N.B.: replacement name for Achaea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882c: 428 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05311], preoccupied in Lepidoptera by Hübner, 1823; possibly polyphyletic (Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 114); not a senior synonym of Parasteatoda Archer, 1946 (Saaristo, 2006: 69, contra Levi, 1995a: 6), or of Cryptachaea Archer, 1946 or Hentziectypus Archer, 1946 (Yoshida, 2008: 38, contra Levi, 1955a: 6).

Transferred to other genera:

Achaearanea acoreensis (Berland, 1932) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea alacris (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea altiventer (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea ambera Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea analista Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea anastema Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea angulithorax (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea anna Levi, 1959 -- see Hentziectypus

Achaearanea apex Levi, 1959 -- see Hentziectypus

Achaearanea asiatica (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea azteca (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea banosensis Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea barra Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea bellula (Keyserling, 1891) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea bentifica (Keyserling, 1891) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea blattea (Urquhart, 1886) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea boqueronica (Kraus, 1955) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea brookesiana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea caboverdensis Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 -- see Paidiscura

Achaearanea caliensis Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea cambridgei (Petrunkevitch, 1911) -- see Chrysso

Achaearanea campanulata Chen, 1993 -- see Campanicola

Achaearanea camura (Simon, 1877) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea canionis (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea caqueza Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea catapetraea (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea celsabdomina Zhu, 1998 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea chilensis Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea chiricahua Levi, 1955 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea cingulata Zhu, 1998 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea cinnabarina Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea conigera (Simon, 1914) -- see Achaeridion

Achaearanea conjuncta (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) -- see Hentziectypus

Achaearanea credula (Gertsch & Davis, 1936) -- see Hentziectypus

Achaearanea crocea (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) -- see Dipoena

Achaearanea culicivora (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea dalana Buckup & Marques, 1991 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea daliensis Zhu, 1998 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea dea Buckup & Marques, 2006 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea decorata (L. Koch, 1867) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea diamantina Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea digitus Buckup & Marques, 2006 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea dromedaria (Simon, 1880) -- see Paidiscura

Achaearanea dromedariformis (Roewer, 1942) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea ducta Zhu, 1998 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea eramus Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea extrilida (Keyserling, 1890) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea ferrumequina (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Campanicola

Achaearanea florendida Levi, 1959 -- see Hentziectypus

Achaearanea florens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) -- see Hentziectypus

Achaearanea fordum luctuosa (Caporiacco, 1954) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea fresno Levi, 1955 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea galeiforma Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea geochares Levi, 1955 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea gibberosa (Kulczyński, 1899) -- see Echinotheridion

Achaearanea gigantea (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea globosa (Hentz, 1850) -- see Hentziectypus

Achaearanea guadalupensis (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea gui Zhu, 1998 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea hammeni Chrysanthus, 1963 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea herbigrada (Simon, 1873) -- see Neottiura

Achaearanea hermosillo Levi, 1959 -- see Hentziectypus

Achaearanea hirta (Taczanowski, 1873) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea ignota (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea index (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) -- see Coleosoma

Achaearanea inops Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea insulsa (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea isana Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea japonica (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Nihonhimea

Achaearanea jequirituba Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea jinghongensis Zhu, 1998 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea kaindi Levi, Lubin & Robinson, 1982 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea kaspi Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea koepckei Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea kompirensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea krausi Chrysanthus, 1963 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea labarda Roberts, 1983 -- see Bardala

Achaearanea lanyuensis Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea leguiai (Chamberlin, 1916) -- see Theridion

Achaearanea liaoyuanensis Zhu & Yu, 1982 -- see Theridion

Achaearanea longiducta Zhu, 1998 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea lota Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea luculenta (Bryant, 1940) -- see Chrysso

Achaearanea lunata (Clerck, 1757) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea lunata (Olivier, 1789) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea lunata serrata (Franganillo, 1930) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea manzanillo Levi, 1959 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea maraca Buckup & Marques, 1991 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea maronica (Caporiacco, 1954) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea maxima (Keyserling, 1891) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea mea (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Campanicola

Achaearanea mendax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) -- see Hentziectypus

Achaearanea meraukensis Chrysanthus, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea mesax Levi, 1959 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea migrans (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea milagro Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea mundula (L. Koch, 1872) -- see Nihonhimea

Achaearanea nayaritensis Levi, 1959 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea nigrovittata (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea nipponica Yoshida, 1983 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea nordica (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) -- see Chrysso

Achaearanea oblivia (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea obnubila (Keyserling, 1891) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea oculiprominens (Saito, 1939) -- see Keijiella

Achaearanea ohlerti (Thorell, 1870) -- see Theridion

Achaearanea orana Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea orgea Levi, 1967 -- see Theridion

Achaearanea oxymaculata Zhu, 1998 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea palgongensis Seo, 1993 -- see Keijiella

Achaearanea pallida (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea pallipera Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea pallipes (Keyserling, 1891) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea parana Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea passiva (Keyserling, 1891) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea picadoi (Banks, 1909) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea pilaton Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea pinguis (Keyserling, 1886) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea polygramma (Kulczyński, 1911) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea porteri (Banks, 1896) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea portoricensis (Petrunkevitch, 1930) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea projectivulva Yoshida, 2001 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea pura (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea pusillana (Roewer, 1942) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea pydanieli Buckup & Marques, 1991 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea quadrimaculata Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea quadripartita (Keyserling, 1891) -- see Theridion

Achaearanea rafaeli Buckup & Marques, 1991 -- see Hentziectypus

Achaearanea rapa Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea redempta (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea rioensis Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea riparia (Blackwall, 1834) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea rostra Zhu & Zhang, 1992 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea rostrata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea rupicola (Emerton, 1882) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea ryukyu Yoshida, 2000 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea salvadorensis (Kraus, 1955) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea saxatilis (C. L. Koch, 1835) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea schneirlai Levi, 1959 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea schraderorum Levi, 1959 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea schullei (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) -- see Hentziectypus

Achaearanea serax Levi, 1959 -- see Hentziectypus

Achaearanea serenoae (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea serica (Urquhart, 1886) -- see Steatoda

Achaearanea sicki Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea simulans (Thorell, 1875) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea simulata (Emerton, 1926) -- see Theridion

Achaearanea songi Zhu, 1998 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea subtabulata Zhu, 1998 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea subvexa Zhu, 1998 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea tabulata Levi, 1980 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea taeniata (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea taim Buckup & Marques, 2006 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea teja Levi, 1967 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea tepidariorum (C. L. Koch, 1841) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea terex Levi, 1959 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea tesselata (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Nihonhimea

Achaearanea tovarensis Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea transipora (Zhu & Zhang, 1992) -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea triangula Yoshida, 1993 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea triguttata (Keyserling, 1891) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea trinidensis Levi, 1959 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea turquino Levi, 1959 -- see Hentziectypus

Achaearanea umbratica (L. Koch, 1872) -- see Theridion

Achaearanea undata (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea ungilensis Kim & Kim, 1996 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea uviana Levi, 1963 -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea valoka Chrysanthus, 1975 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea veruculata (Urquhart, 1886) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea vervoorti Chrysanthus, 1975 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea vivida (Keyserling, 1891) -- see Cryptachaea

Achaearanea wau Levi, Lubin & Robinson, 1982 -- see Parasteatoda

Achaearanea xinjiangensis Hu & Wu, 1989 -- see Heterotheridion

Achaearanea zonensis Levi, 1959 -- see Cryptachaea

In synonymy:

Achaearanea diversa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882, T from Thwaitesia) = Achaearanea trapezoidalis Taczanowski, 1873 (Keyserling, 1884a: 102, sub Achaea)

Achaearanea insignis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) = Achaearanea trapezoidalis Taczanowski, 1873 (Keyserling, 1884a: 102, sub Achaea)

Achaearanea pentagona (Caporiacco, 1954) = Achaearanea hieroglyphica Mello-Leitão, 1940 (Levi, 1967b: 22)

Homonym replaced:

Achaearanea globosa Patel, 2003 -- see Achaearanea triangularis Patel, 2005

Nomen dubium:

Achaearanea quadripunctata (Simon, 1895g: 145, m, Brazil, originally in Achaea) -- Levi, 1963b: 194