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Colphepeira

Colphepeira is a genus of North American orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Colphepeira catawba. It was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1941, and has only been found in United States and Mexico.

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Colphepeira
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Colphepeira
Species:
C. catawba
Binomial name
Colphepeira catawba
Archer, 19411

Colphepeira is a genus of North American orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Colphepeira catawba. It was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1941,2 and has only been found in United States and Mexico.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Colphepeira Archer, 1941". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. Archer, A. F. (1941). "Supplement to the Argiopidae of Alabama". Museum Paper, Geological Survey of Alabama. 18: 1–47.