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. Araniella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01441

N.B.: see Yaginuma, 1985: 127, for comments on Japanese species.

Transferred to other genera:

Araniella crispula (Tullgren, 1952) -- see Araneus

Araniella geayi Caporiacco, 1954 -- see Eriophora

In synonymy:

Araniella cossoni (Simon, 1885, T from Araneus) = Araniella cucurbitina Clerck, 1757 (Blanke, 1982: 302)

Araniella croatica (Kulczyński, 1905, T from Araneus) = Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847 (Levi, 1974b: 296)

Araniella cucurbitina (Linnaeus, 1758, T from Araneus) = Araniella cucurbitina Clerck, 1757 (, Clerckian names validated by ICZN, 1959 (Direction 104))

Araniella displicata octopunctata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847 (Levi, 1974b: 296)

Araniella tbilisiensis (Mcheidze, 1997, T from Araneus) = Araniella opisthographa Kulczyński, 1905 (Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 23)

Nomen dubium:

Araniella silesiaca (Fickert, 1876: 70, f, Europe); Blanke, 1982: 302 (removed f from S of A. alpica; not a S of Araneus crispulus Tullgren, 1952, which is not an Araniella, contra Grasshoff, 1976: 150) -- Breitling et al., 2015: 68

Araniella alpica (L. Koch, 1869) | | Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Western Siberia), Iran? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015324

Epeira alpica L. Koch, 1869: 173 (Dmf) Original description

Epeira alpica Kulczyński, 1885: 21, pl. 9, f. 3 (m)

Epeira alpica Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 131, pl. 5, f. 21 (mf)

Epeira alpica Bösenberg, 1901: 30, pl. 1, f. 13 (mf)

Araneus alpicus Kulczyński, 1905b: 238, pl. 7, f. 6-7, 21, 27, 31 (mf)

Araneus alpicus Lessert, 1910b: 320, f. 174-176 (mf)

Araneus alpicus Charitonov, 1926c: 117, pl. 5, f. 6 (f)

Araneus alpicus Simon, 1929: 695, 763, f. 1076-1077 (mf)

Aranea alpica Wiehle, 1931: 110, f. 171-173 (mf)

Aranea alpica Drensky, 1943: 245, f. 23 (mf)

Araniella alpica Archer, 1951c: 3, f. 4 (Tmf from Araneus)

Araneus alpicus Millidge & Locket, 1952: 65, f. 7a, 8a, 9a, 10a, 11b (mf)

Araneus alpicus Tullgren, 1952: 172, f. 19a-c (mf)

Araneus alpicus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 149, f. 96C, 98D, 99B, 100A (mf)

Aranea aplica Zamaraev, 1964: 358, f. 65-66 (m, lapsus)

Araneus alpicus Tystshenko, 1971: 198, f. 589 (f)

Araneus alpicus Miller, 1971: 210, pl. XXXIX, f. 13 (f)

Araneus alpicus Loksa, 1972: 83, f. 72D, 74A-C (mf)

Araneus alpicus Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 68, f. 40C-D (f)

Araniella alpica Palmgren, 1974a: 34, f. 16o-r (mf)

Araniella alpica Levi, 1974b: 299, f. 38-42 (mf)

Araniella alpica Blanke, 1982: 292, f. 12a-b, 13a, c, 14a-b, 15a (mf)

Araniella alpica Roberts, 1985: 216, f. 97d (mf)

Araneus alpicus Morano & Ferrández, 1985a: 31, f. A-E (mf)

Araniella alpica Levy, 1987: 244, f. 10-12 (m)

Araniella alpica Ransy, 1987: 25, f. 15, 17, 19, 21-22, 24, 26 (mf)

Araniella alpica Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 76, f. 172 (mf)

Araniella alpica Roberts, 1995: 329, f. (mf)

Araneus alpicus Mcheidze, 1997: 275, f. 622 (f)

Araniella alpica Roberts, 1998: 342, f. (mf)

Araniella alpica Almquist, 2005: 148, f. 158a-h (mf)

Araniella alpica Türkes & Mergen, 2008: 300, f. 1-2 (mf)

Araniella alpica Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 174, f. 15A-C (m)

Araniella alpica Spasojevic et al., 2016: 464, f. 9B, F, J (mf)

Araniella alpica Zamani & Marusik, 2020d: 362, f. 2H, 3C (m)

Araniella coreana Namkung, 2002 | | Korea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037673

Araniella coreana Namkung, 2002: 278, 620, f. 19.39a-d (Dmf) Original description

Araniella coreana Namkung, 2003: 280, f. 19.39a-d (mf)

Araniella coreana Kim & Lee, 2012b: 38, f. 24A-C (mf)

Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757) | | Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, China, Korea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015325

Araneus cucurbitinus Clerck, 1757: 44, pl. 2, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Aranea cucurbitina Linnaeus, 1758: 620 (Df)

Aranea frischii Scopoli, 1763: 395 (Df)

Aranea octopunctata Linnaeus, 1767: 1030 (Df)

Aranea viridis-punctata De Geer, 1778: 233, pl. 14, f. 1-3 (Df)

Aranea depressa Razoumowsky, 1789: 245 (Df)

Araneus cucurbitinus Martyn, 1793: 19, pl. 2, f. 6 (f)

Epeira cucurbitina Walckenaer, 1805: 63

Epeira cucurbitina Sundevall, 1833a: 245 (Dm)

Miranda cucurbitina C. L. Koch, 1838: 53, f. 371-372 (mf)

Epeira squamosa Seidel, 1849: 110 (D)

Epeira cucurbitina Blackwall, 1864a: 342, pl. 25, f. 247 (mf)

Miranda cucurbitina Menge, 1866: 69, pl. 10, f. 14 (mf)

Epeira cucurbitina Kulczyński, 1885: 21, pl. 9, f. 2 (m)

Epeira cossoni Simon, 1885i: 23 (Df)

Epeira cucurbitina Becker, 1896: (2): 25, pl. 6, f. 1 (mf)

Epeira cucurbitina Bösenberg, 1901: 31, pl. 2, f. 15 (mf)

Epeira cucurbitina Kulczyński, 1901b: 333, pl. 12, f. 22 (f)

Araneus cucurbitinus typicus Kulczyński, 1905b: 232, pl. 7, f. 1, 11, 15-16, 25 (mf)

Araneus cossoni Kulczyński, 1905b: 235, pl. 7, f. 13 (Dm)

Araneus cucurbitinus typicus Lessert, 1910b: 318, f. 170 (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus Charitonov, 1926c: 116, pl. 5, f. 5 (f)

Araneus cucurbitinus Simon, 1929: 695, 762, f. 1074-1075 (mf)

Aranea cucurbitina Reimoser, 1929c: 85, f. 3 (mf)

Aranea cucurbitina Wiehle, 1931: 106, f. 161-164 (mf)

Araniella cucurbitina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 76 (Tmf from Araneus)

Aranea cucurbitina Drensky, 1943: 244, f. 22 (mf)

Araniella cucurbitina Archer, 1951b: 4, f. 1 (f)

Araneus cucurbitinus Millidge & Locket, 1952: 65, f. 7c, 8c, 10b, 11a (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus Tullgren, 1952: 170, f. 16a-c (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 144, f. 96A, 97B, 98A, 99A (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus Chrysanthus, 1955a: 301, f. 1 (f)

Aranea cucurbitina Zamaraev, 1964: 357, f. 61-63 (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus Tystshenko, 1971: 198, f. 591 (f)

Araneus cucurbitinus Miller, 1971: 210, pl. XXXIX, f. 11-12 (f)

Araneus cucurbitinus Loksa, 1972: 82, f. 71A-B, 72A (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus Izmailova, 1972c: 51, f. 2 (f)

Araneus cucurbitinus Bakhvalov, 1974: 110, f. 63-64, 66, 69 (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 65, f. 38A-D (f)

Araniella cucurbitina Palmgren, 1974a: 36, f. 16a-d (mf)

Araniella cucurbitina Levi, 1974b: 298, f. 22-31 (mf, S, rejected)

Araniella cucurbitina Punda, 1975b: 36, f. 56-57 (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus Wunderlich, 1975b: 42, f. 30 (f)

Araneus cucurbitinus Blanke, 1976a: 77, f. 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus Blanke, 1980a: 97, f. 1, 4, 7 (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus Tikader & Bal, 1981: 56, f. 125-128 (f)

Araneus cucurbitinus Legotai & Sekerskaya, 1982: 50, f. IV.17 (f)

Araniella cucurbitina Blanke, 1982: 289, f. 3a-b, 5a-b, 6a-b, 8a (mf, S)

Araneus cucurbitinus Tikader, 1982a: 236, f. 462-465 (f)

Araniella cucurbitina Roberts, 1985: 216, f. 97a (mf)

Araniella cucurbitina Ransy, 1987: 25, f. 6, 9, 12 (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus Legotai & Sekerskaya, 1989: 226, f. LXX.17 (f)

Araniella cucurbitina Hu & Wu, 1989: 95, f. 72.1-2 (f)

Araniella cucurbitina Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 78, f. 175 (mf)

Araniella cucurbitina Roberts, 1995: 328, f. (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus Mcheidze, 1997: 274, f. 619-621 (m)

Araniella cucurbitina Yin et al., 1997d: 207, f. 126a-b (f)

Araniella cucurbitina Roberts, 1998: 340, f. (mf)

Araniella cucurbitina Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 260, f. 150B-C (f)

Araniella cucurbitina Hu, 2001: 452, f. 295.1-2 (mf)

Araniella cucurbitina Namkung, 2002: 279, f. 19.40a (f)

Araniella cucurbitina Melero & Anadón, 2002: 170, f. 4-6 (m)

Araniella cucurbitina Namkung, 2003: 281, f. 19.40a (f)

Araniella cucurbitina Almquist, 2005: 149, f. 159a-l (mf)

Araniella cucurbitina Kim & Lee, 2012b: 39, f. 25A-C (mf)

Araniella cucurbitina Spasojevic et al., 2016: 457, f. 2A-B, 9C, G, K (mf)

Araniella cucurbitina Morano, 2023: 82, f. 30-31 (mf)

Araniella displicata (Hentz, 1847) | | North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015326

Epeira displicata Hentz, 1847: 476, pl. 31, f. 17 (Df) Original description

Epeira ornata Blackwall, 1850: 342 (Df)

Epeira decipiens Fitch, 1855: 219 (Df)

Epeira westringii Thorell, 1856: 106 (Dm)

Epeira westringii Westring, 1861: 49 (Df)

Epeira westringii Hansen, 1882: 21, pl. 1, f. 36 (mf)

Epeira displicata Emerton, 1884: 313, pl. 34, f. 4, pl. 36, f. 20 (mf)

Epeira sexpunctata Keyserling, 1885: 530, pl. 13, f. 28 (Df)

Epeira alba Keyserling, 1885: 530, pl. 13, f. 29 (Df)

Epeira cucurbitina Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 131, pl. 5, f. 20 (f, misidentified)

Epeira sexpunctata Keyserling, 1892: 200, pl. 9, f. 148 (f)

Epeira displicata Keyserling, 1893: 219, pl. 10, f. 162 (f)

Epeira cucurbitina McCook, 1894: 150, pl. 3, f. 1-3, pl. 4, f. 6 (Dmf)

Epeira westringii Bösenberg, 1901: 31, pl. 1, f. 14 (mf)

Epeira displicata Kulczyński, 1901b: 333, pl. 13, f. 3 (f)

Epeira displicata Emerton, 1902: 172, f. 405 (f)

Araneus croaticus Kulczyński, 1905b: 233, pl. 7, f. 22, 30 (Df)

Araneus displicatus Kulczyński, 1905b: 237, pl. 7, f. 5, 12, 19, 24, 28 (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 287

Aranea displicata Wiehle, 1931: 109, f. 167-170 (mf)

Araniella displicata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 76 (Tmf from Araneus)

Araniella displicata octopunctata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 76 (Dmf)

Araneus displicatus Nakatsudi, 1942b: 11, f. 3A (m)

Aranea displicata Drensky, 1943: 245, f. 23 (mf)

Aranea displicata Jong, 1947: 511, f. 1-3 (f)

Araniella displicata Archer, 1951b: 4, f. 5 (m)

Araneus displicatus Millidge & Locket, 1952: 63, f. 6a (m)

Araneus displicatus Tullgren, 1952: 172, f. 18a-c (mf)

Araneus displicatus westringi Millidge & Locket, 1952: 63, f. 5a-b, 6b-c, 11c (mf)

Araneus displicatus westringi Locket & Millidge, 1953: 149, f. 96B, 97C, 99C, 100C, E (mf)

Araneus displicatus Schenkel, 1953b: 50, f. 24a-c (m)

Aranea displicata westringi Zamaraev, 1964: 358, f. 71-72 (f)

Araniella displicata Shear, 1967: 9, f. 24-25 (m)

Araneus cucurbitinus displicatus Tystshenko, 1971: 198, f. 581, 590 (mf)

Araneus displicatus Loksa, 1972: 82, f. 72B-C, 73A-B (mf)

Araneus displicatus westringi Loksa, 1972: 82, f. 73C (m)

Araniella displicata Palmgren, 1974a: 36, f. 16g-j (mf)

Araniella displicata Levi, 1974b: 294, f. 1-21 (mf, S)

Araniella displicata Punda, 1975b: 36, f. 58-59 (mf)

Araniella displicata Blanke, 1982: 288, f. 1-2 (mf)

Araneus displicatus Hu, 1984: 91, f. 84 (f)

Araniella displicata Roberts, 1985: 216, f. 97e (mf)

Araneus displicatus Guo, 1985: 53, f. 2-10.1-3 (mf)

Araneus displicatus Zhu & Shi, 1985: 72, f. 59a-e (mf)

Araneus displicatus Song, 1987: 162, f. 123 (mf)

Araniella displicata Ransy, 1987: 25, f. 1-5 (mf)

Araneus displicatus Zhang, 1987: 67, f. 49.1-3 (mf)

Araniella displicata Hu & Wu, 1989: 97, f. 72.3-4 (m)

Araneus displicatus Izmailova, 1989: 53, f. 37 (f)

Araneus displicatus Chen & Gao, 1990: 44, f. 47a-c (mf)

Araniella displicata Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 78, f. 173 (mf)

Araniella displicata Breene et al., 1993: 107, f. 166A-C (mf)

Araneus displicatus Zhao, 1993: 229, f. 104a-e (mf)

Araniella displicata Roberts, 1995: 329, f. (mf)

Araniella displicata Buckle & Roney, 1995: 977, f. 4-6 (mf)

Araneus displicatus Zhao, 1995: 946, f. 443a-e (mf)

Araniella displicata Tanikawa, 1995a: 56, f. 10-16 (mf)

Araniella displicata Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1711, f. 10a-b (m)

Araniella displicata Yin et al., 1997d: 208, f. 127a-f (mf)

Araniella displicata Roberts, 1998: 342, f. (mf)

Araniella displicata Kim, 1998c: 2, f. 1-7 (mf)

Araniella displicata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 260, f. 150D-E, L-M, P (mf)

Araniella displicata Hu, 2001: 453, f. 296.1-5 (mf)

Araniella displicata Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 197, f. 118A-E (mf)

Araniella displicata Namkung, 2002: 277, f. 19.38a-g (mf)

Araniella displicata Levi, 2002: 544, f. 147-148, 185-186 (mf)

Araniella displicata Kim & Kim, 2002: 190, f. 19-21, 95-98, 187-191 (mf)

Araniella displicata Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 45, f. 290-292 (mf)

Araniella displicata Dondale et al., 2003: 193, f. 417-423 (mf)

Araniella displicata Namkung, 2003: 279, f. 19.38a-g (mf)

Araniella displicata Almquist, 2005: 151, f. 160a-e (mf)

Araniella displicata Tanikawa, 2007c: 65, f. 135, 559-560 (mf)

Araniella displicata Tanikawa, 2009: 441, f. 139-140 (mf)

Araniella displicata Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 204, f. 143A-E (mf)

Araniella displicata Yin et al., 2012: 623, f. 303a-f (mf)

Araniella displicata Kim & Lee, 2012b: 40, f. 26A-C, pl. 2 (mf)

Araniella displicata Paquin et al., 2022: 51, f. 1a-c, 2a-d, 3a-e, 4 (mf)

Araniella displicata Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 108, f. 74A-G (mf)

Araniella inconspicua (Simon, 1874) | | Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Iran? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015327

Epeira inconspicua Simon, 1874a: 84 (Df) Original description

Epeira inconspicua Bertkau, 1889: 77 (Dm)

Epeira inconspicua Bösenberg, 1901: 29, pl. 1, f. 12 (mf)

Epeira inconspicua Kulczyński, 1901b: 333, pl. 13, f. 1 (f)

Araneus inconspicuus Kulczyński, 1905b: 239, pl. 7, f. 8-9, 18 (mf)

Aranea inconspicua Wiehle, 1931: 112, f. 174-176 (mf)

Aranea inconspicua Drensky, 1943: 245, f. 23 (mf)

Araneus inconspicuus Millidge & Locket, 1952: 65, f. 7b, 8b, 9b, 10a (mf)

Araneus inconspicuus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 146, f. 97A, 98C, 99D, 100B (mf)

Aranea inconspicua Zamaraev, 1964: 358, f. 64, 67 (f)

Araneus inconspicuus Miller, 1971: 211, pl. XXXIX, f. 14 (f)

Araneus inconspicuus Loksa, 1972: 83, f. 74D-F (mf)

Araneus inconspicuus Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 68, f. 40A-B (f)

Araniella inconspicua Levi, 1974b: 298, f. 32-37 (Tmf from Araneus)

Araniella inconspicua Blanke, 1982: 292, f. 12c-d, 13b, d, 14c-d, 15b (mf)

Araniella inconspicua Roberts, 1985: 216, f. 97c (mf)

Araniella inconspicua Ransy, 1987: 25, f. 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27 (mf)

Araniella inconspicua Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 76, f. 171 (mf)

Araniella inconspicua Roberts, 1995: 328, f. (mf)

Araniella inconspicua Yin et al., 1997d: 209, f. 128a-d (f)

Araniella inconspicua Roberts, 1998: 342, f. (mf)

Araniella inconspicua Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 260, f. 150F-H, Q (f)

Araniella inconspicua Almquist, 2005: 153, f. 161a-h (mf)

Araniella inconspicua Sousa, 2006: 246, f. 2A-C (f)

Araniella inconspicua Türkes & Mergen, 2008: 300, f. 3 (f)

Araniella inconspicua Spasojevic et al., 2016: 464, f. 9A, E, I (mf)

Araniella inconspicua Zamani & Marusik, 2020d: 362, f. 3D-I (m)

Araniella jilinensis Yin & Zhu, 1994 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015328

Araniella jilinensis Yin & Zhu, 1994: 1, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description

Araniella jilingensis Yin et al., 1997d: 210, f. 129a-g (mf)

Araniella jilingensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 260, f. 150I-K, N-O (mf)

Araniella levii Zamani & Marusik, 2020 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052332

Araniella levii Zamani & Marusik, 2020d: 362, f. 1A-D, 2A-D (Dm) Original description

Araniella maasdorpi Zamani & Marusik, 2020 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052333

Araniella maasdorpi Zamani & Marusik, 2020d: 364, f. 1E-H, 2E-G, 3A-B (Dm) Original description

Araniella maderiana (Kulczyński, 1905) | | Canary Is., Madeira urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015329

Araneus cucurbitinus maderiana Kulczyński, 1905b: 231, pl. 7, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Araneus maderianus Blanke, 1980a: 97, f. 3, 6, 9 (mf, elevated from subspecies of A. cucurbitina)

Araneus maderianus Blanke, 1980b: 225, f. 2b, 3a (mf)

Araniella maderiana Blanke, 1982: 289, f. 9 (mf)

Araniella mithra Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051608

Araniella mithra Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 15, f. 1A,C, 2A-B, 4A-B, 6A-B, 7C, 8C, 9C, 10C (Dmf) Original description

Araniella nigromaculata (Schenkel, 1963) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015058

Araneus nigromaculatus Schenkel, 1963: 154, f. 91a-c (Df) Original description

Araneus nigromaculatus Yin et al., 1997d: 204, f. 122a-c (f)

Araneus nigromaculatus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 240, f. 139E-F, 148L (f)

Araniella nigromaculata Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 23, f. 1E, 8E (f, T from Araneus)

Araniella nympha (Simon, 1889) | | Pakistan, India, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015071

Epeira nympha Simon, 1889i: 339 (Df) Original description

Araneus nympha Tikader & Bal, 1981: 55, f. 121-124 (f)

Araneus nympha Tikader, 1982a: 235, f. 458-461 (f)

Araneus nympha Hu & Li, 1987b: 263, f. 10.1-4 (f)

Araneus nympha Yin et al., 1997d: 148, f. 63a-d (f)

Araneus nympha Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 240, f. 139J-L, 148N (f)

Araneus nympha Hu, 2001: 445, f. 289.1-4, 290.1-4 (f, Dm)

Araneus nympha Sen et al., 2015: 121, f. 765-770, pl. 23 (f)

Araniella nympha Zamani & Marusik, 2020d: 364 (T from Araneus)

Araniella opisthographa (Kulczyński, 1905) | | Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015330

Araneus cucurbitinus opisthographa Kulczyński, 1905b: 232, pl. 7, f. 2, 20, 23, 26 (Dmf) Original description

Araneus cucurbitinus opisthographus Lessert, 1910b: 319, f. 171-172 (mf)

Aranea cucurbitina opisthographa Wiehle, 1931: 108, f. 165-166 (mf)

Aranea cucurbitina opisthographa Drensky, 1943: 245, f. 22 (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus opistographus Millidge & Locket, 1952: 65, f. 7d (m)

Araneus cucurbitinus opistographus Tullgren, 1952: 172, f. 17a-c (mf)

Araneus cucurbitinus opistographus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 145, f. 98B (m)

Araneus cucurbitinus opistographus Chrysanthus, 1955a: 301, f. 1 (f)

Araneus opistographus Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 65, f. 39A-D (f, elevated from subspecies of A. cucurbitina)

Araniella cucurbitina opistographa Palmgren, 1974a: 36, f. 16e-f (mf)

Araniella cucurbitina Levi, 1974b: 298 (S, rejected)

Araniella opisthographa Punda, 1975b: 36, f. 60-61 (mf)

Araneus opistographus Blanke, 1976a: 77, f. 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b (mf)

Araneus opisthographus Blanke, 1980a: 97, f. 2, 5, 8 (mf)

Araneus opisthographus Blanke, 1980b: 225, f. 2a, 3b (mf)

Araniella opisthographa Blanke, 1982: 289, f. 3c-d, 5c-d, 6c-d, 8b (mf, removed from S)

Araniella opistographa Roberts, 1985: 216, f. 97b (mf)

Araniella opisthographa Levy, 1987: 244, f. 1-9 (mf)

Araniella opistographa Ransy, 1987: 25, f. 7, 10, 13 (mf)

Araniella opisthographa Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 78, f. 176 (mf)

Araniella opisthographa Roberts, 1995: 328, f. (mf)

Araneus tbilisiensis Mcheidze, 1997: 280, f. 642-644 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015333]

Araniella opisthographa Roberts, 1998: 341, f. (mf)

Araniella tbilisiensis Mikhailov, 1998b: 18 (Tmf from Araneus)

Araniella opistographa Melero & Anadón, 2002: 170, f. 1-3 (m)

Araniella opisthographa Almquist, 2005: 154, f. 162a-g (mf)

Araniella opisthographa Spasojevic et al., 2016: 457, f. 2C-D, 9D, H, L (mf)

Araniella opisthographa Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 23, f. 2C-D, 6C-D, 7D, 8D, 9D, 10D (mf, S of Araniella tbilisiensis)

Araniella plicata Mi & Peng, 2016 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048547

Araniella plicata Mi & Peng, 2016: 35, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description

Araniella proxima (Kulczyński, 1885) | | North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Turkey, Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015331

Epeira proxima Kulczyński, 1885: 19, pl. 9, f. 11 (Dm) Original description

Epeira mediocris Kulczyński, 1901b: 332, pl. 12, f. 21 (Df)

Araneus proximus Kulczyński, 1905b: 232, pl. 7, f. 4, 10, 14, 17, 29 (mf)

Araneus proximus Schenkel, 1930b: 22, f. 8a-d (mf)

Araneus proximus Tullgren, 1952: 172, f. 20a-c (mf)

Araneus proximus Azheganova, 1968: 78, f. 161, 170 (mf)

Araniella proxima Palmgren, 1974a: 37, f. 16k-n (Tmf from Araneus)

Araniella cucurbitina Levi, 1974b: 298 (S, rejected)

Araneus proximus Wunderlich, 1975b: 40, f. 23-29 (mf)

Araniella proxima Blanke, 1982: 289, f. 10-11 (mf, removed from S)

Araniella proxima Ransy, 1987: 25, f. 8, 11, 14 (mf)

Araniella proxima Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 78, f. 174 (mf)

Araniella proxima Buckle & Roney, 1995: 977, f. 1-3 (mf)

Araniella proxima Roberts, 1998: 341, f. (mf)

Araniella proxima Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 45, f. 293-295 (mf)

Araniella proxima Dondale et al., 2003: 196, f. 424-427 (mf)

Araniella proxima Almquist, 2005: 155, f. 163a-e (mf)

Araniella proxima Vidal, 2014: 13, f. 1-2 (m)

Araniella proxima Uyar, Bosmans & Uğurtaş, 2014: 125, f. 3a-b (f)

Araniella proxima Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 18, f. 3C-D, 5C-D, 7B, 8B, 9B, 10B (mf)

Araniella proxima Loria, 2023: 125, f. 1a-c (m)

Araniella robusta Lee, Yoo & Kim, 2021 | | Korea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053605

Araniella robusta Lee, Yoo & Kim, 2021b: 389, f. 2A-F (Dm) Original description

Araniella villanii Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 | | Iran, Kazakhstan, India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051609

Araniella villanii Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 18, f. 1B,D, 3A-B, 4C-D, 5A-B, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A (Dmf) Original description

Araniella yaginumai Tanikawa, 1995 | | Russia (South Siberia to Far East), Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038307

Araniella yaginumai Tanikawa, 1995a: 52, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

Araniella yaginumai Chang & Chang, 1996: 143, f. 1-4 (mf)

Araniella yaginumai Kim, 1998c: 4, f. 8-13 (mf)

Araniella yaginumai Kim, 1999d: 17, f. 1-6 (mf)

Araniella yaginumai Marusik & Koponen, 2000: 56, f. 1-7 (mf)

Araniella yaginumai Namkung, 2002: 280, f. 19.41a-c (mf)

Araniella yaginumai Kim & Kim, 2002: 190, f. 22, 99-100, 192-193 (mf)

Araniella yaginumai Kim & Cho, 2002: 253, f. 589-594 (m)

Araniella yaginumai Namkung, 2003: 282, f. 19.41a-c (mf)

Araniella yaginumai Hou, Liang & Zhu, 2007: 14, f. A-G (mf)

Araniella yaginumai Tanikawa, 2007c: 65, f. 133-134, 557-558 (mf)

Araniella yaginumai Tanikawa, 2009: 441, f. 137-138 (mf)

Araniella yaginumai Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2011: 113, f. 7.8-10 (mf)

Araniella yaginumai Kim & Lee, 2012b: 42, f. 27A-C (mf)

Araniella yaginumai Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 45, 4 f. (mf)