Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) ➔ Class Arachnida (Arachnids) ➔ Order Araneae (Spiders) ➔ Family Araneidae (Orbweaver spiders)
Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1839)
Spotted Orb Weaver
Synonyms and other combinations:
Neoscona arkansa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 | Neoscona crucifera albimaculata (Strand, 1908) | Neoscona crucifera ladislausi (Strand, 1908) | Neoscona crucifera ochroleucella (Strand, 1908) | Neoscona crucifera pyramidella (Strand, 1908) | Neoscona hentzi (Keyserling, 1864) | Neoscona nebraskensis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 |
Further vernacular names:
Hentz Orb-weaver, Barn SpiderDistribution:
North America. Introduced to Hawaii, Canary Is., Madeira.References, further reading, links:
- Kropf C., Nentwig W., Blick T. & Gloor D. (organizing board). (2019). WSC: World Spider Catalog (version 19.5, Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
- G.B. Edwards: Neoscona crucifera (Lucas 1839) and N. domiciliorum (Hentz 1847) (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae)
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