Acacesia
| Acacesia | |
|---|---|
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| A. tenella | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Acacesia Simon, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Epeira hamata (Hentz, 1847) | |
| Species | |
|
see text. | |
| Diversity | |
| 6 species | |
Acacesia is a genus of orb weaver spiders with a mostly neotropical distribution. There are six described species in this genus. Species range from South America to Mexico. One species, A. hamata, is found in the US as well.
Description
The backs of spiders in this genus are marked with a dagger shape, outlined in black and surrounded by a triangular folium. On each side of the dagger there are parallel rows of orange-brown dots. Body length of females ranges from 4.3 to 8 mm, of males from 3.6 to 6.5 mm.[1]
Behavior
As the other species are only known from museum specimens, only the natural history A. hamata is known in any detail.[1][2]
Relationships
Ocrepeira and Cyclosa are close relatives of this genus.[1]
Species
- Acacesia benigna Glueck, 1994 — Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
- Acacesia graciosa Lise & Braul, 1996 — Brazil
- Acacesia hamata (Hentz, 1847) — USA to Argentina
- Acacesia tenella (L. Koch, 1871) — Mexico to Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana
- Acacesia villalobosi Glueck, 1994 — Brazil
- Acacesia yacuiensis Glueck, 1994 — Brazil, Argentina
Notes
References
- Glueck, Susan (1994): A Taxonomic Revision of the Orb Weaver Genus Acacesia (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche 101: 59-84. doi:10.1155/1994/34645 (with full-text PDF)
- Levi, Herbert W. (1976): The Orb-weaver Genera Verrucosa, Acanthepeira, Wagneriana, Acacesia, Wixia, Scoloderus and Alpaida North of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zology 147(8): 351-391.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- BugGuide: Photographs of A. hamata
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