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Genus Allocyclosa

Spider with egg sac stabilimenta - Allocyclosa bifurca

Texas Allocyclosa bifurca...or? - Allocyclosa bifurca

Cyclosa turbinata? - Allocyclosa bifurca

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 Allocyclosa

Pronunciation

aa-lo-sey-KLO-suh (derived from Beechhold 2000)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

This is a new genus that has been established for Cyclosa bifurca.

Explanation of Names

The Greek adjective άλλος 'another' to erect a genus close to Cyclosa.(1)

Numbers

Just one species: Allocyclosa bifurca

Works Cited

1.	Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds). 2005. American Arachnological Society.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 21 March, 2007 - 11:18pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, Mandy Howe
Last updated 25 September, 2011 - 8:58am

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