Eriophora nephiloides
| Eriophora nephiloides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Eriophora |
| Species: | E. nephiloides
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriophora nephiloides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
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Eriophora nephiloides is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae first described in Biologia Centrali-Americana: Arachnida-Aranediea by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1889. Its recognized range is from Guatemala to Guayana,[1][2] but has been documented as far south as Bolivia.[3]
Description
Eriophora nephiloides is distinguished by a diamond-shaped abdomen with the rear subtriangle being elongated and pointed and the fore subtriangle being shorter and rounded. Its abdominal dorsum ranges in color from a reddish-brown to a distinctive bright green or yellow, and may have white spots scattered across/throughout or stripes around the edge. Its underside has a jet-black square or rectangle, which is bounded in either white or yellow. The cephalothorax and upper legs are dark yellow-brown, and the lower segments of the legs feature black and white banding.[2]
Gallery
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E. nephiloides
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E. nephiloides, underside of abdomen.
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E. nephiloides
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E. nephiloides
References
- ^ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". World Spider Catalog. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
- ^ a b Pickard-Cambridge, Octavio (1889). Biologia Centrali-Americana: Arachnida-Araneidea, Vol. 1. p. 32.
- ^ "Eriophora nephiloides (O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
External links
- Media related to Eriophora nephiloides at Wikimedia Commons