Achaearanea hieroglyphica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa 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: Theridiidae
Subfamilia: Theridiinae
Genus: Achaearanea
Species: Achaearanea hieroglyphica

Name

Achaearanea hieroglyphica (Mello-Leitão, 1940)

Type locality: Colatina (19°32'S, 40°37'W), Espírito Santo, Brazil

Holotype: MNRJ. female ♀.

Synonyms

• Achaea hieroglyphica Mello-Leitão, 1940: 202 (original combination)
• Achaearanea hieroglyphica (Mello-Leitão) Levi, 1967: 22
• Chrysso pentagona Caporiacco, 1954 (synonymized by Levi, 1967: 22)
  • Type locality: Coudroin ille, French Guiana.
    • Holotype: MNHN. female ♀.
• Achaearanea pentagona (Caporiacco): Levi, 1962: 211

Levi, 1963: 202, figs 1-3.

References

Primary references

• Mello-Leitão, C.F. de 1940. Aranhas do Espírito Santo coligidas por Mario Rosa, em 1936 e 1937. Arquivos de Zoologia do Estado de Sao Paulo 2: 199–214. Reference page. 

Additional references

• di Caporiacco, L. 1954. Araignées de la Guyane Française du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Commentationes Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 16: 45-193. Reference page. 
• Levi, H.W. 1967. Habitat observations, records, and new South American theridiid spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 136: 21–38. Reference page. 
• Agnarsson & Coddington 2007. Notes on web and web plasticity and description of the male of Achaearanea hieroglyphica (Mello-Leitão) (Araneae, Theridiidae). Journal of Arachnology 34: 638-641. Reference page. 
• Buckup, E.H., Marques, M.A.L. & Rodrigues, E.N.L. 2012. Três novas espécies sul-americanas de Cryptachaea e acréscimos taxonômicos em Achaearanea (Araneae, Theridiidae) [Three new South American species of Cryptachaea and taxonomic additions in Achaearanea (Araneae, Theridiidae).] Iheringia Série Zoologia 102(2): 206–211. DOI: 10.1590/S0073-47212012000200013 . PDF. Reference page.