Neoscona

Neoscona
Neoscona adianta in Belgium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Neoscona
E. Simon, 1864[1]
Type species
N. arabesca
(Walckenaer, 1841)
Species

123, see text

Synonyms[2]
  • Afraranea Archer, 1951[3]
  • Chinestela Chamberlin, 1924[4]
  • Cubanella Franganillo, 1926[5][6]

Neoscona, known as spotted orb-weavers and barn spiders,[7] is a genus of orb-weaver spiders (Araneidae) first described by Eugène Simon in 1895 to separate these from other araneids in the now obsolete genus Epeira. The name Neoscona was derived from the Greek νέω, meaning "spin", and σχοῖνος, meaning "reed".[8] They have a mostly pantropical distribution and one species, Neoscona adianta, has a palearctic distribution.[2] As of April 2019 there are eight species that can be found in the United States and Canada.[7]

  1. ^ "Gen. Neoscona Simon, 1864", World Spider Catalog Version 16.5, retrieved 2015-09-18
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Grasshoff, M. (1986). "Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Neoscona in Afrika (Arachnida: Araneae)". Annalen Zoologische Wetenschappen. 250: 4.
  4. ^ Archer, A. F. (1958). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 4". American Museum Novitates (1922): 17.
  5. ^ Berman, J. D.; Levi, H. W. (1971). "The orb weaver genus Neoscona in North America (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 141: 469.
  6. ^ Bryant, E. B. (1940). "Cuban spiders in the Museum of Comparative Zoology". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 86: 511.
  7. ^ a b "Genus Neoscona". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  8. ^ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.