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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Hypsosinga » Hypsosinga pygmaea

Species Hypsosinga pygmaea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
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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 Hypsosinga
Species pygmaea (Hypsosinga pygmaea)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
(Sundevall, 1831)
Identification
Female:

Palp

Epigynum
Range
Newfoundland west to Alaska and south to Florida in the east and Colorado and Washington in the west (1)
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.
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 13 May, 2007 - 11:19am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Lynette Elliott, cheins, jsloan
Last updated 24 January, 2023 - 4:13pm

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