 1985 |
| Achaearanea globosa Breene et al. 1993 |
| Achaearanea globosa Roth 1994 |
| Achaearanea globosa Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Archer, A. F. 1950. A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Mus. Pap. Ala Mus. nat. Hist. 30: 1-40.
Archer, A. F. 1946. The Theridiidae or comb-footed spiders of Alabama. Mus. Pap. Ala Mus. nat. Hist. 22: 1-67.
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Emerton, J. H. 1911. New spiders from New England. Trans. Connect. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 16: 383-407.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Kaston, B. J. 1972. How to know the spiders, second ed. Dubuque, pp. 1-289.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1884. Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. Nürnberg, 1: 1-222.
Levi, H. W. 1961. Evolutionary trends in the development of palpal sclerites in the spider family Theridiidae. J. Morph. 108: 1-10.
Levi, H. W. 1955. The spider genera Coressa and Achaearanea in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1718: 1-33.
Levi, H. W. & D. E. Randolph. 1975. A key and checklist of American spiders of the family Theridiidae north of Mexico (Araneae). J. Arachnol. 3: 31-51.
Levi, H. W. & L. R. Levi. 1962. The genera of the spider family Theridiidae. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 127: 1-71.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Roth, V. D. 1994. Spider Genera of North America, with Keys to Families and Genera, and a Guide to Literature, third edition. Am. Arachnol. Soc., Gainesville, 203 pp.
Roth, V. D. 1985. Spider genera of North America. American Arachnological Society, Gainesville, Florida.
Roth, V. D. 1982. Handbook for spider identification. Published by the author, Portal, Arizona.
†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. acoreensis (Berland, 1932) ...............Cosmopolitan
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. 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