''Aculepeira'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
orb-weaver spiders first described by
R. V. Chamberlin &
Wilton Ivie
Vaine Wilton Ivie (March 28, 1907 – August 8, 1969) was an American arachnologist, who described hundreds of new species and many new genera of spiders, both under his own name and in collaboration with Ralph Vary Chamberlin. He was employed by ...
in 1942.
Species
it contains twenty-seven species:
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Aculepeira aculifera''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – USA to Guatemala
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Aculepeira albovittata''
(Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Paraguay, Argentina
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Aculepeira angeloi''
Álvares, Loyola & De Maria, 2005 – Brazil
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Aculepeira apa''
Levi, 1991 – Paraguay
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Aculepeira armida''
(Audouin, 1826) – Southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia to China
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Aculepeira a. orientalis''
(Kulczyński, 1901) – Russia (Asia), China
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Aculepeira a. pumila''
(Simon, 1929) – France
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Aculepeira azul''
Levi, 1991 – Panama
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Aculepeira busu''
Levi, 1991 – Hispaniola
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Aculepeira carbonaria''
(L. Koch, 1869) – Alps, southern Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe and Central Asia), Kazakhstan, China
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Aculepeira c. sinensis''
(Schenkel, 1953) – China
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Aculepeira carbonarioides''
(Keyserling, 1892) – USA, Canada, Russia (Europe to Far East)
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Aculepeira ceropegia''
(Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran?
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Aculepeira escazu
''Aculepeira'' is a genus of Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin, R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942.
Species
it contains twenty-seven species:
*''Aculepeira aculifera'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – U ...
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Levi, 1991 – Costa Rica
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Aculepeira gravabilis''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Honduras to Panama
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Aculepeira lapponica''
(Holm, 1945) – Sweden, Finland, Russia (West Siberia)
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Aculepeira luosangensis''
Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China
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Aculepeira machu''
Levi, 1991 – Peru
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Aculepeira matsudae''
Tanikawa, 1994 – Japan
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Aculepeira morenoae''
Rubio, Izquierdo & Piacentini, 2013 – Argentina
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Aculepeira packardi''
(Thorell, 1875) – North America, Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, China
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Aculepeira serpentina''
Guo & Zhang, 2010 – China
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Aculepeira taibaishanensis''
Zhu & Wang, 1995 – China
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Aculepeira talishia''
(Zawadsky, 1902) – Turkey, Iran, Caucasus to Central Asia
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Aculepeira travassosi''
(Soares & Camargo, 1948) – Mexico to Argentina
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Aculepeira visite''
Levi, 1991 – Hispaniola
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Aculepeira vittata''
(Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1948) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
References
Araneidae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Taxa named by Ralph Vary Chamberlin
Taxa named by Wilton Ivie
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