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Genus Ocrepeira

Spider - Ocrepeira Man-Faced Spider - Ocrepeira Spider that sits? - Ocrepeira Araneidae - Ocrepeira Unknown spider - Ocrepeira - female Spider - Ocrepeira orbweaver - Ocrepeira spider - Ocrepeira
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 Ocrepeira
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Some species formerly Wixia
Numbers
4 species in the USA.
Range
ectypa - USA -- RI, CT, NJ, MD, VA, NC, GA, FL, MO, AR, OH
georgia - USA -- NJ, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, LA, OH
globosa - USA -- KS, TX, AZ
redempta - USA -- TX
Internet References
The Orb-weaver Genera Verrucosa, Acanthepeira, Wagneriana, Acacesia, Wixia, Scoloderus and Alpaida North of Mexico - Levi, 1976(1)
Works Cited
1.The Orb-weaver Genera Verrucosa, Acanthepeira, Wagneriana, Acacesia, Wixia, Scoloderus and Alpaida North of Mexico
H. W. Levi. 1976. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol 147 (8): 351-391.