Araneus miniatus (Walckenaer, 1841)

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Described:

Distribution: USA

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Taxonomic References
Epeira miniata Walckenaer, 1841: 39 (Dmf) Original description
Epeira scutulata Hentz, 1850: 19, pl. 3, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063004]
Larinia nigrofoliata Keyserling, 1884b: 653, pl. 21, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063022]
Epeira scutulata Keyserling, 1892: 129, pl. 6, f. 96 (m, Df)
Larinia nigrofoliata Keyserling, 1893: 291, pl. 15, f. 215 (m)
Epeira miniata McCook, 1894: 177, pl. 8, f. 8-9, pl. 10, f. 7-9 (mf, S of Epeira bivittata [revalidated by Archer, 1951b: 21, sub Conepeira], E. cingulata [revalidated by Levi, 1973: 526, sub Araneus], E. guttulata [revalidated by Archer, 1951b: 18, sub Conepeira], E. punctillata [removed from S by Levi, 1973: 510, see Araneus partitus]) and E. scutulata)
Epeira scutulata Emerton, 1902: 178, f. 415 (m)
Epeira floridensis Banks, 1904c: 129, pl. 7, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063021]
Epeira nigrofoliata Banks, 1910: 43 (S of Epeira forata, rejected by Archer, 1951b: 18, see Araneus niveus)
Araneus floridensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 292
Araneus miniatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 303 (S of Epeira mayo, revalidated by Archer, 1951b: 16, sub Conepeira, see Araneus triguttatus)
Aranea miniata Archer, 1941b: 20, pl. IV, f. 1 (f)
Aranea floridensis Archer, 1941b: 20, pl. IV, f. 2 (f)
Epeira miniata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 100 (S of Araneus partitus; revalidated by Archer, 1951b: 13, sub Conepeira)
Conepeira partita Archer, 1951b: 13, f. 63 (f; misidentified per Levi, 1973: 506)
Conepeira floridensis Archer, 1951b: 14, f. 38, 58 (Dm, f, T from Araneus)
Conepeira miniata Archer, 1951b: 15, f. 36-37, 61 (mf, T from Araneus)
Conepeira dawsoni Archer, 1951b: 16, f. 13, 39, 53, 59 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063020]
Conepeira nifrofoliata Archer, 1951b: 17, f. 41, 65 (mf, T from Larinia)
Araneus miniatus Levi, 1973: 506, f. 158-171 (mf, S of Conepeira dawsoni, C. floridensis and C. nigrofoliata)
References

Archer, A. F. (1941b). Supplement to the Argiopidae of Alabama. Museum Paper, Geological Survey of Alabama 18: 1-47. -- Show included taxa

Archer, A. F. (1951b). Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 2. American Museum Novitates 1502: 1-34. -- Show included taxa

Banks, N. (1904c). The Arachnida of Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 56: 120-147, pl. 7-8. -- Show included taxa

Banks, N. (1910). Catalogue of Nearctic spiders. Bulletin, United States National Museum 72: 1-80. -- Show included taxa

Chamberlin, R. V. & Ivie, W. (1944). Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bulletin of the University of Utah 35(9): 1-267. -- Show included taxa

Emerton, J. H. (1902). The common spiders of the United States. Ginn & Company Publ., Boston & London, 225 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.5617 -- Show included taxa

Hentz, N. M. (1850). Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History 6(1, 2): 18-35, 271-295, pl. 3-4, 9-10. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1884b). Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. V. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33: 649-684, pl. 21. -- Show included taxa

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

Keyserling, E. (1893). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. 4. Band. II. Hälfte. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, pp. 209-377, pl. 10-19. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1973). Small orb-weavers of the genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 145: 473-552. -- 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. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.2681 [[for the year see p. 9]] -- Show included taxa

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. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 29: 1-791. -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1841). Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Tome deuxième. Roret, Paris, 549 pp., pl. 16-22. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 [[not published in 1837, see pp. 430, 452, 505; plates in second pdf of Walckenaer, 1837]] -- Show included taxa

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