cherokee / stellata

Classification · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Spiny Orb weaver ? From Indiana - Acanthepeira

Somewhat spiny orb weaver??? - Acanthepeira

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 Acanthepeira

No Taxon cherokee / stellata

Identification

It is exceedingly difficult to separate some Acanthepeira specimens from the southeastern United States and it appears that three species interbreed.(1) A. cherokee and A. stellata can be fairly hard to separate, so when we can't tell which species it is we'll place them on this overlap page for now.

Range

A. cherokee - AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, MD, MO, MS, NC, TX, VA

A. stellata - AL, AZ, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MB, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, ON, PQ, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV

Works Cited

1.	The Orb-weaver Genera Verrucosa, Acanthepeira, Wagneriana, Acacesia, Wixia, Scoloderus and Alpaida North of Mexico H. W. Levi. 1976. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol 147 (8): 351-391.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 15 March, 2013 - 7:54am

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