Species
Neoscona oaxacensis (Western spotted orbweaver)
Neoscona oaxacensis. Photo: (c) Michael Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Neoscona oaxacensis, known as western spotted orbweaver and zig-zag spider, is a species of spider in the family Araneidae. It is distributed in the Americas, from Kansas and California south to Venezuela and Peru, including the Galápagos Islands.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Order: Araneae (Spiders)
- Suborder: Araneomorphae (Typical spiders)
- Infraorder: Entelegynae (Entelegyne spiders)
- Superfamily: Araneoidea (Araneoid spiders)
- Family: Araneidae (Orbweavers)
- Subfamily: Araneinae (Typical orbweavers)
- Genus: Neoscona (Spotted orbweavers)
- Species: Neoscona oaxacensis (Western spotted orbweaver)
- Genus: Neoscona (Spotted orbweavers)
- Subfamily: Araneinae (Typical orbweavers)
- Family: Araneidae (Orbweavers)
- Superfamily: Araneoidea (Araneoid spiders)
- Infraorder: Entelegynae (Entelegyne spiders)
- Suborder: Araneomorphae (Typical spiders)
- Order: Araneae (Spiders)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)