Leucauge venusta

Leucauge venusta

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: Tetragnathidae
Subfamilia: Leucauginae
Genus: Leucauge
Species: Leucauge venusta

Name

Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1841)

Synonyms

• Epeira venusta Walckenaer, 1841
  • Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1841)
• Linyphia (Leucauge) argyrobapta White, 1841 [Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2010: 24 (NEW SYNONYMY)]
  • Leucauge argyrobapta (White, 1841)

Type data

• argyrobapta White: Neotype designated by Dimitrov & Hormiga (2010: 24): MNRJ 9038
  • Type kind: male
  • Type locality: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

References

cited sources

• Dimitrov, D.; Hormiga, G. 2010: Mr. Darwin’s mysterious spider: on the type species of the genus Leucauge White, 1841 (Tetragnathidae, Araneae). Zootaxa, 2396: 19–36. Preview

Vernacular names

English: orchard spider