Araneus quadratus

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: Araneus
Species: Araneus quadratus
Subspecies: A. q. minimus – A. q. subviridis

Name

Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757

Type locality: Sweden

Holotype ♀: Lost in NRM

Synonyms

Aranea reaumurii Scopoli, 1763
Araneus flavidus Yin et al., 1990: 146 (synonymized by Marusik, Logunov & Koponen, 2000: 13).
- Type locality: MiQuan County (87º44'E, 44º00'N, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  - Holotype: HBRI. female ♀. 20.VII.1988. Wang Jiafu
Araneus quadratus — Simon, 1929

References

Primary references

Clerck, C. 1757: Svenska spindlar. 154 pp. [27, pl. 1, f. 3 (D♀)]

Additional references

Levi, H. W. 1971. The diadematus group of the orb-weaver genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 141: 131–179. [164, f. 152-158]
Yin, C.M., Wang, J.F., Xie, L.P. & Peng, X.J. 1990. New and newly recorded species of the spiders of family Araneidae from China (Arachnida, Araneae). In: Spiders in China: One Hundred New and Newly Recorded Species of the Families Araneidae and Agelenidae. Hunan Normal University Press: 1–171. Reference page.

Links

Araneus quadratus in the World Spider Catalog (Version 11.5) and Araneus quadratus in the database version of the World Spider Catalog (Version 8.5).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Vierfleckkreuzspinne
English: Four spot orb-weaver
français: Épeire carrée ou Épeire carrée
Nederlands: Viervlekwielwebspin
polski: Krzyżak łąkowy
русский: Крестовик четырехугольный

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