Agalenatea redii

Agalenatea redii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Agalenatea
Species:	A. redii
Binomial name
Agalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
Aranea redii Scopoli, 1763 Aranea aldrovandi Scopoli, 1763 Aranea cratera Walckenaer, 1802 Epeira cratera (Walckenaer, 1802) Epeira solers Walckenaer, 1805 Epeira agalena Hahn, 1834 Atea sclopetaria C. L. Koch, 1844 Anetes caeletron Menge, 1850 Epeira sollers Westring, 1861 Epeira biocellata Canestrini, 1868 Epeira redii (Scopoli, 1763) Araneus redii (Scopoli, 1763)

Agalenatea redii is a species of 'orbweavers' belonging to the family Araneidae subfamily Araneinae. This species is present in most of Europe and in central Asia.

The adult males of these spiders reach 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in) of length, while females are 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in) long. They are active very early and adults can already be encountered from April. This species is thermophilic and prefers open habitats, like sandy and arid grasslands, sunny edges of woods, warm steppes, etc.

The basic color of the body varies from light or dark brown to yellowish-orange. They usually show a dark longitudinal band in the middle of the abdomen, with some trasversal bands. Sometimes the opisthosoma has two large white spots or one dark brown light-edged spot on the back. The whole body is densely hairy, especially in the anterior body section (Prosoma). The abdomen (Opisthosoma ) is quite flat and wider than long.

References

• Ondřej Machač - Natura bohemica

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Biolib
• Habitas
• Fugleonatur

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