Taxon details


Araneus approximatus (Blackwall, 1846)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: nomen dubium
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: 2023-04-16
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057597]
  • Distribution: Canada
Type deposit: provide information
Taxonomic references
Epeira approximata Blackwall, 1846a: 80 (Df).
Araneus trifolium Petrunkevitch, 1911: 320 (probable junior S of Epeira approximata).
Araneus approximatus Levi, 1971a: 167 (Epeira approximata, S with Araneus trifolium rejected, nomen dubium).
References

Blackwall, J. (1846a). Notice of spiders captured by Professor Potter in Canada, with descriptions of such species as appear to be new to science. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17(109, 110): 30-44, 76-82. , 10.1080/037454809495559 doi:10.1080/037454809496437 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1971a). The diadematus group of the orb-weaver genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 141(4): 131-179. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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