Taxon details

Family: Araneidae / Genus: Micrathena

Micrathena cubana (Banks, 1909)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: - -
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016552]
  • Distribution: Cuba
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Taxonomic references
Acrosoma cubana Banks, 1909b: 163, pl. 45, f. 2 (Df).
Micrathena reduviana alba Franganillo, 1936c: 97, f. 50 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062651] = [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062665].
Micrathena reduviana rufa Franganillo, 1936c: 98 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062652] = [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062666].
Micrathena cubana Bryant, 1940: 371, f. 137-138, 144, 152-153 (f; m is not figured and misidentified per Levi, 1985a: 491).
Micrathena forcipata Bryant, 1940: 372, f. 141, 146 (m; misidentified per Levi, 1985a: 491).
Micrathena cubana Chickering, 1964: 256, f. 4-10 (f only).
Micrathena forcipata Chickering, 1964: 257, f. 16 (m; misidentified per Levi, 1985a: 491).
Micrathena patruelis alba Brignoli, 1983c: 248.
Micrathena patruelis rufa Brignoli, 1983c: 248.
Micrathena cubana Levi, 1985a: 491, f. 218-224 (mf, S of Micrathena patruelis alba and M. patruelis rufa).
References

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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Brignoli, P. M. (1983c). A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press, 755 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bryant, E. B. (1940). Cuban spiders in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 86: 247-532. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chickering, A. M. (1964). The genus Micrathena (Araneae, Araneidae) in the West Indies. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 131(8): 251-281. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Franganillo B., P. (1936c). Los arácnidos de Cuba hasta 1936. Cultural, La Habana, 183 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1985a). The spiny orb-weaver genera Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 150: 429-618. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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