World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: family name and authorship as per ICZN, 2009 Opinion 2224, after application by Kluge, 2007; Arkyinae L. Koch, 1872 (genera Arkys Walckenaer, 1837 and Demadiana Strand, 1929) elevated to Arkyidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 244; monophyly of Araneidae stated by Kallal et al., 2018: 138; Nephilinae Simon, 1894 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0111] elevated to family and relimited by Kuntner, 2006: 24, re-synonymized with Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 244; Nephilinae and Phonognathinae Simon, 1894 (Simon, 1894a: 746 as Phonognatheae), the valid name for Zygiellinae Simon, 1929 sensu Wunderlich, 2004f, elevated to family by Kuntner et al., 2019: 563, not accepted by Scharff et al., 2020 and Kallal et al., 2020, and confirmed as family by Kuntner et al., 2023: 969-970 along with the separation of Paraplectanoididae Kuntner, Coddington, Agnarsson & Bond, 2023 (with the single genus Paraplectanoides Keyserling, 1886); Nephilinae and Phonognathinae downgraded to subfamily and Paraplectanoididae considered a synonym of Araneidae by Hormiga et al., 2023: 803; Oarcinae (Gnolus and Oarces) transferred from the Mimitidae to the Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2012: Suppl. 1, p. 15, re-transfer to the Mimetidae by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 340 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards).

Gen. Acusilas Simon, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01425

Transferred to other genera:

Acusilas rufoniger Franganillo, 1930 -- see Leucauge

Acusilas rufoniger maculatus Franganillo, 1930 -- see Leucauge

In synonymy:

Acusilas gentingensis Murphy & Murphy, 1983 = Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895 (Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 18)

Acusilas vicitrus (Sherriffs, 1928) = Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895 (Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018c: 391)

Nomen nudum:

Acusilas indicus Sebastian, Sudhikumar, Mathew & Samson, in Sebastian & Peter, 2009: 122, 436, pl. 12 (mf, India) -- Sebastian & Peter, 2009, description is invalid as no deposition of the types is stated, see ICZN Article 16.4.2

Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895 | | Sierra Leone, Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon, Tanzania, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014454

Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895a: 785, f. 849 (Df) Original description

Acusilas africanus Murphy & Murphy, 1983b: 119, f. 7-8 (f)

Acusilas africanus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 15, f. 9A-C, 12B, 13B, 15A-B, 16A-E, 17A-B (f, Dm)

Acusilas africanus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 7, p. 6: 1 unnumbered f., p. 7: 6 unnumbered f. (f)

Acusilas callidus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041729

Acusilas callidus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 25, f. 27, 28A-B (Df) Original description

Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895 | | India, China to Indonesia (Moluccas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014455

Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895a: 785 (Df) Original description

Phonognatha vicitra Sherriffs, 1928: 183, f. 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014069]

Acusilas coccineus Uyemura, 1939b: 142, f. a-f (f)

Acusilas coccineus Yaginuma, 1960: 59, f. 58 (f)

Acusilas coccineus Namkung, 1964: 37, f. 23 (f)

Acusilas coccineus Yaginuma, 1971: 59, f. 58 (f)

Acusilas coccineus Murphy & Murphy, 1983b: 117, f. 3-6 (f)

Acusilas gentingensis Murphy & Murphy, 1983b: 122, f. 18-20 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014457]

Acusilas coccineus Hu, 1984: 88, f. 78.1-2 (f)

Acusilas coccineus Yaginuma, 1986a: 116, f. 61.2 (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Chikuni, 1989b: 75, f. 40 (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Chen & Zhang, 1991: 112, f. 106.1-3 (f)

Acusilas coccineus Yin et al., 1997d: 109, f. 35a-d (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 230, f. 133A-D, 145M (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Namkung, 2002: 256, f. 19.18a-b (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Kim & Kim, 2002: 177, f. 1, 70-71, 156-157 (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Namkung, 2003: 257, f. 19.17a-b (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Shin, 2007: 163, f. 11A-H (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Tanikawa, 2007c: 90, f. 279-281, 746-747 (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 176, f. 17B-D (m)

Acusilas coccineus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 18, f. 7A-B, 10A-D, 11A-B, 12A, 13A, 18A-B, 19A-E, 20A-B, 21A-B (mf, S)

Acusilas coccineus Tanikawa, 2009: 461, f. 317-318 (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Yin et al., 2012: 587, f. 282a-d (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Kim & Lee, 2012b: 12, f. 3A-C, pl. 1 (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 41, 4 f. (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 11, f. 48-52, 176 (f)

Acusilas coccineus Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018c: 391, f. 1A-E, 2A-G (mf, S of Phonognatha vicitra)

Acusilas dahoneus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014456

Acusilas dahoneus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 584, f. 363a-e (Df) Original description

Acusilas dahoneus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 22, f. 22, 23A-B (f)

Acusilas lepidus (Thorell, 1898) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014458

Argiope lepida Thorell, 1898: 337 (Dm) Original description

Acusilas lepidus Levi, 1983: 260 (Tm from Argiope; N.B.: probably misplaced in this genus, per Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 23)

Acusilas lepidus Levi & Santos, 2013: 222, f. 1 (m)

Acusilas malaccensis Murphy & Murphy, 1983 | | Thailand, Laos, China, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014459

Acusilas malaccensis Murphy & Murphy, 1983b: 119, f. 9-17 (Dmf) Original description

Acusilas malaccensis Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 24, f. 4-5, 6A-B, 8A-B, 24A-B, 25A-F, 26A-B (mf)

Acusilas spiralis Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041730

Acusilas spiralis Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 28, f. 29, 30A-B (Dm) Original description

Acusilas tongi Mi & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053580

Acusilas tongi Mi & Li, 2021b: 51, f. 1A-C, 2A-H, 20A (Dmf) Original description

Acusilas vei Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041731

Acusilas vei Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 29, f. 31, 32A-B (Dm) Original description

Acusilas vilei Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041732

Acusilas vilei Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 30, f. 33, 34A-B (Dm) Original description