Araneus stella (Karsch, 1879)
Description
Male
Males similar to females, smaller and darker than females. Cervical furrow and median groove distinct. Palp: terminal apophysis thick and long with pointed tip, median apophysis short and thick with pointed tip.
Female
Prosoma yellowish brown with slightly black margin, longer than wide. Chelicerae, endites, labium and sternum yellowish brown. Legs yellowish brown without annulation. Opisthosoma without folium pattern, with horn-shaped protuberances at shoulders. Epigye: Scape long and wrinkled with scooped tip.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Tanikawa 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Song et al. 1999)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Song et al. 1999)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Song et al. 1999)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Tanikawa 2009)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Song et al. 1999)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info 
Song D X, Zhu M S, Chen J (1999) The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
Tanikawa A (2009) Hersiliidae. Nephilidae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae. In Ono, H. (ed.), The Spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai Univ. Press, Kanagawa, pp. 149, 403-463
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 09-05-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 09-12-2015 | Image insert | |
| 26-11-2013 | Image insert |