Araneus bicentenarius (McCook, 1888)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014742

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Described:

Distribution: Canada, USA

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Taxonomic References
Epeira gigas Leach, 1815: 132, pl. 109 (Df; suppressed by Levi, 1971a: 143, the announced petition to the ICZN could not be found) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063040]
Epeira angulata Emerton, 1884: 299, pl. 33. f, 12, pl. 35, f. 2 (mf; misidentified per McCook, 1894: 186)
Epeira bicentennaria McCook, 1888b: 194, f. 3 (Df, lapsus, corrected by McCook, 1894: 186) Original description
Epeira angulata Keyserling, 1892: 114, pl. 6, f. 84 (f; misidentified per McCook, 1894: 186)
Epeira angulata bicentenaria McCook, 1894: 186 (downgraded to var. = subspecies, lapsus corrected)
Aranea gigas Comstock, 1910: 179, f. 20-21 (m)
Araneus gigas Berland, 1932b: 278, f. 422-423 (m)
Aranea gigas Comstock, 1940: 118, 489, f. 112-113, 493-498 (mf)
Aranea kisatchia Archer, 1951a: 27, f. 69 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063041]
Aranea bicentenaria Archer, 1951a: 31, f. 68, 78 (Dm, f, removed from S of Araneus angulatus, rejecting Banks, 1910: 41)
Araneus bicentenarius Levi, 1971a: 143, f. 15-26 (mf, S of Araneus kisatchia and Epeira gigas)
Araneus bicentenarius Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 42, f. 257-259 (mf)
Araneus bicentenarius Dondale et al., 2003: 209, f. 428-435 (mf)
References

Archer, A. F. (1951a). Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. American Museum Novitates 1487: 1-52. -- Show included taxa

Berland, L. (1932b). Les Arachnides (Scorpions, Araignées, etc.). In: Encyclopédie entomologique. Paris 16, 1-485. -- Show included taxa

Comstock, J. H. (1940). The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press Ithaca, 727 pp. -- Show included taxa

Comstock, J. H. (1910). The palpi of male spiders. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 3(3): 161-185. doi: 10.1093/aesa/3.3.161 -- Show included taxa

Dondale, C. D., Redner, J. H., Paquin, P. & Levi, H. W. (2003). The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press Ottawa, 371 pp. -- Show included taxa

Emerton, J. H. (1884). New England spiders of the family Epeiridae. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 295-342. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1892). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 4, 1-208. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Leach, W. E. (1815). Zoological miscellany; being descriptions of new and interesting animals. London, 2, 1-154 (Araneae, pp. 131-134). -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1971a). The diadematus group of the orb-weaver genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 141(4): 131-179. -- Show included taxa

McCook, H. C. (1888b). Descriptive notes of new American species of orbweaving spiders. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 40: 193-199. -- Show included taxa

McCook, H. C. (1894). American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States with special regard to their industry and habits. Vol. III. Philadelphia, 285 pp., 30 pls. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.2681 [[for the year see p. 9]] -- Show included taxa

Paquin, P. & Dupérré, N. (2003). Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Supplement 11: 1-251. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2019-06-10 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757
2019-06-10 New taxonomic reference entry Comstock, 1910

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