''Colphepeira'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

n orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, ''Colphepeira catawba''. It was first described by

Allan Frost Archer Allan Frost Archer (January 22, 1908 – 1994, fl. 1940–1971), was an American arachnologist, entomologist and malacologist. He was the curator of Arachnida at the Alabama Museum of Natural History in University, Alabama. Archer was active in ...

in 1941, and has only been found in

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and

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

References

Araneidae Monotypic Araneidae genera Spiders of Mexico Spiders of the United States {{Araneidae-stub