Pisaura mirabilis

Pisaura mirabilis
Female carrying egg sack
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Pisaura
Species:
P. mirabilis
Binomial name
Pisaura mirabilis
Synonyms
  • Aranea listeri Scopoli, 1763
  • Aranea arcuato-lineata Martini & Goeze, 1778
  • Aranea flavo-striata Martini & Goeze, 1778
  • Aranea tripunctata Martini & Goeze, 1778
  • Aranea rufo-fasciata De Geer, 1783
  • Aranea marmorata Fourcroy, 1785
  • Aranea agraria Olivier, 1789
  • Aranea obscura Fabricius, 1793
  • Aranea bivittata Risso, 1826
  • Ocyale murina C. L. Koch, 1837
  • Dolomedes scheuchzeri Bremi-Wolff, 1849
  • Ocyale mirabilis albida Franganillo, 1913
  • Ocyale mirabilis fusca Franganillo, 1913

Pisaura mirabilis, also known as the predatory spider, cunning spider or bridal gift spider, belongs to the hunting spider family (Pisauridae) and the superfamily Lycosoidea. It is widespread throughout Europe. In 2002, it was voted Spider of the Year by the Arachnological Society.


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