Araneus circe (Audouin, 1826)

Isaia, Marco, Paschetta, Mauro & Chiarle, Alberto, 2015, Annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation “ Alpi Marittime ” (NW Italy), Zoosystema 37 (1), pp. 57-114 : 78-79

Araneus circe (Audouin, 1826)

LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1966).

CHOROTYPE. — PAL.

MACROHABITAT. — not specified.

Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757 (Fig. 10)

NEW DATA. — Entracque : Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea , 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Lago della Rovina , Alpine scree, 1535 m, 19.VIII.2011, 1♀ (MRSN), leg. F. La Pietra ; pathway to Gorge della Reina , shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea , 900 m, 16.IX.2011, 2♂ (MRSN) ; Valdieri : Desertetto, grassland, 1088-1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 6♀ (MRSN) ; pathway to Pian del Valasco , beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; pathway to Rifugio Livio Bianco , Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 26. VI.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; Pian del Valasco , Alpine grassland with peatbogs, 1764 m, 7.VII.2011, 2 juv. (MRSN) ; Vallone di Lorousa , beech forest near stream, 1900- 2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 2♀ .

LITERATURE. — Brignoli 1966; Isaia et al. (2007); Lambiase et al. (2007).

CHOROTYPE. — OLA.

MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, shrublands, riparian habitats, rocky lands.

Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757 ( Fig. 11 )

NEW DATA. — Entracque : Vallone del Bousset, Torrente Bousset, beech forest and nearby habitats, 1000-1300 m, 21.IX.2008, 1♀ ; Vernante : Palanfrè, Gias del Chiot, beech forest, 1550 m, 22.VI.2009, 2♀ (beating tray) .

LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1966); Lambiase et al. (2007).

CHOROTYPE. — OLA.

MACROHABITAT. — Broadleaved woods.

Figures

FIG. 11. — Araneus marmoreus var. pyramidatus Clerck, 1757 (Araneidae), Entracque, Gorge della Reina. Photograph: Alberto Chiarle (2013).