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Araneidae

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ARANEIDAE

Acacesia Simon, 1895

Acacesia hamata (Hentz, 1847). Bryant, 1945:364; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Acanthepeira Marx, 1883

Acanthepeira stellata (Walckenaer, 1805). Bryant, 1945:376; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Aculepeira Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942

Aculepeira busu Levi, 1991 a:308. Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211 *DR

Aculepeira visite Levi, 1991 a:307. Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211 *H

= Parawixia darlingtoni Bryant, 1945:382 (part). Levi, 1991a:307

Alcimosphenus Simon, 1895

Alcimosphenus licinus Simon, 1895. Bryant, 1945:385; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Allocyclosa Levi, 1999

Allocyclosa bifurca (McCook, 1887). Bryant, 1945:367; Levi, 1999:304; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211 Araneometa Wunderlich, 1988

Araneometa excelsa Wunderlich, 1988 a:111 [Dominican amber]

Araneometa herrlingi Wunderlich, 1988 a:109 [Dominican amber]

Araneometa spirembolus Wunderlich, 1988 a:105 [Dominican amber]

= Meta blanda Bryant, 1945:386. Levi, 1991a:263

= Araneus bryantae Brignoli, 1983:262. Levi, 1991a:262

= Neosconella parva Bryant, 1945:381. Levi, 1991a:262

Araneus hispaniola (Bryant, 1945):366. Levi, 1991a:263; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211 *H

Araneus hotteiensis (Bryant, 1945):387. Levi, 1991a:263; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211 *H

Araneus? nanus Wunderlich, 1988 a:110 [Dominican amber]

Araneus perplexus (Walckenaer, 1842). Bryant, 1948:440; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211 Nomen dubium

Argiope Audouin, 1827

Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775). Bryant, 1945:361; Levi, 2004:58; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Argiope trifasciata (Forskål, 1775). Bryant, 1945:361; Levi, 2004:54; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Cyclosa Menge, 1866

Cyclosa berlandi Levi, 1999. Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Cyclosa bifurcata (Walckenaer, 1842). Levi, 1999:365; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Cyclosa caroli (Hentz, 1850). Levi, 1999:336; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Cyclosa haiti Levi, 1999:365. Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Cyclosa turbinata (Walckenaer, 1842). Levi, 1999:356; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Cyclosa walckenaeri (O.P.-Cambridge, 1889). Levi, 1977:84; Levi, 1999:360; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211 = Cyclosa oculata (Walckenaer, 1802). Bryant, 1945:367 [Misidentification]

Cyrtophora Simon, 1864

Cyrtophora citricola (Forskål, 1775). Alayón García et al., 2001:9; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211 [Introduced] Enacrosoma Mello-Leitão, 1932

Enacrosoma verrucosa (Wunderlich, 1988a):107. Penney, 2001:998 [Dominican amber]

Eriophora Simon, 1864

Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch, 1844). Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Eustala Simon, 1895

Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842). Genaro, 2007b:4

Eustala bisetosa Bryant, 1945:370. Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211 *DR

Eustala delasmata Bryant, 1945:372. Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211 *DR

Eustala devia (Gerstch & Mulaik, 1936). Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Eustala fuscovittata (Keyserling, 1864). Bryant, 1945:372; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Eustala perdita Bryant, 1945:373. Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Eustala vegeta (Keyserling, 1865). Bryant, 1945:374; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Fossilaraneus Wunderlich, 1988

Fossilaraneus incertus Wunderlich, 1988 a:113 [Dominican amber]

Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833

Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758). Bryant, 1945:414; Levi, 1996:140; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211 = Plectana atlantica Walckenaer, 1841:167. Levi, 1996:142

= Gasteracantha rubiginosa C. L. Koch, 1845:55. Levi, 1996:142

= Gasteracantha mascula Strand, 1915:119. Levi, 1996:142

= Gasteracantha tetracantha (Linnaeus, 1767). Bryant, 1945:413; Levi, 1996:142

Gea Koch, 1843

Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850). Bryant, 1945:361; Levi, 2004:49; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Kapogea Levi, 1997

Kapogea sellata (Simon, 1895):155. Levi, 1997; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Larinia Simon, 1874

Larinia minor (Bryant, 1945):367. Harrod et al., 1990:254; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211 *H

Mangora Cambridge, 1889

Mangora fascialata Franganillo, 1936. Levi, 2005:162; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

= Mangora striatipes Bryant, 1945:375

Mecynogea Simon, 1903

Mecynogea martiana (Archer, 1958). Levi, 1997:232; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Metazygia Cambridge, 1903

= Singa crewii Banks, 1903:342

Metazygia dubia (Keyserling, 1864). Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Metazygia gregalis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889). Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

= Metazygia manni Bryant, 1945:377

Metepeira Cambridge, 1903

Metepeira compsa (Chamberlin, 1916). Piel, 2001:48; Penney, 2004:185

Metepeira datona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942. Piel, 2001:20; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

= Metepeira inerma Bryant, 1945:378

Metepeira jamaicensis Archer, 1958. Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:211

Metepeira triangularis (Franganillo, 1930). Piel, 2001:63; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

= Metepeira bani Archer, 1965:132

Metepeira vigilax (Keyserling, 1893). Piel, 2001:30; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

= Metepeira dominicana Archer, 1965:132

Micrathena Sundevall, 1833

Micrathena forcipata (Thorell, 1859). Chickering, 1964:257; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

= Acrosoma flavomaculata Keyserling, 1864. Chickering, 1964:257

Micrathena militaris (Fabricius, 1775). Bryant, 1945:414; Chickering, 1964:269; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

Micrathena similis Bryant, 1945:415. Chickering, 1964:279; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

Neoscona Simon, 1864

Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer, 1842). Berman & Levi, 1971:474; Levi, 1993:230; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

Neoscona marcanoi Levi, 1993:226. Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212 *DR

Neoscona moreli (Vinson, 1863). Levi, 1993:232; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

= Neoscona neotheis (Petrunkevitch, 1911). Berman & Levi, 1971:490; Levi, 1993:232

Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875). Berman & Levi, 1971:498; Levi, 1993:228; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

= Epeira volucripes Keyserling, 1885:528. Levi, 1993:228

Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864). Bryant, 1945:380; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

Ocrepeira Marx, 1883

Ocrepeira darlingtoni (Bryant, 1945):382. Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

Ocrepeira serrallesi (Bryant, 1947). Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

Parawixia Cambridge, 1903

Parawixia tredecimnotata F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1904. Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

Pozonia Schenkel, 1953

Pozonia andujari Alayón García, 2007:42 *DR

Pycnosinga Wunderlich, 1988

Pycnosinga fossilis Wunderlich, 1988 a:106 [Dominican amber]

Verrucosa Mello-Leitão, 1939

Verrucosa arenata (Walckenaer, 1842). Bryant, 1945:384; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

Wagneriana Cambridge, 1904

Wagneriana tauricornis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889). Bryant, 1945:385; Levi, 1991b:411; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

Wagneriana undecimtuberculata (Keyserling, 1865). Bryant, 1948:440; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

Wagneriana vegas Levi, 1991b:403. Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

Witica Cambridge, 1895

Witica crassicaudus (Keyserling, 1865). Bryant, 1945:368; Penney & Perez-Gelabert, 2002:212

Notes

Published as part of Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E., 2008, Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography, pp. 1-530 in Zootaxa 1831 (1) on pages 56-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1831.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10089349

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Araneidae
Taxon rank
family

References

  • Alayon Garcia, G., de Armas, L. F. & Abud-Antun, A. J. (2001) Presencia de Cyrtophora citricola (Forskal, 1775) (Araneae: Araneidae) en las Antillas. Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, 4, 9 - 10.
  • Alayon Garcia, G. (2007) Especie nueva de Pozonia (Araneae: Araneidae) para Republica Dominicana. Solenodon, 6, 41 - 44.