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. Arachnura Vinson, 1863 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01439

N.B.: the correction of the original spelling Arachnoura by Thorell, 1869: 39 was accepted by Simon, 1895a: 777 and confirmed by Bonnet, 1955: 371, rejecting Strand, 1929: 13.

In synonymy:

Arachnura longicauda Urquhart, 1885 = Arachnura feredayi L. Koch, 1872 (Bryant, 1933b: 23)

Nomen dubium:

Arachnura caudatella Roewer, 1942a: 752 (replacement name for Epeira caudata Bradley, 1876a: 147, pl. 1, f. 7, f, Papua New Guinea; preoccupied by Hentz, 1850, see Cyclosa turbinata) -- Castanheira et al., 2019c: 165

Nomen nudum:

Arachnura nipponica Kishida -- Brignoli, 1983c: 251

Arachnura angura Tikader, 1970 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014639

Arachnura angura Tikader, 1970: 31, f. 19a-b (Df) Original description

Arachnura angura Tikader, 1982a: 210, f. 411-413 (f)

Arachnura angura Kulkarni & Deshpande, 2012b: 113, f. 1-4 (f)

Arachnura angura Sen et al., 2015: 113, f. 662-666, pl. 22 (f)

Arachnura feredayi (L. Koch, 1872) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014641

Epeira feredayi L. Koch, 1872a: 122, pl. 11, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Arachnura longicauda nigritia Urquhart, 1885: 37 (Df)

Arachnura obtusa Urquhart, 1885: 37 (Df)

Arachnura longicauda Urquhart, 1885: 34, pl. 9, fig. 2, pl. 10, fig. 10 (Dmf)

Arachnura feredayi Bryant, 1933b: 23 (S of Arachnura longicauda, A. longicauda nigritia and A. obtusa)

Arachnura feredayi Uyemura, 1976a: 13, f. 7 (f)

Arachnura feredayi Castanheira et al., 2019c: 150, f. 1A-B, 2A-E, 3A-D, 4 (mf)

Arachnura heptotubercula Yin, Hu & Wang, 1983 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014642

Arachnura heptotubercula Yin, Hu & Wang, 1983: 1, f. 1A-F, 2A-c (Dmf) Original description

Arachnura heptotubercula Feng, 1990: 51, f. 26.1-9 (mf)

Arachnura heptotubercula Chen & Zhang, 1991: 100, f. 93.1-7, 94.1-4 (mf)

Arachnura heptotubercula Yin et al., 1997d: 120, f. 44a-j (mf)

Arachnura heptotubercula Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 236, f. 134D-E, H-I, 146F-G (mf)

Arachnura heptotubercula Yin et al., 2012: 593, f. 285a-j (mf)

Arachnura higginsi (L. Koch, 1872) | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014643

Epeira higginsii L. Koch, 1872a: 120, pl. 11, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Arachnura higginsi Simon, 1895a: 776, f. 848

Arachnura feredayi Hickman, 1926: 182, pl. 15, f. 7 (Dm; misidentified per Castanheira et al., 2019c: 150)

Arachnura higginsi Butler, 1933: 279, pl. 17, f. 1

Arachnura feredayi Dondale, 1966: 1160, f. 1G-J (f; misidentified per Castanheira et al., 2019c: 150)

Arachnura higginsi Hickman, 1967: 60, f. 104-105 (f, Dm)

Arachnura higginsi Uyemura, 1976a: 13, f. 7 (f)

Arachnura higginsi Uyemura, 1976b: 23, f. 1.1, 3, 5, 2.3-5, 3.2, 4.2 (f)

Arachnura higginsii Davies, 1988b: 320, f. 41 (f, Dm)

Arachnura higginsii Castanheira et al., 2019c: 155, f. 1C, 5A-E, 6A-D, 7, 8A-D (mf)

Arachnura logio Yaginuma, 1956 | | China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014644

Arachnura logio Yaginuma, 1956a: 1, f. 1-14 (Dmf) Original description

Arachnura logio Yaginuma, 1960: 66, f. 62 (mf)

Arachnura logio Yaginuma, 1971: 66, f. 62 (mf)

Arachnura logio Hu, 1984: 101, f. 96.1-3 (mf)

Arachnura logio Yaginuma, 1986a: 116, f. 61.1 (mf)

Arachnura logio Chikuni, 1989b: 77, f. 45 (mf)

Arachnura logio Chen & Zhang, 1991: 99, f. 92.1-2 (mf)

Arachnura logio Yin et al., 1997d: 121, f. 45a-d (m)

Arachnura logio Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 236, f. 134J, 146H-I (m)

Arachnura logio Kim & Yoo, 2007: 93, f. 1a-b (f)

Arachnura logio Shin, 2007: 169, f. 13A-I (mf)

Arachnura logio Tanikawa, 2007c: 42, f. 2-3, 423-424 (mf)

Arachnura logio Kim, Shin & Park, 2008: 66, f. 1a-b (f)

Arachnura logio Tanikawa, 2009: 423, f. 13-14 (mf)

Arachnura logio Kim & Lee, 2012b: 15, f. 5A-D (mf)

Arachnura melanura Simon, 1867 | | India to Indonesia (Sulawesi) and Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014645

Arachnoura melanura Simon, 1867: 17 (Df) Original description

Arachnura digitata Thorell, 1877b: 410 (Df)

Arachnura melanura Simon, 1895a: 776, f. 847 (f, S of Arachnura digitata)

Arachnura melanura Chrysanthus, 1961b: 203, f. 39-41, 68 (f)

Arachnura melanura Tanikawa, 1991a: 12, f. 1-6 (f, Dm)

Arachnura melanura Yin et al., 1997d: 122, f. 46a-d (f)

Arachnura melanura Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 236, f. 134F-G, 146J (f)

Arachnura melanura Tanikawa, 2007c: 42, f. 4-5, 425-427 (mf)

Arachnura melanura Tanikawa, 2009: 423, f. 15-16 (mf)

Arachnura melanura Yin et al., 2012: 594, f. 286a-d (f)

Arachnura melanura Castanheira et al., 2019c: 164, f. 9A-E (f)

Arachnura melanura Sen & Sureshan, 2020: 286, f. 1-5 (f)

Arachnura perfissa (Thorell, 1895) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014646

Epeira perfissa Thorell, 1895b: 175 (Dj) Original description

Arachnura perfissa Thorell, 1898: 343 (Df)

Arachnura pygmaea (Thorell, 1890) | | Indonesia (Nias Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014647

Poltys pygmaeus Thorell, 1890b: 29 (Dm) Original description

Arachnura pygmaea Simon, 1895a: 777

Arachnura quinqueapicata Strand, 1911 | | Indonesia (Aru Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014648

Arachnura quinqueapicata Strand, 1911d: 148, pl. 5, f. 50 (Df) Original description

Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863 | | Ethiopia, DR Congo, South Africa, Seychelles, Mayotte, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014649

Arachnoura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863: 291, 310, pl. 13, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Hapalochrota caudata Keyserling, 1864: 82, pl. 3, f. 6-11 (Df)

Arachnura scorpionides Uyemura, 1976b: 26, f. 1.2, 4, 6, 2.1-2, 3.1, 4.1 (f)

Arachnura scorpionoides Saaristo, 2010: 33, f. 4.1-2 (f)

Arachnura scorpionoides Cazanove & Begue, 2018: 22, f. 2A-C, 3A-C, 4A-D, 5, 6A-B, 7-8 (f)

Arachnura scorpionoides Dippenaar-Schoeman, Haddad & Foord, 2020: 12, f. 1a-b, 2a-b, 3a-c, 4a-b (f)

Arachnura scorpionoides Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 13, p. 12: 3 unnumbered f., p. 13: 4 unnumbered f., p. 14: 5 unnumbered f. (f)

Arachnura simoni Berland, 1924 | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014650

Arachnura simoni Berland, 1924a: 218, f. 122-123 (Df) Original description

Arachnura spinosa (Saito, 1933) | | Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014651

Cyclosa spinosa Saitō, 1933b: 52, pl. 3, f. 33 (Df) Original description

Arachnura spinosa Tanikawa & Ono, 1993: 51 (Tf from Cyclosa, after Yoshida, 1978)