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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Furrow spiders (Larinioides) » Furrow Orbweaver (Larinioides cornutus)

Species Larinioides cornutus - Furrow Orbweaver

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet 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 Larinioides (Furrow spiders)

Species cornutus (Furrow Orbweaver)

Other Common Names

Foliate spider

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757)

Size

6-14 mm (female), 5-9 mm (male) (1)

Identification

Adult Female

Male

Palp

Epigynum

The Genus Larinioides page describes how to differentiate species of this genus.

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Best matches to drawings in The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23:

Carapace dark orange-red. Legs yellowish to orange with tips of segments dark; tibia II with 2 rows of short stout macrosetae on prolateral surface. (2)

Range

Alaska to Newfoundland, south to California, Florida and Panama. (2)

AB, AK, AL, AR, BC, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MB, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NB, NC, NE, NF, NJ, NH, NM, NS, NT, NY, OH, OK, ON, OR, PA, PE, PQ, RI, SC, SK, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, YT

Remarks

This species is listed as Nuctenea cornuta in older guides. (1)

See Also

Metazygia wittfeldae

Print References

Howell, pp. 170-171, fig. 96 (3)

Internet References

~ kaston.transy.edu - Range.

~ delta-intkey.com/britsp - Illustrations.

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the Spiders B. J. Kaston. 1978. WCB/McGraw-Hill.

2.	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.

3.	Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins. 2004. pearson education.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 October, 2005 - 3:57pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Lynette Elliott, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Chuck Entz, kschnei, jsloan, edanko
Last updated 28 January, 2023 - 2:07pm

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