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. Alenatea Song & Zhu, 1999 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01434

In synonymy:

Alenatea angulopicta (Schenkel, 1953) = Alenatea fuscocolorata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 (Ma & Tu, 1987: 52, sub Neoscona)

Alenatea arcopicta (Schenkel, 1953) = Alenatea fuscocolorata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 (Ma & Tu, 1987: 51, sub Neoscona)

Alenatea davidi (Schenkel, 1963) = Alenatea fuscocolorata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 (Ma & Tu, 1987: 52, sub Neoscona)

Alenatea fuscocoloratoides (Namkung, 2002) = Alenatea acusiseta Zhu & Song, 1994 (Namkung, 2003: 255, sub Araneus)

Alenatea acusiseta (Zhu & Song, 1994) | | China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014661

Araneus acusisetus Zhu & Song in Zhu et al., 1994: 27, f. 2A-C (Dm) Original description

Araneus acusisetus Yin et al., 1997d: 143, f. 58a-c (m)

Araneus acusisetus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 236, f. 134K-L, 146K (m)

Araneus acusisetus Tanikawa, 2001b: 83, f. 73-74, 77-78 (m, Df)

Araneus fuscocoloratoides Namkung, 2002: 254, 620, f. 19.16a-b (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061283]

Araneus acusisetus Namkung, 2003: 255, f. 19.15a-b (mf, S of Araneus fuscocoloratoides)

Araneus acusisetus Tanikawa, 2007c: 82, f. 238-239, 679-680 (mf)

Araneus acusisetus Tanikawa, 2009: 455, f. 255-256 (mf)

Araneus acusisetus Kim & Lee, 2012b: 17, f. 6A-C (mf)

Alenatea acusiseta Marusik et al., 2020: 493 (T from Araneus)

Alenatea fuscocolorata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | | Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014476

Aranea fuscocolorata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 224, pl. 4, f. 29, pl. 12, f. 298 (Dmf) Original description

Aranea fuscocolorata Strand, 1918: 95, pl. 2, f. 25-26 (f)

Araneus fuscoloratus Nakatsudi, 1942a: 306, f. 12-14 (f)

Araneus arcopictus Schenkel, 1953b: 50, f. 25a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061281]

Araneus angulopictus Schenkel, 1953b: 53, f. 26a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061280]

Neoscona fuscocolorata Yaginuma, 1955a: 19, pl. I, f. 6, 14 (mf, T from Araneus)

Catheistela fuscocolorata Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 36 (lapsus, T from Neoscona)

Agalenatea angulopicta Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 37 (T from Araneus)

Agalenatea arcopicta Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 37 (T from Araneus)

Araneus fuscocoloratus Yaginuma, 1960: 52, f. 48 (f)

Araneus davidi Schenkel, 1963: 172, f. 100a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061282]

Araneus fuscocoloratus Lee, 1966: 39, f. 10h-i (f)

Araneus fuscocoloratus Yaginuma, 1971: 52, f. 48 (f)

Araneus angulopictus Hu, 1984: 89, f. 80.1-2 (f)

Neoscona fuscocolorata Hu, 1984: 93, f. 86.1-2 (mf)

Araneus arcopictus Zhu & Shi, 1985: 69, f. 56a-e (f, Dm)

Araneus fuscocoloratus Grasshoff, 1986: 118 (T from Neoscona)

Neoscona fuscolorata Yaginuma, 1986a: 105, f. 55.9 (f)

Araneus fuscocoloratus Yaginuma, 1986c: 187, f. 1B, D (mf)

Neoscona angulopictus Zhang, 1987: 83, f. 67.1-2 (f)

Neoscona fuscocolorata Zhang, 1987: 85, f. 69.1-5 (mf)

Neoscona fuscocolorata Ma & Tu, 1987: 51, f. 1 (mf, S of Neoscona angulopicta, N. arcopicta and N. davidi)

Araneus fuscocoloratus Chikuni, 1989b: 70, f. 27 (mf)

Agalenatea arcopicta Yin et al., 1997d: 112, f. 37a-c (f)

Agalenatea davidi Yin et al., 1997d: 113, f. 38a-b (f, T from Araneus)

Agalenatea fuscocolorata Yin et al., 1997d: 113, f. 39a-g (mf, T from Araneus)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 235, f. 6B, 133H-K, 146A-B (mf, T from Agalenatea)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 183, f. 107A-G (mf)

Araneus fuscoloratus Namkung, 2002: 253, f. 19.15a-b (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Kim & Kim, 2002: 178, f. 2, 72-73, 158 (mf)

Alenatea fuscocoloratus Namkung, 2003: 256, f. 19.16a-b (mf, lapsus)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Shin, 2007: 166, f. 12A-G (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Tanikawa, 2007c: 77, f. 213, 637-638 (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Tanikawa, 2009: 455, f. 253-254 (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 196, f. 137A-G (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Yin et al., 2012: 588, f. 283a-g (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Kim & Lee, 2012b: 13, f. 4A-C (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Marusik et al., 2020: 490, f. 1-4, 9-10, 13-15, 19-21, 25-26 (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 99, f. 66A-D (mf)

Alenatea touxie Song & Zhu, 1999 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014477

Agalenatea angulopicta Yin et al., 1997d: 111, f. 36a-d (f; misidentified per Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 235)

Alenatea touxie Song & Zhu in Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 235 (Df) Original description

Alenatea touxie Yin et al., 2012: 590, f. 284a-d (f)

Alenatea touxie Marusik et al., 2020: 493 (possible S of Alenatea wangi)

Alenatea wangi Zhu & Song, 1999 | | China, Russia (Far East) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014478

Alenatea wangi Zhu & Song in Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 235, f. 133L-N (Df) Original description

Alenatea touxie Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 185, f. 108A-C (f; misidentified per Marusik et al., 2020: 492)

Alenatea cf. wangi Simonov, 2020: 115, f. 2a-d (f)

Alenatea wangi Marusik et al., 2020: 492, f. 5-8, 11-12, 16-18, 22-24, 27-28 (Dm, f)