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Genus Ocrepeira

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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 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.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 29 January, 2005 - 11:31am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Lynette Elliott
Last updated 10 July, 2016 - 1:44pm

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