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Species Gea heptagon

Spider Upside Down on Grass - Gea heptagon

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 Gea

Species heptagon (Gea heptagon)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Apparently English heptagon- "seven-sided shape", from Greek heptagonos ('επταγωνος)

This is probably a noun in apposition, which would mean it doesn't have to agree with the genus name in gender.

Identification

Palp

Range

New Jersery south to Florida, west to Michigan, Kansas, and Texas and then to California. (1)

BugGuide has expanded its known distribution and it is known to occur from Massachusetts west to Minnesota.

Remarks

This is the only member belonging to this genus.

Works Cited

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

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 December, 2005 - 11:59am
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins, Chuck Entz
Last updated 30 January, 2023 - 7:45am

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