Cyclosa bifurcata

Cyclosa bifurcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Cyclosa
Species:
C. bifurcata
Binomial name
Cyclosa bifurcata

Cyclosa bifurcata is a species of spider in the orb-weaver family Araneidae, found in South America (Costa Rica, Hispaniola to Argentina).[1] (Cyclosa bifurcata Kishida, 1931 is a different species, now regarded as a synonym of Cyrtophora exanthematica.[2])

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Charles Walckenaer in 1841 as Epeira bifurcata. It was transferred to the genus Cyclosa as Cyclosa bifurcata in 1991 by Herbert Walter Levi.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Taxon details Cyclosa bifurcata (Walckenaer, 1841)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2025-11-21
  2. ^ "Taxon details Cyrtophora exanthematica (Doleschall, 1859)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2025-11-21


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