Taxon details


Kaira alba (Hentz, 1850)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: - -
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016217]
  • Distribution: USA, Mexico
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Taxonomic references
Epeira alba Hentz, 1850: 30, pl. 3, f. 7 (Df).
Epeira leucogaster Marx, 1890a: 546.
Kaira alba Keyserling, 1892: 64, pl. 3, f. 50 (f).
Kaira alba McCook, 1894: 202, pl. 12, f. 3 (f).
Kaira alba Levi, 1977b: 216, f. 117-129 (f, Dm).
Kaira alba Levi, 1993c: 216, f. 1-2, 23-28 (mf).
Kaira alba Scharff & Coddington, 1997: 374, f. 16 (m).
Kaira alba Levi, 2002: 559, f. 313 (m).
References

Hentz, N. M. (1850). Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History 6: 18-35, 271-295. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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

Levi, H. W. (1977b). The orb-weaver genera Metepeira, Kaira and Aculepeira in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 148: 185-238. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1993c). The orb-weaver genus Kaira (Araneae: Araneidae). Journal of Arachnology 21(3): 209-225. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (2002). Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas. Journal of Arachnology 30(3): 527-562. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0527:KTTGOA]2.0.CO;2 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Marx, G. (1890a). Catalogue of the described Araneae of temperate North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 12: 497-594. download pdf -- 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. [for the year see p. 9] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.2681 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Scharff, N. & Coddington, J. A. (1997). A phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 120(4): 355-434. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01281.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

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