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Mecynogea lemniscata

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Mecynogea lemniscata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Mecynogea
Species:
M. lemniscata
Binomial name
Mecynogea lemniscata
(Walckenaer, 1841)

Mecynogea lemniscata, the basilica orbweaver, is a species of orb weaver in the family of spiders known as Araneidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in a range from the United States to Argentina.[5]

Basilica orbweaver, Mecynogea lemniscata

References

  1. ^ "Mecynogea lemniscata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. ^ "Mecynogea lemniscata species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. ^ "Mecynogea lemniscata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. ^ "Mecynogea lemniscata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  5. ^ "NMBE World Spider Catalog, Mecynogea lemniscata". Retrieved 2018-05-02.

Further reading

  • Adams, Richard J.; Manolis, Timothy D. (2014). Field Guide to the Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States (California Natural History Guides). University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520276611.
  • Bradley, Richard A. (2012). Common Spiders of North America. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520274884.
  • Dondale, C.D.; Redner, J.H.; Paquin, P.; Levi, H.W. (2003). The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska - The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23. NRC Research Press. ISBN 0660188988.
  • Foelix, Rainer F. (2010). Biology of Spiders (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199734825.
  • Howell, W. Mike; Jenkins, Ronald L. (2004). Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide. Pearson Education.
  • Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing. ISBN 978-0877192640.
  • Ubick, D.; Paquin, P.; Cushing, P.E.; Roth, V., eds. (2005). Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual. American Arachnological Society. ISBN 978-0977143900.
  • Wheeler, W.C.; Coddington, J.A.; Crowley, L.M.; Dimitrov, D.; et al. (2016). "The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling". Cladistics. 33 (6): 576–616. doi:10.1111/cla.12182.