Araneus washingtoni Levi, 1971
Description
Male
Colouration as in females, except legs distinctly banded.
Body length male: 5.0 mmFemale
Prosoma brown. Sternum dark brown. Legs brown, indistinctly banded. Opisthosoma: dorsum with folium and a black line between the humps, anterior part with white cardiac mark and a white transverse line, sides with a black patch, venter black, with white bracket on each side.
Body length female: 6.5 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levi 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levi 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Marusik & Kovblyuk 2011)
Embolus with cap
(Levi 1971)
Embolus
(Levi 1971)
Terminal apophysis, prolateral view
(Levi 1971)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levi 1971)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Levi 1971)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Levi 1971)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levi 1971)
Distribution List
References
Levi H W (1971) The diadematus group of the orb-weaver genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 141: 131-179 
Marusik Y M, Kovblyuk M M (2011) Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of Siberia and Russian Far East. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 344 pp.
Mikhailov K G (2013) The spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Russia and adjacent countries: a non-annotated checklist. Arthropoda Selecta, Supplement 3: 1-262
Mikhailov K G (2022) Progress in the study of the spider fauna (Aranei) of Russia and neighbouring regions: a 2020 update. Invertebrate Zoology 19: 295-304, Supplements 1.01-1.15, 2.01-2.24.
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 21-05-2018 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 19-03-2015 | Image insert | |
| 04-03-2015 | Image insert |