Volume 52, Number 2, September 2005:
Checklist of Kansas Orbweaving Spiders

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- about KSN
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- introduction
- 1-6
- 7-16
- the orb web, prey, and economic importance
- 17-22
- 23-28
- predators, parasites and spider defenses
- Kansas orb weavers
- argiopidae
- tetragnathidae
- references
- acknowledgements

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Checklist of Kansas Orbweaving Spiders
by Hank Guarisco

ARGIOPIDAE
1. Acacesia hamata (Hentz 1847): ATCHISON, CHAUTAUQUA, CHEROKEE, CRAWFORD DOUGLAS, FRANKLIN, JEFFERSON, NEOSHO, OSAGE, WILSON / edge of woods (11, 30)
2. Acanthepeira cherokee Levi 1976: DOUGLAS / woods (17, 30)
3. Acanthepeira marion Levi 1976: MONTGOMERY / edge of woods (17, 30)
4. Acanthepeira stellata (Walckenaer 1805): CHAUTAUQUA, CHEROKEE, DOUGLAS, JEFFERSON, MEADE, MORRIS, MORTON, POTTAWATOMIE, ROOKS, RUSSELL, SALINE, SEWARD, SHAWNEE, WOODSON / prairie, pasture, old field (11, 17, 30)
5. Araneus bicentenarius (McCook 1888): DOUGLAS / woods (11, 24)
6. Araneus bonsallae (McCook 1894): DOUGLAS, SALINE / backyard under tree (26)
7. Araneus cingulatus (Walckenaer 1841): DOUGLAS / edge of woods (26)
8. Araneus guttulatus (Walckenaer 1841): DOUGLAS / woods, edge of woods (26)
9. Araneus juniperi Emerton 1885 (=Epeira juniperi Emerton 1884): DOUGLAS / on red cedar (11, 26)
10. Araneus marmoreus Clerck 1757: ANDERSON, DOUGLAS, JOHNSON / open woods (11, 24)
11. Araneus niveus (Hentz 1847): DOUGLAS / on pawpaw tree in woods (26)
12. Araneus pegnia (Walckenaer 1841): BARBER, CHAUTAUQUA, DOUGLAS, HARPER / woods, on red cedar, eaves of building (26)
13. Araneus pratensis (Emerton 1884) (=Singa pratensis Emerton 1884): DOUGLAS, GREENWOOD, JEFFERSON, LEAVENWORTH, RILEY / prairie, old field (11, 26)
14. Araneus raui Levi 1973: JEFFERSON / backyard near woods (26)
15. Araneus thaddeus (Hentz 1847): DOUGLAS, ELLIS, LEAVENWORTH, MONTGOMERY, ROOKS / understory vegetation in woods (26)
16. Araniella displicata (Hentz 1847): DOUGLAS, JEFFERSON / edge of woods (11, 27)
17. Argiope aurantia (Lucas 1833): ATCHISON, BROWN, CHEROKEE, DECATUR, DOUGLAS, HARPER, JEFFERSON, MARION, MEADE, MORRIS, POTTAWATOMIE, RILEY, WOODSON / prairie, old fields (11, 12, 23)
18. Argiope trifasciata (Forskal 1775): ANDERSON, BOURBON, CHAUTAUQUA, CHEYENNE, CLARK, CRAWFORD, DOUGLAS, GEARY, HAMILTON, JEFFERSON, KIOWA, LOGAN, MEADE, POTTAWATOMIE, RAWLINS, RILEY, ROOKS, SHERMAN prairie, old fields (11, 12, 23)
19. Colphepeira catawba (Banks 1911): DOUGLAS / under rock on open hillside (11, 33)
20. Cyclosa conica (Pallas 1772): DOUGLAS, JEFFERSON, LEAVENWORTH / woods (11, 31)
21. Cyclosa turbinata (Walckenaer 1841): DOUGLAS, HARPER, JEFFERSON, MONTGOMERY, OSAGE, RILEY, WILSON / woods, edge of woods, on buildings (31)

(29) Verrucosa arenata female, white form

(30) Verrucosa arenata female, yellow form

(31) Verrucosa arenata male

22. Eustala anastera (Walckenaer 1841): DOUGLAS, FRANKLIN, JEFFERSON, JOHNSON, OSAGE, ROOKS, SALINE / woods, edge of woods (11, 31)
23. Eustala cepina (Walckenaer 1841): BARTON, CHEROKEE, DOUGLAS, ELLSWORTH, LABETTE, MEADE, MONTGOMERY, ROOKS, SHAWNEE, WILSON, WOODSON / woods, edge of woods (11, 12, 31)
24. Eustala emertoni (Banks 1904): JEFFERSON, MONTGOMERY, ROOKS / mesic woods (31)
25. Gea heptagon (Hentz 1850): CRAWFORD, DOUGLAS, JEFFERSON, MEADE / old field near ground (11, 12, 23, 47)
26. Hyposinga funebris (Keyserling 1893) (=Hyposinga singaeformis (Scheffer 1904)): WALLACE (25, 29)
27. Hyposinga rubens (Hentz 1847) (= Singa truncata Banks 1901): BARBER, CLARK, COWLEY, DOUGLAS, JEFFERSON, KIOWA, LEAVENWORTH, MONTGOMERY, MORRIS, WOODSON / on red cedar, edge of woods (11, 25, 29)
28. Kaira alba (Hentz 1850): JEFFERSON / old field (18, 32, 38)
29. Larinia borealis Banks 1894: DOUGLAS, RILEY/ old field, edge of woods (28)
30. Larinia directa (Hentz 1847): DOUGLAS, JEFFERSON, NEOSHO / wet field, wood's edge (28)
31. Larinioides cornutus (Clerck 1757) (=Nuctenea cornuta (Clerck 1757)): ANDERSON, ATCHISON, BARTON, CHEROKEE, CLARK, CRAWFORD, DOUGLAS, ELLSWORTH, FRANKLIN, KINGMAN, LABETTE, LEAVENWORTH, MONTGOMERY, MORRIS, NEOSHO, OSAGE, POTTAWATOMIE, RILEY, RUSSELL, SCOTT, STAFFORD, WASHINGTON, WOODSON / woods, edge of woods, on buildings and bridges near water (27)
32. Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck 1757) (=Nuctenea patagiata (Clerck 1757)): BARTON, BROWN, CHEYENNE, CLAY, LINCOLN, MARION, MEADE, NORTON, RILEY, ROOKS / bridges, buildings near water (12, 27)
33. Mangora gibberosa (Hentz 1847): ANDERSON, BARBER, CHEYENNE, CRAWFORD, DOUGLAS, ELLSWORTH, FRANKLIN, JEFFERSON, MEADE, NEOSHO, OSAGE, ROOKS, SCOTT, SHAWNEE / old field near woods (11, 12, 28)
34. Mangora maculata (Keyserling 1865): ANDERSON, ATCHISON, CHAUTAUQUA, CHEROKEE, DOUGLAS, FRANKLIN, MIAMI, OSAGE, RILEY, WOODSON / woods (11, 28)
35. Mangora placida (Hentz 1847): ANDERSON, CHEROKEE, DOUGLAS, FRANKLIN, GEARY, KINGMAN, McPHERSON, MIAMI, MONTGOMERY, MORRIS, RILEY, SALINE, WOODSON / woods (11, 28)
36. Mastophora archeri Gertsch 1955: DOUGLAS / woods (41)
37. Metepeira comanche Levi 1977: BARBER / on red cedar near road (32)
38. Metepeira palustris Chamberlin and Ivie 1942: GREELEY / prairie herbs & shrubs (8, 32)
39. Metepeira labyrinthea (Hentz 1847): ANDERSON, CHAUTAUQUA, COMANCHE, DOUGLAS, ELK, JEFFERSON, JOHNSON, LEAVENWORTH, MARION, MEADE, SALINE, SHAWNEE, WASHINGTON, WOODSON / woods, edge of woods, on red cedar (11, 12, 32)
40. Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer 1805): ANDERSON, ATCHISON, CHEROKEE, DONIPHAN, DOUGLAS, ELK, ELLSWORTH, FRANKLIN, GEARY, JEFFERSON, KIOWA, MIAMI, NEOSHO, OSAGE, RILEY, SALINE, SHAWNEE / woods, understory (11, 33)
41. Micrathena mitrata (Hentz 1850): ATCHISON, CHEROKEE, DOUGLAS, RILEY / woods (11, 33)
42. Micrathena sagittata (Walckenaer 1841): CHEROKEE, DOUGLAS, ELLSWORTH, GEARY, NEMAHA, RILEY / understory in woods (11, 33)

(32) Leucauge venusta female

(33) Tetragnatha guatemalensis male

43. Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer 1841): ANDERSON, ATCHISON, BARTON, BROWN, CHASE, CHAUTAUQUA, CHEROKEE, DONIPHAN, DOUGLAS, ELLSWORTH, JEFFERSON, LABETTE, MARION, MEADE, MORRIS, OSAGE, RILEY, ROOKS, RUSSELL, SALINE, SHAWNEE, STAFFORD, WASHINGTON, WOODSON / prairie, old fields (1, 11, 12)
44. Neoscona crucifera (Lucas 1839) (=Neoscona hentzii Keyserling 1863 = Neoscona benjamina (Walckenaer 1841)): ATCHISON, BOURBON, BROWN, CHAUTAUQUA, CHEROKEE, CHEYENNE, CLARK, CRAWFORD, DOUGLAS, ELLIS, JEFFERSON, LEAVENWORTH, LINN, MIAMI, MONTGOMERY, MORRIS, OSAGE, RAWLINS, RILEY, SALINE, WOODSON / woods, edge of woods, on houses and bridges (1, 11)
45. Neoscona domiciliorum (Hentz 1847): JOHNSON / in arboretum (1)
46. Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling 1863): HAMILTON, LOGAN, MEADE, SHERMAN / sagebrush, shrubs (1, 12)
47. Neocona pratensis (Hentz 1847): BARTON, DOUGLAS, JEFFERSON, RILEY / prairies (1, 11)
48. Neoscona utahana (Chamberlin 1919): CHAUTAUQUA (1)
49. Ocrepeira globosa (F. P.-Cambridge 1904) (=Wixia globosa F. P.-Cambridge): BOURBON (30, 39)
50. Ocrepeira ectypa (Walckenaer 1841) (=Wixia ectypa (Walckenaer 1841)): DOUGLAS / understory in woods (30, 39)
51. Singa keyserlingi McCook 1893: DOUGLAS, JEFFERSON / old field, pasture by woods (25, 29)
52. Verrucosa arenata (Walckenaer 1841): ATCHISON, CHAUTAUQUA, CHEROKEE, DOUGLAS, LINN, MIAMI, NEOSHO, RILEY / open woods (11, 30)