Aculepeira carbonarioides (Keyserling, 1892)
Description
Male
Prosoma reddish brown, cephalic part yellowish brown. Sternum dark brown. Chelicerae dark reddish brown. Legs dark brown, tibiae and metatarsi with 2 light rings, proximal half of tarsi light. Opisthosoma dark grey, with numerous white spots.
Body length male: 6.5-10.4 mmFemale
Colouration as in males, but legs somewhat darker.
Body length female: 10.1-12.9 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Holm 1970)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Holm 1970)
Pedipalp, apical view
(Levi 1977b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levi 1977b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levi 1977b)
Pedipalp, expanded, prolateral view
(Levi 1977b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Paquin & Dupérré 2003)
Palpal tibia
(Holm 1970)
Tibia II, dorsal view
(Levi 1977b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Holm 1970)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Holm 1970)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levi 1977b)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Levi 1977b)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Levi 1977b)
Epigyne
(Paquin & Dupérré 2003)
Epigyne
(Marusik & Fomichev 2026)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Levi 1977b)
Epigyne, variation, posterior view
(Levi 1977b)
Epigyne, variation, lateral view
(Levi 1977b)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Levi 1977b)
Epigyne, variation, posterior view
(Levi 1977b)
Vulva, posterior view
(Levi 1977b)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levi 1977b)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Levi 1977b)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Paquin & Dupérré 2003)
Habitus
(Holm 1970)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Levi 1977b)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Marusik & Fomichev 2026)
Distribution List
References
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp. 
Holm Å (1970) Notes on spiders collected by the "Vega" Expedition 1878-1880. Entomologica Scandinavica 1: 188-208
Koponen S, Marusik Y M, Tanasevitch A V (1998) New data on the spider fauna of the Polar Urals (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 6: 109-119
Levi H W (1977b) The orb-weaver genera Metepeira, Kaira and Aculepeira in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 148: 185-238
Marusik Y M, Fomichev A A (2026) New data on spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from northeastern Yakutia. Arthropoda Selecta 35: 135-146
Paquin P, Dupérré N (2003) Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Supplément 11: 1-251
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2