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Araneidae  Clerck, 1757 / Neoscona  Simon, 1864   8 species

Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875)

Description
Additional information

Oct. 2001, Genk, in container from New Orleans.

Non-established species in Europe (Nentwig, 2015)

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Asia and Pacific islands. Introduced to the Americas and Africa
Figures
Distribution List
Belgium   (Van Keer, 2007; Van Keer, 2011) |||
References

Berman J D, Levi H W (1971) The orb weaver genus Neoscona in North America (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 141: 465-500 pdf

Grasshoff M (1986) Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Neoscona in Afrika (Arachnida: Araneae). Annalen Zoologische Wetenschappen 250: 1-123 pdf

Nentwig W (2015) Introduction, establishment rate, pathways and impact of spiders alien to Europe. Biological Invasions 17: 2757-2778 pdf

Tanikawa A (1998) A revision of the Japanese spiders of the genus Neoscona (Araneae: Araneidae). Acta Arachnologica 47: 133-168 pdf

Van Keer K (2007) Exotic spiders (Araneae): verified reports from Belgium of imported species (1976-2006) and some notes on apparent neozoan invasive species. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 22: 45-54 pdf

Van Keer K (2011) An update on the verified reports of imported spiders (Araneae) from Belgium. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 25(3, 2010): 210-214 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
20-10-2023 Image insert
17-10-2023 Distribution update Detail
17-10-2023 Distribution insert Detail