Species Azilia affinis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Possible azilia affinis - Azilia affinis

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Azilia affinis - Azilia affinis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Tetragnathidae (Long-jawed Orb Weavers)

Genus Azilia

Species affinis (Azilia affinis)

Explanation of Names

Authors of the name: O. P.-Cambridge. Year first published: 1893.

Size

Females 9 mm

Males 7 mm

Identification

The web is vertical to horizontal and loose with a closed hub. The posterior hump is more distinct in some specimens, almost absent in specimens from Florida. (1)

Range

Georgia, northern FL & the Gulf states.

Habitat

Dark places & caves. (1)

Works Cited

1.	The orb-weaver genus Mecynogea, the subfamily Metinae and the genera Pachygnatha, Glenognatha and Azilia Levi, H. W. 1980. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 149(1):1-75.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 26 March, 2012 - 8:36am
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22
Last updated 7 December, 2012 - 9:35am

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