Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Description
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levi 1996)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levi 1996)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Levi 1996)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levi 1996)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Levi 1996)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Levi 1996)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Levi 1996)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Levi 1996)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Levi 1996)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Levi 1996)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Levi 1996)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levi 1996)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levi 1996)
Vulva, ventral view
(Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga 2011)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Levi 1996)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levi 1996)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Levi 1996)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Levi 1996)
Habitus
(IJland & van Diemen 2023)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Levi 1996)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Levi 1996)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Levi 1996)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Levi 1996)
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
Álvarez-Padilla F, Hormiga G (2011) Morphological and phylogenetic atlas of the orb-weaving spider family Tetragnathidae (Araneae: Araneoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162: 713-879 
IJland S, Diemen P van (2023) Gasteracantha cancriformis (Araneae, Araneidae) geimporteerd in Nederland [Gasteracantha cancriformis (Araneae, Araneidae) imported into the Netherlands]. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 40: 21-22
Levi H W (1996) The American orb weavers Hypognatha, Encyosaccus, Xylethrus, Gasteracantha, and Enacrosoma (Araneae, Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 155: 89-157
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
| 05-12-2024 | Image insert | |
| 08-03-2023 | Image insert | |
| 18-01-2023 | Image insert | |
| 18-01-2023 | Distribution insert | Detail |