Micrathena

Micrathena
M. sagittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Micrathena
Sundevall, 1833
Species

M. sagittata
M. gracilis
M. mitrata
 many more

Diversity
105 species
Micrathena sagittata and web, Gadsden Co. Florida.

The spider genus Micrathena contains more than a hundred species, most of them Neotropical woodland orb-weavers.

Only three species occur in the eastern United States: females of M. gracilis (the Spined Micrathena) have five pairs of conical tubercles on the abdomen, female M. mitrata have two short posterior pairs, and female M. sagittata (the Arrow-shaped Micrathena) have three pairs.

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