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

Species Araneus cingulatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Print References · 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 Araneus
Species cingulatus (Araneus cingulatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Latin for "belted" from cingulum- "belt or girdle"
Identification
Palp

Epigynum
Range
Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Missouri and Texas (1) but BugGuide has data that suggest west to Minnesota and Oklahoma as well.
Print References
Spiders of the Eastern US, Howell and Jenkins, page 142
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 Christopher Hunt on 21 September, 2005 - 10:25am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, cheins, Chuck Entz, JohnMaxwell22, Chris Grinter
Last updated 9 January, 2023 - 10:52am

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