Acanthepeira
Genus of spiders
Acanthepeira | |
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Acanthepeira stellata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Acanthepeira Marx, 1883[1] |
Type species | |
A. stellata (Walckenaer, 1805) | |
Species | |
5, see text |
Acanthepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by George Marx in 1883.[2]
Species
As of April 2019[update] it contains five species:[1]
- Acanthepeira cherokee Levi, 1976 – USA
- Acanthepeira labidura (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil
- Acanthepeira marion Levi, 1976 – USA, Mexico
- Acanthepeira stellata (Walckenaer, 1805) – Canada to Mexico
- Acanthepeira venusta (Banks, 1896) – USA, Cuba, Hispaniola
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Acanthepeira Marx, 1883". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ Marx, G. (1883). Araneina.
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