Species Araneus bicentenarius - Giant Lichen Orbweaver

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References

What Kind of spider - Araneus bicentenarius

Huge Spider - Araneus bicentenarius - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)

Genus Araneus

Species bicentenarius (Giant Lichen Orbweaver)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sometimes misspelled as bicentarius (even here previously). bicentenarius is consistent with the The World Spider Catalogue and with the name's origins.

Explanation of Names

Latin for "of or having to do with two hundred" from bis- "twice" + centenarius- of "one hundred"

Collected by the species' author, McCook, during Philadelphia's bicentennial in 1882.

Range

AL, GA, FL, IL, IN, LA, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NS, NY, MA, ME, ON, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV (1)

Internet References

(1)Spiderlist - A list compiled by a committee of volunteer contributors of the American Arachnological Society.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by Lynette, Chuck Entz
Last updated 19 September, 2008 - 4:55pm

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