Mecynogea lemniscata (Walckenaer, 1842)
basilica orbweaver
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FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 Genus: Mecynogea Simon, 1903 Species: Mecynogea lemniscata (Walckenaer, 1842)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
basilica orbweaver
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: USA to Argentina
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
DC FL MO OK SC
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† orb weavers
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Archer, A. F. 1940. The Argiopidae or orb-weaving spiders of Alabama. Mus. Pap. geol. Surv. Ala 14: 1-77.
Banks, N., N. M. Newport & R. D. Bird. 1932. Oklahoma spiders. Publ. Univ. Oklahoma biol. Surv. 4(1): 7-49.
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Brignoli, P. M. 1983. A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester Univ. Press, 755 pp.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1904. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 465-560.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1889. Arachnida. Araneida. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 1: 1-56.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
Exline, H. 1948. Morphology, habits, and systematic position of Allepeira lemniscata (Walckenaer) (Araneida: Argiopidae, Allepeirinae). Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 41: 309-325.
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Kraus, O. 1955. Spinnen aus El Salvador (Arachnoidea, Araneae). Abh. senckenb. naturforsch. Ges. 493: 1-112.
Levi, H. W. 2002. Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas. J. Arachnol. 30: 527-562. 
Levi, H. W. 1997. The American orb weavers of the genera Mecynogea, Manogea, Kapogea and Cyrtophora (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 155: 215-255.
Levi, H. W. 1980. The orb-weaver genus Mecynogea, the subfamily Metinae and the genera Pachygnatha, Glenognatha and Azilia of the subfamily Tetragnathinae north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 149: 1-7
Marx, G. 1890. Catalogue of the described Araneae of temperate North America. Proc. U. S. nat. Mus. 12: 497-594.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
McCook, H. C. 1878. The basilica spider and her snare. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1878: 124-135.
Roth, V. D. 1985. Spider genera of North America. American Arachnological Society, Gainesville, Florida.
Schenkel, E. 1953. Bericht über eingie Spinnentiere aus Venezuela. Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 64: 1-57.
Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 761-1084.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.
Wiehle, H. 1967. Meta,-eine semientelegyne Gattung der Araneae (Arach.). Senckenberg. biol. 48: 183-196.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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