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Colphepeira

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Colphepeira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Colphepeira
Species:
C. catawba
Binomial name
Colphepeira catawba
Archer, 1941[1]

Colphepeira is a genus of North American orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Colphepeira catawba. It was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1941,[2] and has only been found in United States and Mexico.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Colphepeira Archer, 1941". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. ^ Archer, A. F. (1941). "Supplement to the Argiopidae of Alabama". Museum Paper, Geological Survey of Alabama. 18: 1–47.