Species Araneus andrewsi

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

Orb Weaver Female - Araneus andrewsi - female

Ventral view - Araneus andrewsi - female

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 andrewsi (Araneus andrewsi)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Identification

Female (adult/juvenile) -also see remarks below

Epigynum

Range

California north to Oregon (1)

Remarks

Compare these two different voucher females, collected only 32 miles apart in California:

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 Jeff Hollenbeck on 24 August, 2006 - 3:41pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins, Mandy Howe
Last updated 9 January, 2023 - 11:03am

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