Ocrepeira rufa

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: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Araneinae
Tribus: Araneini
Genus: Ocrepeira
Species: Ocrepeira rufa

Name

Ocrepeira rufa (Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)

Type locality: between El Peten [Depto. El Peten] and Chieoyoito [Chieoyoi, 15°23'N, 90°21'W], Guatemala,

Lectotype: BMNH. female ♀. no. 1905.4.28.2812-15. (lectotype Epeira rufa designated by Levi, 1993: 78)

Synonymy

• Epeira rufa Pickard-Cambridge, 1889: 35 (original combination)
• Wixia rufa (Pickard-Cambridge): F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 486
• Araneus rufus (Pickard-Cambridge): Petrunkevitch, 1911: 313.
• Ocrepeira rufa (Pickard-Cambridge): Levi, 1993: 78
• Epeira consequa Pickard-Cambridge, 1889: 36
• Epeira destricta Pickard-Cambridge, 1889: 39
• Amamra bituberosa Pickard-Cambridge, 1889: 55 (synonymized by Levi, 1993: 78)
  • Type locality: Costa Rica.
    • Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.
• Amamra gibbifera Pickard-Cambridge, 1894: 137 (synonymized by Levi, 1993: 78)
  • Type locality: Guerrero, Mexico
    • Syntypes: BMNH. 2 females ♀♀.
• Amamra clivosa Pickard-Cambridge, 1898: 270 (synonymized by Levi, 1993: 78)
  • Type locality: Amula, Guerrero State, between Tixtla and Chilapa, 6,000 ft [2,000 m], Mexico.
    • Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.

References

Additional references

• Levi, H.W. 1993. The neotropical orb-weaving spiders of the genera Wixia, Pozonia, and Ocrepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 153: 47–141. Reference page.