Taxon details


Micrathena sexspinosa (Hahn, 1822)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-10-23
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016620]
  • Distribution: Mexico to Brazil
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Taxonomic references
Epeira sexspinosa Hahn, 1822: 2, pl. 4, f. B (Df).
Acrosoma sexspinosa Hahn, 1834: 18, f. 107 (f; furcata in legend).
Acrosoma militare C. L. Koch, 1837a: 12, f. 258 (f; misidentified per Petrunkevitch, 1911: 378).
Plectana squamosa Walckenaer, 1841: 185 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062706].
Acrosoma obtusospinum Keyserling, 1864: 76, pl. 2, f. 9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062707].
Acrosoma petersii Taczanowski, 1873: 277, pl. 6, f. 28 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062657].
Keyserlingia cornigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890a: 58, pl. 4, f. 2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062598].
Acrosoma calcaratum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890a: 62, pl. 8, f. 8 (Dm).
Acrosoma petersi Keyserling, 1892: 9, pl. 1, f. 6 (f).
Acrosoma calcaratum Keyserling, 1892: 11, pl. 1, f. 8 (m).
Acrosoma obtusispinum Keyserling, 1892: 23, pl. 1, f. 20 (f).
Acrosoma armatum McCook, 1894: 370, pl. 21, f. 5-5a (f; misidentified per Petrunkevitch, 1911: 374, sub M. obtusospina).
Micrathena sexspinosa Simon, 1895a: 852, f. 908 (f).
Micrathena obtusospina F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 531, pl. 50, f. 9 (f).
Micrathena cornigera F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 532, pl. 50, f. 10 (m).
Micrathena petersi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 539.
Micrathena sexspinosa Petrunkevitch, 1911: 378 (S of Acrosoma furcatum [revalidated by Levi, 1985a: 568] and Plectana squamosa).
Micrathena sexspinosa Reimoser, 1917: 126, pl. 8, f. 23 (f, S of Acrosoma sedes [revalidated by Banks, 1929: 92, see Micrathena brevipes],  Micrathena forcipata [revalidated by Bryant, 1940: 372] and M. obtusospina).
Micrathena sexspinosa Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 258, f. 109-110 (f).
Micrathena sexspinosa Chickering, 1961a: 456, f. 174-180 (mf, S of Micrathena cornigera).
Micrathena sexspinosa Levi, 1985a: 584, f. 712-719, 721, 726, 730-731 (mf, S of Micrathena petersi).
Micrathena sexspinosa Dierkens, 2011d: 101, f. 12, 27, 46, 52 (mf).
References

Chickering, A. M. (1961a). The genus Micrathena (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Central America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 125(13): 389-470. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dierkens, M. (2011d). Contribution à l'étude des Araneidae de la Guyane française 1: Gasteracanthinae. Cahiers Musée des Confluences - Études scientifiques 2: 99-108. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hahn, C. W. (1822). Monographie der Spinnen. Lechner, Nürnberg, Heft 3, pp. 1-2, 4 pls. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.122225 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hahn, C. W. (1834). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Zweiter Band, pp. 17-56, pl. 48-56 (f. 106-143). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1864). Beschreibungen neuer und wenig bekannter Arten aus der Familie Orbitelae Latr. oder Epeiridae Sund. Sitzungs-Berichte der naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Isis in Dresden 1863: 63-98, 119-154, pl. 1-7. 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

Koch, C. L. (1837a). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Dritter Band, pp. 105-119, pl. 106-118 (f. 246-252); Vierter Band, pp. 1-108, pl. 119-138 (f. 253-318). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1985a). The spiny orb-weaver genera Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 150: 429-618. 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

Petrunkevitch, A. (1930a). The spiders of Porto Rico. Part two. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 30: 159-356. 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

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1890a). Arachnida. Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1, 57-72. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1904). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 465-560, pl. 44-51. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Reimoser, E. (1917). Die Spinnengattung Micrathena Sundevall. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 67: 73-160. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Taczanowski, L. (1873). Les aranéides de la Guyane française. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 9: 113-150, 261-286. [pdf includes Taczanowski, 1872] download pdf -- Show included taxa

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

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