Araneus diadematus (Linnaeus, 1757)

Trilikauskas, Laimonas A. & Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2021, New Data On Spider Fauna Of The Katunskiy State Nature Biosphere Reserve (Altai, Russia), With Description Of The Male Oreonetides Sajanensis Eskov, 1991 (Arachnida: Araneae), Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 21 (2), pp. 137-153 : 139

Araneus diadematus (Linnaeus, 1757) *

Material. 2♀ (ISEA), KBR, Ozernaya River head, env. of Taimenye Lake, middle reaches of Kharyuzovka River, 49°48’53.6”N 85°47’42.0”E, 1652–1660 m a.s.l., 07.VIII.2019, leg. LT ; 1♂ & 2♀ (ISEA), same locality, E-slope near Taimenye Lake , env. of Taimenye Lake Ranger Station, 49°48’40.9–42.9”N 85°47’57.2–57.6”E, 1509 m a.s.l., 08–09.VIII.2019, leg. LT ; 1♂ & 2♀ (ISEA), KBR, Zaichikha River Valley , 1.5 km upstream of river mouth, 17.VIII.2020, leg. LT .

Habitats. Grass in river floodplains, herb meadows and clearings in subalpine dark coniferous forests.

Range. Palaearctic, introduced to NorthAmerica.