A Checklist of Manitoba Spiders (Araneae)

with notes on geographic relationships

Results: Family Araneidae

Acanthepeira stellata (Walckenaer).: Location: A2; Collection: CNC; Distribution: Nearctic. Tall grass.
Aculepeira packardi (Thorell).: Location: J4; Collection: CNC; Distribution: Holarctic. Among rocks.
Araneus corticarius (Emerton).: Location: A4, B3, J4; Collection: CNC; Distribution: Nearctic. Boreal. Tree trunks.
Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin & Ivie*.: Location: A2, A3, B3; Collection: AC, AIT, CNC, MMMN; Distribution: Western Nearctic. In buildings.
Araneus groenlandicola (Strand).: Location: A2, B1, D1, J4; Collection: CNC, COS; Distribution: Nearctic. Grass, low shrubs.
Araneus iviei Archer.: Location: B2, B3, Fl, H2; Collection: AIT, BUC, CNC; Distribution: Nearctic. Boreal forest. Bog. Shrubs.
Araneus marmoreus Clerck.: Location: A1, A3, B1-4, C1, H2; Collection: AIT, CNC, MMMN, PRE; Distribution: Holarctic. Boreal forest. Bogs. Coniferous and deciduous foliage, buildings.
Araneus nordmanni (Thorell)*.: Location: A3, B2, B3, H2; Collection: AIT, CNC, MMMN; Distribution: Holarctic. Boreoalpine. Coniferous woods. Foliage.
Araneus saevus (L. Koch).: Location: B4, C1, C4, H2; Collection: AIT, CNC, MMMN; Distribution: Holarctic. Boreal.Bogs. Coniferous foliage.
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz)*.: Location: A3; Collection: CNC; Distribution: Eastern Nearctic. Deciduous woods. Deciduous foliage.
Araneus trifolium (Hertz).: Location: A1-3, B2, B3, C4, El; Collection: AC, AIT, CNC, MMMN; Distribution: Nearctic. Bogs,meadows. Tall grass.
Araniella displicata (Hertz).: Location: Al-3, B I, B3, B4; Collection: AIT, CNC, MMMN, PRE; Distribution: Holarctic. Deciduous trees. Foliage of trees and shrubs.
Argiope trifasciata (Forskal).: Location: A2, A3, Bl-3; Collection: AIT, CNC, COS, MMMN; Distribution: Cosmopolitan. Fields, meadows. Grass, shrubs.
Cercidia prominens (Westring): Location: Bl,Cl; Collection: CNC; Distribution: Holarctic. Mixed prairie. Tall grass.
Cyclosa conica (Pallas).: Location: A3, B3, Fl, H1; Collection: BUC,CNC; Distribution: Holarctic. Boreal forest. Bogs. Coniterous foliage.
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer).: Location: A3, A4, B3, Cl; Collection: AIT, CNC; Distribution: Nearctic. Mixed woods. Foliage.
Hypsosinga funebris (Keyserling).: Location: C1; Collection: CNC; Distribution: Nearctic. Prairies. Grass.
Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall).: Location: A1-4, B2, J4; Collection: AIT, CNC, COS, MMMN; Distribution: Holarctic. Boreal forest, aspen parkland. Bogs, ditches, riverbanks. Tall herbs, shrubs.
Hypsosinga rubens (Hertz).: Location: A3, C2; Collection: CNC; Distribution: Nearctic. Bogs, meadows, deciduous woods, mixed woods. Grass, plant litter.
Larinia borealis Banks.: Location: A2; Collection: CNC; Distribution: Nearctic.Fields. Grass.
Mangora placida (Hertz).: Location: B3, C1; Collection: CNC, COS; Distribution: Nearctic. Deciduous woods. Tree foliage.
Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer).: Location: A3, B3, C1,D2; Collection: AIT, CNC, MMMN, PRE; Distribution: Nearctic. Meadows, fields, bogs. Grass, shrubs.
Nuctenea cornuta (Clerck).: Location: A2-4, B 1-3, D2, E1,F1, H2, J4; Collection: AIT, BUC, CNC, COS, MMMN, PRE; Distribution: Holarctic. Marshes, meadows, fields,bogs, mixed woods. Tree and shrub foliage, tall grass.
Nuctenea patagiata (Clerck).: Location: A2-4, B2, B3, C1, C4, D2, D3, E1, F1, F3, G2,G3,H2,K2,J4; Collection: AIT, BUC, CNC, COS, MMMN, PRE; Distribution: Holarctic. Tree trunks, bridges, buildings.
Nuctenea sclopetaria (Clerck)*.: Location: B3; Collection: AIT; Distribution: Holarctic. On buildings.
Singa keyserlingi McCook.: Location: A2, A3, B2, C1; Collection: CNC; Distribution: Nearctic. Bogs, ditches, moss.
Zygiella dispar (Kulczynski).: Location: B2, Cl, D3, F3; Collection: CNC; Distribution: Holarctic. Boreoalpine. Mixed woods. Coniferous foliage.

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