World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Actinosoma Holmberg, 1883 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01423

type Plectana pentacantha Walckenaer, 1841; gender neuter

Transferred to other genera:

Actinosoma heteracanthum Mello-Leitão, 1943 -- see Paraverrucosa

Actinosoma riscoi Archer, 1971 -- see Rubrepeira

Actinosoma pentacanthum (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Colombia to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014429 TYPE SPECIES

Plectana pentacantha Walckenaer, 1841: 170 (Df) Original description

Acrosoma stelligerum Thorell, 1859: 301 (Df)

Acrosoma pentacanthum Butler, 1873b: 428

Acrosoma pulcherrima Holmberg, 1876: 21 (Df)

Actinosoma pentacanthum Holmberg, 1883b: 237

Cyrtarachne quinquespinosa Keyserling, 1892: 55, pl. 3, f. 44 (Dmf)

Araneus pentacanthus Simon, 1895a: 819, f. 869

Actinosoma pentacanthum Levi, 1995b: 158, f. 1-12 (mf)

Actinosoma pentacanthum Levi, 2002: 538, f. 63-65, 255-256 (mf)

Actinosoma pentacanthum Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1016, f. 20C-D, 21B, 23B, 26C, 30D, 40C-D, 43A-B, 49D, 52E, 56D, 58G, 60J, 63A, 65B, 80A-F, 114A-G (mf)