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).

In synonymy:

Anetes Menge, 1850 = Agalenatea Archer, 1951 (Bonnet, 1955: 325, sub Araneus, by synonymy of the type species; the genus name Anetes was supressed by Simon, 1895a: 952)

Gen. Agalenatea Archer, 1951 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01431

N.B.: considered valid by Grasshoff, 1976: 149; considered a junior synonym of Anetes Menge, 1850: 71 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05995] (type A. coeletron Menge, 1850) by Bonnet, 1955: 325 (sub Araneus, by synonymy of the type species; the genus name Anetes was supressed by Simon, 1895a: 952); Breitling, 2019b: 23 discusses Agalenatea might be a subgenus of Araneus (based mainly on COI, see FAQ 7).

Transferred to other genera:

Agalenatea angulopicta (Schenkel, 1953) -- see Alenatea

Agalenatea arcopicta (Schenkel, 1953) -- see Alenatea

Agalenatea davidi (Schenkel, 1963) -- see Alenatea

Agalenatea fuscocolorata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Alenatea

In synonymy:

Agalenatea agalena (Hahn, 1834, T from Epeira) = Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763 (Thorell, 1870a: 18, sub Epeira sollers)

Agalenatea aldrovandi (Scopoli, 1763, T from Aranea) = Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763 (Simon, 1874a: 90, sub Epeira)

Agalenatea biocellata (Canestrini, 1868, T from Epeira) = Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763 (Simon, 1929: 761, sub Araneus)

Agalenatea coeletron (Menge, 1850) = Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763 (Bonnet, 1955: 326, sub Araneus)

Agalenatea cratera (Walckenaer, 1802, T from Aranea) = Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763 (Thorell, 1870a: 18, sub Epeira sollers)

Agalenatea modesta (Simon, 1890, T from Neoscona) = Agalenatea liriope L. Koch, 1875 (Grasshoff & van Harten, 2007: 155)

Agalenatea modestella (Strand, 1907) = Agalenatea liriope L. Koch, 1875 (Roewer, 1942a: 811, sub Aranea)

Agalenatea solers (Walckenaer, 1805) = Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763 (Simon, 1874a: 90, sub Epeira)

Agalenatea liriope (L. Koch, 1875) | | Ethiopia, Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014988

Epeira liriope L. Koch, 1875b: 19, pl. 2, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Epeira modesta Simon, 1890a: 104 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016723]

Aranea modestella Strand, 1907m: 422 (superfluous replacement name, see Araneus thorelli) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061437]

Aranea modesta Roewer, 1942a: 811 (S of Aranea modestella)

Neoscona modesta Levy, 1998a: 338 (T from Araneus)

Agalenatea liriope Grasshoff & van Harten, 2007: 155 (T from Araneus, S of Neoscona modesta; N.B.: see note under Araneus cardioceros)

Agalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763) | | Azores, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Jordan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014467

Aranea redii Scopoli, 1763: 394 (D) Original description

Aranea aldrovandi Scopoli, 1763: 394 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061438]

Aranea cratera Walckenaer, 1802: 197 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061439]

Aranea cratera Panzer, 1804b: 66, pl. 49, f. 5 (f)

Epeira cratera Walckenaer, 1805: 59

Epeira solers Walckenaer, 1805: 60 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061440]

Epeira agalena Hahn, 1834: 29, f. 115 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061441]

Epeira cratera Walckenaer, 1841: 35 (Dm)

Epeira solers Walckenaer, 1841: 41 (Df)

Atea sclopetaria C. L. Koch, 1844: 134, f. 934-935 (mf; misidentified per Thorell, 1870a: 18)

Anetes coeletron Menge, 1850: 71 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058153]

Epeira sollers Westring, 1861: 41 (Dm)

Epeira solers Blackwall, 1864a: 336, pl. 24, f. 243 (mf)

Epeira solers Menge, 1866: 63, pl. 9, f. 11 (mf)

Epeira biocellata Canestrini, 1868a: 173 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061442]

Epeira biocellata Canestrini, 1868c: 201 (Dm)

Epeira sollers Thorell, 1870a: 18 (S of Aranea cratera and Epeira agalena)

Epeira redii Simon, 1874a: 90 (mf, S of Aranea aldrovandi and Epeira solers)

Epeira redii Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 131, pl. 5, f. 17 (mf)

Araneus coeletron Simon, 1895a: 952 (supression of the genus name Anetes)

Epeira redii Becker, 1896: (2): 29, pl. 6, f. 2 (mf)

Epeira redii Bösenberg, 1901: 38, pl. 2, f. 24 (mf)

Epeira agalena O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1910: 108, pl. A, f. 18-22 (mf)

Araneus redii Lessert, 1910b: 323

Araneus redii Fedotov, 1912a: 84, f. 29-30 (mf)

Araneus redii Simon, 1929: 688, 761, f. 1050, 1064 (mf, probable S of Epeira biocellata, accepted by Roewer)

Aranea redii Wiehle, 1931: 97, f. 146-150 (mf)

Aranea redii Drensky, 1943: 243, f. 21 (mf)

Agalenatea redii Archer, 1951c: 1, f. 1 (m, T from Araneus)

Araneus redii Locket & Millidge, 1953: 139, f. 93A-C (mf)

Araneus redii Bonnet, 1955: 326 (S of Araneus coeletron)

Aranea redii Zamaraev, 1964: 357, f. 58-60 (mf)

Araneus redii Azheganova, 1968: 79, f. 162, 169 (mf)

Araneus redii Tystshenko, 1971: 196, f. 579, 587 (f)

Araneus redii Miller, 1971: 210, pl. XXXIX, f. 5-6 (mf)

Araneus redii Loksa, 1972: 80, f. 70A-D (mf)

Araneus redii Bakhvalov, 1974: 111, f. 76-80 (mf)

Agalenatea redii Punda, 1975b: 31, f. 37-38 (f)

Agalenatea redii Roberts, 1985: 214, f. 96a (mf)

Araneus redii Hu & Wu, 1989: 93, f. 69.1-3 (f)

Agalenatea redii Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 70, f. 161 (mf)

Agalenatea redii Roberts, 1995: 325, f. (mf)

Araneus redii Mcheidze, 1997: 273, f. 613-616 (mf)

Agalenatea redii Yin et al., 1997d: 115, f. 40a-c (f)

Agalenatea redii Roberts, 1998: 338, f. (mf)

Agalenatea redii Levy, 1998a: 333, f. 88-95 (mf)

Agalenatea redii Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 230, f. 133E-F, 145N (f)

Agalenatea redii Almquist, 2005: 135, f. 148a-k (mf)

Agalenatea redii Morano, 2023: 76, f. 8-12 (mf)