Taxon details
Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch, 1844)
- Rank: Species (Genus type)
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2022-11-03
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015886]
- Distribution: USA to Brazil
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- Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); f (1375)
- Holotype: Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Colección Zoológica de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba (IES-CZACC/IZ), La Habana, Cuba; jf of Araneus lineatus (Alayón & Sherwood, 2022)
Epeira nicaraguensis Keyserling, 1885: 532, pl. 13, f. 31 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056551].
Epeira balaustina McCook, 1888b: 198 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056547].
Epeira variolata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 46, pl. 6, f. 14 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056552].
Epeira bivariolata Keyserling, 1892: 100, pl. 5, f. 74 (m, using nomen dubium).
Epeira nicaraguensis Keyserling, 1893: 214, pl. 10, f. 159 (f).
Epeira minax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: 112, pl. 15, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056550].
Epeira balaustina McCook, 1894: 155, pl. 4, f. 2 (f).
Epeira bivariolata McCook, 1894: 159, pl. 5, f. 5-6 (mf, using nomen dubium).
Epeira ravilla McCook, 1894: 161, pl. 5, f. 7 (f, Dm).
Eustala variolata Simon, 1898i: 873.
Eriophora variolata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 464.
Eriophora minax F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 464, pl. 44, f. 3 (f).
Epeira bivariolata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 464, pl. 44, f. 1-2 (mf, using nomen dubium).
Eriophora ravilla F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 465.
Aranea nicaraguensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 519.
Eriophora balaustina Banks, 1909b: 161.
Aranea circulata Comstock, 1910: 177, f. 16-19 (m; cf. Levi, 1971b: 287).
Araneus balaustinus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 281.
Araneus minax Petrunkevitch, 1911: 303.
Araneus nicaraguensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 306.
Araneus ravillus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 312.
Araneus variolatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 323.
Araneus lineatus Franganillo, 1931c: 288 (D; preoccupied by Clerck, 1757, see Enoplognatha ovata) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014985].
Eriophora circulata Comstock, 1940: 117, 517, f. 108-111, 538 (m).
Eriophora nicaraguensis Mello-Leitão, 1948: 164 (T from Araneus).
Eriophora ravilla Levi, 1971b: 286, f. 7-24 (mf, S of Eriophora balaustina, E. minax, E. nicaraguensis and E. variolata).
Eriophora ravilla Edwards, 1986: 1, f. 1-2 (m).
Eriophora ravilla Breene et al., 1993: 103, f. 154A-D (mf).
Eriophora ravilla Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1017, f. 21E, 24C-D, 26D, 32B, 38A, 46C, 47D, 51C, 54D, 58B, 60C, 62C, 64C, 74A-F, 102B, 108A-F (mf).
Eriophora ravilla Alayón & Sherwood, 2022: 610 (S of Araneus lineatus).
Alayón García, G. & Sherwood, D. (2022). Nomenclatural notes on some enigmatic Cuban spiders described by Pelegrín Franganillo Balboa (1873–1955) (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Arachnology 19(3): 609-616. doi:10.13156/arac.2022.19.3.609 
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Banks, N. (1909b). Arachnida of Cuba. In: Estación Central Agronómica, second report, 30 June 1905 - 1st January 1909. Part I. English edition. Secretaria de Agricultura, Comercio y Trabajo de la Republica de Cuba, pp. 150-174, pl. 45. -- Show included taxa
Breene, R. G., Dean, D. A., Nyffeler, M. & Edwards, G. B. (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. -- Show included taxa
Cabra-García, J. & Hormiga, G. (2020). Exploring the impact of morphology, multiple sequence alignment and choice of optimality criteria in phylogenetic inference: a case study with the Neotropical orb-weaving spider genus Wagneriana (Araneae: Araneidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188(4): 976-1151. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz088 -- Show included taxa
Comstock, J. H. (1940). The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, 727 pp. -- Show included taxa
Comstock, J. H. (1910). The palpi of male spiders. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 3(3): 161-185. doi:10.1093/aesa/3.3.161 -- Show included taxa
Edwards, G. B. (1986). A tropical orb weaver, Eriophora ravilla (Araneae: Araneidae). Entomology Circulars, Florida Department of Agriculture 286: 1-2. -- Show included taxa
Franganillo B., P. (1931c). Excursiones arachnológicas, durante el mes de agosto de 1930. Revista Belen 1931(27-28): 285-288. -- Show included taxa
Keyserling, E. (1885). Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. VI. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 34: 489-534, pl. 13. -- Show included taxa
Keyserling, E. (1892). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 4, 1-208. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa
Keyserling, E. (1893). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 4, 209-377. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa
Koch, C. L. (1844). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Elfter Band, pp. 1-174, pl. 361-396 (f. 850-959). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 -- Show included taxa
Levi, H. W. (1971b). The ravilla group of the orbweaver genus Eriophora in North America (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche, Cambridge 77(3, 1970): 280-302. doi:10.1155/1970/69275 -- Show included taxa
McCook, H. C. (1888b). Descriptive notes of new American species of orbweaving spiders. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 40: 193-199. -- Show included taxa
McCook, H. C. (1894). American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States with special regard to their industry and habits. Vol. III. Philadelphia, 285 pp., 30 pls. [for the year see p. 9] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.2681 -- Show included taxa
Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1948). Contribuição ao conhecimento da fauna araneológica das Guianas. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 20(2): 151-196. -- Show included taxa
Petrunkevitch, A. (1911). A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greenland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 29: 1-791. -- Show included taxa
Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1889d). Arachnida. Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1, 1-56, pl. 1-8. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] -- Show included taxa
Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1893b). Arachnida. Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1, 105-120. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] -- Show included taxa
Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1903a). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 425-464. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] -- Show included taxa
Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1904). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 465-560, pl. 44-51. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] -- Show included taxa
Simon, E. (1898i). On the spiders of the island of St Vincent. III. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 65(4, 1897): 860-890. [published in April 1898, after Duncan, 1937] doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1898.tb01390.x -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-03 | New taxonomic reference entry | Alayón & Sherwood, 2022 | n/a |
| 2022-11-03 | Species synonymy | Alayón & Sherwood, 2022 | Eriophora lineata synonymized with Eriophora ravilla |
| 2020-04-02 | New taxonomic reference entry | Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020 | n/a |
| 2019-06-10 | New taxonomic reference entry | Comstock, 1910 | n/a |
| 2015-11-20 | New taxonomic reference entry | Edwards, 1986 | n/a |