Leucauge argyra

Leucauge argyra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Leucauge
Species: L. argyra
Binomial name
Leucauge argyra
(Walckenaer, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Tetragnatha argyra (Walckenaer 1842)
  • Linyphia aurulenta (C.L. Koch 1845)
  • Linyphia ornata (Taczanowski 1874)
  • Meta argyra (Keyserling 1881)
  • Argyroepeira argyra (Keyserling 1893)
  • Argyroepeira argyra (McCook 1894)
  • Argyroepeira argyra (Simon 1894)
  • Argyroepeira aurulenta (Simon 1897)
  • Plesiometa argyra (Cambridge 1903)
  • Leucauge argyra Banks 1909
  • Leucauge argyra Petrunkevitch 1930
  • Plesiometa argyra (Archer 1951)
  • Leucauge aurulenta Archer 1951

Leucauge argyra is a spider and is known for being the host of the Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga, a Costa Rican or Puertorrican parasitoid wasp.[1] It is found from the United States to Brazil. Leucauge argyra (and many other Leucauge spp.) is known to be a colonial species, with spiders maintaining individual territories/orb webs within a scaffolding of shared support lines maintained by the group. Colonies of multi-generational individuals are often seen with some levels of size stratification (where larger individuals/adults occupy the highest web positions and smaller individuals/juveniles occupy lower web positions). [2]

Description

L.argyra has three lines on the abdomen that run parallel only about halfway across the abdomen, where the outer two bend inward before continuing parallel again through the rest of the abdomen. These markings can be somewhat variable, and different from L.venusta, where the abdomen has inverted V-markings on the abdomen.[3]

References

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