World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Herennia Thorell, 1877 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01378

type Epeira multipuncta Doleschall, 1859; gender feminine

N.B.: placed in the Araneidae by Wunderlich, 2004g: 964; firstly transferred from the Tetragnathidae to the Nephilidae by Kuntner, 2006: 24 (see also Kuntner, 2005a: 391); for the current familial placement see also the note at the family.

In synonymy:

Herennia mammillaris (Stoliczka, 1869) = Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall, 1859) (Thorell, 1887: 166, T from Epeira)

Herennia mollis Thorell, 1887 = Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall, 1859) (Thorell, 1895b: 758)

Herennia ornatissima (Doleschall, 1859, T from Epeira) = Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall, 1859) (Thorell, 1877b: 371)

Herennia sampitana Karsch, 1880 = Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall, 1859) (Kuntner, 2005a: 397)

Herennia agnarssoni Kuntner, 2005 | | Solomon Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039994

Herennia agnarssoni Kuntner, 2005a: 401, f. 16A-C (Df) Original description

Herennia agnarssoni Kuntner et al., 2026: 10, f. 6d (f)

Herennia deelemanae Kuntner, 2005 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039995

Herennia deelemanae Kuntner, 2005a: 402, f. 17A-C (Dmf) Original description

Herennia deelemanae Kuntner et al., 2026: 8, f. 4b, 6a, 8c (mf)

Herennia etruscilla Kuntner, 2005 | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039996

Herennia etruscilla Kuntner, 2005a: 405, f. 18A-D, 19A-F, 20A-F, 21A-F, 22A-F, 23A-F, 24A-F, 25A-C, 26A-B (Dmf) Original description

Herennia etruscilla Kuntner et al., 2026: 10, f. 6g, 7c, 11g-h (mf)

Herennia eva Kuntner, 2026 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066702

Herennia eva Kuntner, in Kuntner et al., 2026: 13, f. 6b, 8a, 9a-f (Dmf) Original description

Herennia gagamba Kuntner, 2005 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039997

Herennia sp. Hormiga, Eberhard & Coddington, 1995: 334, f. 11G-J (f; here per Kuntner, 2005a: 408)

Herennia gagamba Kuntner, 2005a: 408, f. 27C-D (Df) Original description

Herennia gagamba Kuntner et al., 2026: 9, f. 5b (f)

Herennia jernej Kuntner, 2005 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039998

Herennia jernej Kuntner, 2005a: 411, f. 27E (Df) Original description

Herennia jernej Kuntner et al., 2026: 9, f. 5d (f)

Herennia maj Kuntner, 2026 | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066703

Herennia maj Kuntner, in Kuntner et al., 2026: 15, f. 4a, 5e, 9g (Df) Original description

Herennia milleri Kuntner, 2005 | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039999

Herennia milleri Kuntner, 2005a: 412, f. 16D-G (Df) Original description

Herennia milleri Kuntner et al., 2026: 10, f. 6f (f)

Herennia multipuncta (Doleschall, 1859) | | India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia (peninsula, Borneo), Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039408 TYPE SPECIES

Epeira ornatissima Doleschall, 1859: 32, pl. 1, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013660]

Epeira multipuncta Doleschall, 1859: 32, pl. 11, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Epeira mammillaris Stoliczka, 1869: 236, pl. 20, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066705]

Herennia multipuncta Thorell, 1877b: 371 (S of Epeira ornatissima)

Herennia sampitana Karsch, 1880c: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013662]

Herennia mollis Thorell, 1887: 166 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013659]

Herennia multipuncta Thorell, 1887: 166 (S of Herennia mammillaris)

Herennia ornatissima Simon, 1894a: 759, f. 828, 835 (Dm, f)

Herennia mamillaris Simon, 1894a: 758 (unjustified emendation)

Herennia multipuncta Thorell, 1895b: 758 (S of Herennia mollis)

Herennia ornatissima Tikader, 1982a: 106, f. 202-204 (f)

Herennia ornatissima Feng, 1990: 86, f. 61.1-6 (mf)

Herennia ornatissima Hormiga, Eberhard & Coddington, 1995: 334, f. 11A-B, E-F (m)

Herennia ornatissima Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 213, f. 120P-R (mf)

Herennia ornatissima Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 71, f. 31A-H, pl. IVA-D (mf)

Herennia multipuncta Kuntner, 2005a: 397, f. 1A-G, 2A-D, 3A-C, 4A-E, 5A-F, 6A-F, 7A-F, 8A-F, 9A-F, 10A-F, 11A-F, 12A-F, 13A-F, 14A-C, 15 (mf, S of Herennia sampitana and S of H. mollis confirmed)

Herennia multipuncta Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 168, f. 9A-E, I-L (mf)

Herennia multipuncta Kuntner, Coddington & Schneider, 2009: 1452, f. 1B, 4D (mf)

Herennia multipuncta Kuntner et al., 2009: 258, f. 1a-b (mf)

Herennia multipuncta Eberhard & Huber, 2010: 264, f. 12.13 (f)

Herennia multipuncta Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 846, f. 133F, 134E-F (f)

Herennia multipuncta Sen et al., 2015: 104, f. 601-606, pl. 21 (f)

Herennia multipuncta Kuntner et al., 2026: 2, f. 1a-c, 5c, 7a (mf)

Herennia oz Kuntner, 2005 | | Australia (Northern Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040000

Herennia oz Kuntner, 2005a: 413, f. 28A-C (Df) Original description

Herennia oz Kuntner et al., 2026: 17, f. 6h, 7d, 11a-f, 12a (Dm, f)

Herennia papuana Thorell, 1881 | | Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013661

Herennia papuana Thorell, 1881: 77 (Df) Original description

Herennia ornatissima Chrysanthus, 1971: 41, f. 85-86 (f; misidentified per Kuntner, 2005a: 415)

Herennia papuana Kuntner, 2005a: 415, f. 29A-C, 30A-E (Dm, f)

Herennia papuana Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 168, f. 9F-H (m)

Herennia papuana Kuntner, Coddington & Schneider, 2009: 1452, f. 1B-C (m)

Herennia papuana Kuntner et al., 2026: 10, f. 6e, 8d (mf)

Herennia sonja Kuntner, 2005 | | Indonesia (Borneo, Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040001

Herennia sonja Kuntner, 2005a: 418, f. 27A-B (Df) Original description

Herennia sonja Kuntner et al., 2026: 9, f. 5a (f)

Herennia tone Kuntner, 2005 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040002

Herennia tone Kuntner, 2005a: 420, f. 31A-E (Df) Original description

Herennia tone Kuntner et al., 2026: 15, f. 6c, 8b, 9h-i (Dm, f)

Herennia tsoi Kuntner, Yu, Turk, Čandek, Gregorič, Anderson, Coddington & Cheng, 2026 | | Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066704

Herennia tsoi Kuntner et al., 2026: 16, f. 5f, 7b, 10a-f (Dmf) Original description