Species Araneus yukon

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Unknown spider on Shepherdia canadensis - Araneus yukon

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 yukon (Araneus yukon)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Size

Female - 10 mm, Male - 7 mm (1)

Range

Yukon Territory and western Northwest Territories. (1)

Habitat

Firth River, a locality in which the species is found is on the north slope of the British Mountains, 25 miles from the Arctic Ocean. (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 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 7 January, 2012 - 10:28am
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 17 January, 2023 - 10:53am

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