Genus Eriophora

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Species Eriophora ravilla - Eriophora ravilla

tropical orb weaver in Georgia - Eriophora ravilla - female

Spider dropped dead in my shed - Eriophora ravilla

Penultimate Male Tropical Orbweaver - Eriophora ravilla - male

Request for spider ID - Eriophora ravilla

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 Eriophora

Explanation of Names

Greek: "woolbearing" from erion (εριον)- "wool" + phora (φορα)- "bearing"

Gender: Feminine

Numbers

2 Species in North America

Range

edax - Southwestern U.S., mainly southern border of California and Arizona.

ravilla - Seems to be mostly a southern species, found mainly in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas along the Gulf Coast of the United States.(1)

Internet References

Works Cited

1.	The Ravilla group of the orbweaver genus Eriophora in North America (Araneae: Araneidae) Herbert W. Levi. 1970. Psyche 77: 280-302.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 13 July, 2005 - 6:52pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mandy Howe
Last updated 2 April, 2013 - 8:56am

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