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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus illaudatus

Species Araneus illaudatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Smiley face Spider - Araneus illaudatus Guy Smiley - Araneus illaudatus Unknown spider - Araneus illaudatus Spider ZH3Z6771 - Araneus illaudatus Orb weaver? - Araneus illaudatus spider - Araneus illaudatus - female Female Araneus sp. North Las Vegas Clark County - Araneus illaudatus - female Is this Araneus illaudatus - Araneus illaudatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)
Genus Araneus
Species illaudatus (Araneus illaudatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
illaudatus literally means "unpraised" in Latin, but can also mean "obscure, without fame" and "unpraisable, detestable"

First described in 1936 by Willis J Gertsch and Stanley B. Mulaik as Aranea illaudata
Araneus pima was described in 1971, but was soon shown to be the same species.
Identification
It closely resembles A. gemma.

Ventral view
Range
Texas west to California and north to Utah and Oregon (1)
Works Cited
1.The diadematus group of the orb-weaver genus Araneus north of Mexico
H. W. Levi. 1971. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 141(4): 131-179.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 29 August, 2009 - 11:05am
Additional contributions by cheins, Chuck Entz, Edward Ruden
Last updated 14 January, 2023 - 5:03pm

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