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Leucauge granulata

Painted Web-spider

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Painted Web-spider

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Australia - French Polynesia; n. to s.Japan

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group only (Rarotonga so far); Land, lowlands - mountains; on vegetation, usually in forested areas except where rainfall or humidity are high

KEY FEATURES: Large spider to 10mmBL, 40mmTL (incl. legs). CEPHALOTHORAX: Squarish anteriorly broadening to pyriform behind. Yellow with thin grey marginal stripe. ABDOMEN: About twice as long as wide, narrowing posteriorly, with silvery spots and stripes, and 2-3 pairs of dorsal humps in anterior half. Ventrally orange with a dark brown median area enclosing two silvery stripes. LEGS: Yellow-brown basally, dark distally. Proximal segments with dark distal rings. Femur of hind leg with a double row of fine hairs in basal half. EYES: Eight in two rows of four. WEB: An orb web, usually almost horizontal.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Leucauge granulata (Walckenaer, 1842]
SYNONYMS: Leucauge tuberculata [incl Marples55]; Tetragnatha granulata

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; ARACHNIDA; Araneae (=Araneida); Araneomorphae; TETRAGNATHIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
Special Reference: Marples, B.J. 1960. Spiders from some Pacific Islands, part IV The Cook Islands and Niue. Pacific Science. v.XIV:382-388.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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