Araneus arizonensis

Araneus arizonensis is a species of spider in the family Araneidae, found in United States and Mexico.[1]

Araneus arizonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Araneus
Species:
A. arizonensis
Binomial name
Araneus arizonensis
(Banks, 1900)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Epeira arizonensis Banks, 1900
  • Neosconella arizonensis (Banks, 1900)

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Nathan Banks in 1900, as Epeira arizonensis.[1][2] It was transferred to the genus Araneus by Alexander Petrunkevitch in 1911.[1][3]

References
  1. "Taxon details Araneus arizonensis (Banks, 1900)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-03-04
  2. Banks, N. (1900), "Some new North American spiders" (PDF), The Canadian Entomologist, 32: 96–102, doi:10.4039/ent3296-4
  3. Petrunkevitch, A. (1911), "A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greenland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc." (PDF), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 29: 1–791, retrieved 2016-03-04


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