Araneus venatrix

(C.L.Koch, 1838) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/Araneidae/Araneus

At a glance

Occurrence records711

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens266

eDNA detections268

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Araneus venatrix's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility711 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI268 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics266 specimens↗

World Spider CatalogNaturhist. Museum Bernworld catalog↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF711 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries268 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD266 specimens

01Narrative

Araneus venatrix is een spinnensoort in de taxonomische indeling van de wielwebspinnen (Araneidae). Het dier behoort tot het geslacht Araneus. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1838 door Carl Ludwig Koch.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding266 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Araneus venatrix has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens266

BINs2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections268

Countries1

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P571 bp consensus234 specimens

ACGT

▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies

Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 86% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 79 variable positions, in barcode order

1Avariable

4Cvariable

16Avariable

31Tvariable

40Avariable

43Avariable

49Cvariable

52Avariable

59Tmostly conserved

74Tmostly conserved

79Avariable

88Avariable

94Tvariable

97Tvariable

110Cvariable

121Gvariable

122Avariable

127Gvariable

130Gvariable

133Avariable

145Avariable

160Avariable

163Avariable

166Avariable

175Gvariable

202Avariable

208Gvariable

211Avariable

214Gvariable

217Avariable

232Avariable

250Tvariable

262Avariable

274Tmostly conserved

281Avariable

289Amostly conserved

298Tvariable

304Avariable

313Gvariable

316Tvariable

325Tvariable

328Avariable

331Avariable

334Cvariable

335Gvariable

340Tmostly conserved

343Tvariable

352Tvariable

353Gvariable

361Avariable

370Avariable

376Avariable

377Tmostly conserved

401Cvariable

403Tvariable

406Tvariable

409Avariable

433Gvariable

436Tvariable

458Gvariable

463Tvariable

478Tvariable

481Gvariable

493Avariable

496Tvariable

502Gvariable

508Gvariable

511Gvariable

514Tvariable

517Tvariable

526Avariable

533Cvariable

535Gvariable

536Tvariable

538Avariable

541Gvariable

553Avariable

556Tvariable

565Gvariable

AACCTTATATTTAGTATTTGGGGCTTGATCTGCTATAGTAGGAACAGCCATAAGAGTATTGATTCGAGTTGAGTTAGGACAACCTGGAAG …

Variant network

Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens. Showing the 29 commonest of 61 variants.

Diversity (π)6.7%

Haplotypes61

BINs2

Most divergent pair14.4%

S.America

Closest relatives by DNA barcode

The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.

Argiope trifasciatasame family12.2%Neoscona vigilanssame family13.0%Eustala californiensissame family13.7%Argiope pulchellasame family13.7%Cyclosa moonduensissame family14.0%

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P★ITS2

animal barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type711 records

Wild obs. + sensor382

Museum / vouchered309

Other20

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO960 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 90≤1 km 174≤10 km 41>10 km 14

319 georeferenced · 63 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor382

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy44% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 3≤10 km 5

9 georeferenced · 300 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence309

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record	20
Buenos Aires, AR	9
PUC-RSlocation not on record	6
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record	3
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record	2

5 institutions · 40 of 309 vouchered records shown · 238 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA268 detections

Where the DNA of Araneus venatrix was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found268

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 268 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median24.9 °C 21.2–26.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter4.00 °C

Max temp (day)28.5 °C 25.1–29.7

Min temp (night)21.9 °C 17.0–24.1

Precipitation169 mm/mo 104–324

Air humidity64.9 % 61.1–69.1

Moisture balance27.5 mm/mo -36.6–200

Vapour deficit1,034 Pa 907–1,244

Wind speed2.00 m/s 1.30–3.40

Cloud cover43.3 % 28.3–64.4

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 268 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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