Species Cercidia prominens

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

colorful tiny spider - Cercidia prominens - male

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 Cercidia

Species prominens (Cercidia prominens)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Range

This species has a northern distribution and is known from Massachusetts and New Hampshire west to Alberta. (1)

Remarks

Levi was unsure if this species was introduced to North America due to its spotty distribution. It is well known from the Old World. (2)

Works Cited

1.	The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska - The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23 Dondale, C.D., J.H. Redner, P, Paquin and H.W. Levi. 2003. NRC Research Press.

2.	The American orb-weaver genera Larinia, Cercidia and Mangora north of Mexico H.W. Levi. 1975. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 147: 100-135.

Contributed by tom murray on 20 May, 2010 - 7:28am
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 20 January, 2023 - 7:13am

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