Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Micrathena funebris

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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 Micrathena
Species funebris (Micrathena funebris)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Explanation of Names
Author of the name: Marx. Year first published: 1805.
Range
Found in the southwest, CA, AZ and farther south.
Internet References
~ www.marion.ohio-state.edu - Drawing of female, range & habitat. (PDF)