Araneus cavaticus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Araneinae
Tribus: Araneini
Genus: Araneus
Species: Araneus cavaticus

Name

Araneus cavaticus (Keyserling, 1882)

Type locality: Kentucky cave, Carter Co., Kentucky, USA

Holotype ♀: MCZ (1874; Sanborn)

Synonyms

• Epeira cavatica Keyserling, 1882
• Araneus cavaticus — Petrunkevitch, 1911

References

• Keyserling, E. 1881: Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 31: 269-314. [269, pl. 11, f. 1 (D♀)]
• Levi, H. W. 1971. The diadematus group of the orb-weaver genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 141: 131-179. [170, f. 187-194]

Vernacular names

English: Barn orb-weaver