Species Arachosia cubana

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Works Cited

ghost spider - Arachosia cubana - female

Arachosia cubana - Arachosia cubana - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Anyphaenidae (Ghost Spiders)

Genus Arachosia

Species cubana (Arachosia cubana)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Arachosia cubana, 2003

Oxysoma cubanum, 1940

Gayennina britcheri, 1935

Oxysoman cubana, 1909

Size

Female ~6 mm

Male ~5 mm(1)

Range

Southeastern Arizona to Michigan, Massachusetts, Florida and Cuba. Specific data points are from AR, AZ, CT, FL, MA, MI, NC, NJ, TX (1)

Season

Males-late May through late August (1)

Females-late March through late August (1)

Works Cited

1.	The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico N. Platnick. 1974. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol 146 (4): 205-266.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 30 July, 2010 - 3:57pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Mandy Howe
Last updated 13 April, 2022 - 9:41am

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