Nearctic States & Provinces: PA SC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/6855
Achaearanea rupicola (Emerton, 1882)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Achaearanea Strand, 1929
Species: Achaearanea rupicola (Emerton, 1882)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
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:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Achaearanea rupicola Emerton 1882 |
| Theridion rupicola Emerton 1882 |
| Theridion rupicola Kulczynski 1899 |
| Theridion rupicola Emerton 1902 |
| Theridion rupicola Kaston 1948 |
| Cryptachaea rupicola Archer 1950 |
| Achaearanea rupicola Levi 1955 |
| Achaearanea rupicola Levi & Levi 1962 |
| Achaearanea rupicola 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.
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.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Kulczynski, W. 1899. Arachnoidea opera Rev. E. Schmitz collecta in insulis Maderianis et in insulis Selvages dictis. Rozpr. spraw. wydz. mat. przyrod. Akad. umiej. Cracov 36: 319-461.
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. & 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.
†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. 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. 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