Eriophora nephiloides

Eriophora nephiloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Eriophora
Species:
E. nephiloides
Binomial name
Eriophora nephiloides

Eriophora nephiloides is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae first described in Biologia Centrali-Americana: Arachnida-Aranediea by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1889. Its recognized range is from Guatemala to Guayana, but has been documented as far south as Bolivia.

Description

Eriophora nephiloides is distinguished by a diamond-shaped abdomen with the rear subtriangle being elongated and pointed and the fore subtriangle being shorter and rounded. Its abdominal dorsum ranges in color from a reddish-brown to a distinctive bright green or yellow, and may have white spots scattered across/throughout or stripes around the edge. Its underside has a jet-black square or rectangle, which is bounded in either white or yellow. The cephalothorax and upper legs are dark yellow-brown, and the lower segments of the legs feature black and white banding.

References

  1. ↑ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". World Spider Catalog. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Pickard-Cambridge, Octavio (1889). Biologia Centrali-Americana: Arachnida-Araneidea, Vol. 1. p. 32.
  3. ↑ "Eriophora nephiloides (O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved March 2, 2025.