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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Nephilidae » Golden Orb-weavers (Trichonephila) » Jorō Spider (Trichonephila clavata)

Species Trichonephila clavata - Jorō Spider

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Nephilidae
Genus Trichonephila (Golden Orb-weavers)
Species clavata (Jorō Spider)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
(see World Spider Catalog)
Explanation of Names
Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878
Range
native to E Asia; USA: Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Oklahoma
iNaturalist
Remarks
earliest record in our area: Georgia, 2014
See Also
the native Trichonephila clavipes
Print References
Hoebeke E.R., Huffmaster W., Freeman B.J. (2015) Nephila clavata L Koch, the Joro Spider of East Asia, newly recorded from North America (Araneae: Nephilidae). PeerJ 3: e763 (Full text)
Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 12 March, 2015 - 8:16pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, cheins, v belov, Mandy Howe, metrioptera, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 4 February, 2023 - 7:27pm

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