World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Anepsia L. Koch, 1871 = Anepsion Strand, 1929 (Strand, 1929: 12, preoccupied, replacement name)

Gen. Anepsion Strand, 1929 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01438

type Epeira rhomboides L. Koch, 1867; gender neuter

N.B.: replacement name for Anepsia L. Koch, 1871: 45 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05229], preoccupied in Diptera by Gistel, 1848.

In synonymy:

Anepsion japonicum Yaginuma, 1962 = Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Chotwong et al., 2013: 92, sub Anepsion japonicum (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906))

Anepsion japonicum (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) = Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Tanikawa & Yamasaki, 2019: 11)

Anepsion keralense (Sunil Jose, 2011) = Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Malamel et al., 2015b: 479)

Anepsion nigroanale (van Hasselt, 1882) = Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Thorell, 1890a: 76, sub Paraplectana)

Anepsion pictum (Thorell, 1877) = Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Thorell, 1895b: 209, sub Paraplectana)

Anepsion buchi Chrysanthus, 1969 | | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014622

Anepsion buchi Chrysanthus, 1969: 35, f. 13-14 (Df) Original description

Anepsion buchi Chrysanthus, 1971: 34, f. 67-68 (f)

Anepsion depressum (Thorell, 1877) | | China, Myanmar to Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014623

Paraplectana depressa Thorell, 1877b: 353 (Df) Original description

Anepsia depressa Simon, 1895a: 868, f. 930

Anepsion depressum Chrysanthus, 1961a: 466, f. 13-17 (f)

Anepsion depressum Chrysanthus, 1969: 32, f. 3-5 (Dm)

Anepsion depressum Zhu et al., 1994: 26, f. 1A-C (f)

Anepsion depressum Yin et al., 1997d: 116, f. 41a-c (f)

Anepsion depressum Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 236, f. 133O-P, 146C (f)

Anepsion depressum Chotwong et al., 2013: 91, f. 2-4, 9-11 (mf)

Anepsion depressum birmanicum (Thorell, 1895) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014624

Paraplectana depressa birmanica Thorell, 1895b: 208 (Df) Original description

Anepsion depressum birmanicum Chrysanthus, 1961a: 466, f. 18 (f)

Anepsion fuscolimbatum (Simon, 1901) | | Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014625

Anepsia fuscolimbata Simon, 1901k: 61 (Df) Original description

Anepsion fuscolimbatum Chrysanthus, 1969: 32, f. 1-2 (f)

Anepsion hammeni Chrysanthus, 1969 | | Indonesia (New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014626

Anepsion hammeni Chrysanthus, 1969: 33, f. 6-7 (Df) Original description

Anepsion hammeni Chrysanthus, 1971: 33, f. 65-66 (f)

Anepsion jacobsoni Chrysanthus, 1961 | | Indonesia (Simeulue/Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014627

Anepsion jacobsoni Chrysanthus, 1961a: 467, f. 19-21 (Df) Original description

Anepsion maculatum (Thorell, 1897) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014629

Anepsia maculata Thorell, 1897b: 11 (Df) Original description

Anepsion maculatum Chrysanthus, 1961a: 469, f. 31-32 (f)

Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) | | India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Japan, China to Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014630

Paraplectana maritata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877c: 32, pl. 7, f. 7 (Dmf) Original description

Paraplectana picta Thorell, 1877b: 356 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067366]

Paraplectana picta Thorell, 1878b: 19 (Dm)

Paraplectana nigroanalis van Hasselt, 1882: 15, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067367]

Paraplectana maritata Thorell, 1890a: 76 (S of Paraplectana nigroanalis)

Paraplectana maritata Thorell, 1895b: 209 (S of Paraplectana picta)

Anepsia maritata Simon, 1905c: 63

Paraplectana japonica Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 242, pl. 15, f. 424 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016870]

Anepsion maritatum Chrysanthus, 1961a: 465, f. 3-10 (mf)

Anepsium japonicum Yaginuma, 1962b: 134, f. 6-8 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014628]

Anepsion maritatum Yaginuma & Wen, 1983: 196, f. 4A-B (f)

Anepsion japonicum Yaginuma, 1986a: 123, f. 65.1 (m)

Anepsion maritatum Song, 1987: 158, f. 118 (f)

Anepsion japonicum Yin et al., 1997d: 117, f. 42a-c (m)

Anepsion maritatum Yin et al., 1997d: 118, f. 43a-b (f)

Anepsion japonicum Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 236, f. 134B-C, 146D (m)

Anepsion maritatum Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 236, f. 134A, 146E (f)

Anepsion japonicum Tanikawa, 2007c: 55, f. 485 (m)

Anepsion japonicum Tanikawa, 2009: 433, f. 67 (m)

Cyrtarachne keralensis Sunil Jose, 2011: 322, f. 1a-g (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044212]

Anepsion japonicum Chotwong et al., 2013: 92, f. 5-7, 12-14 (m, Df, T from Paraplectana, S of Anepsion japonicum Yaginuma, 1962)

Anepsion maritatum Malamel et al., 2015b: 478, f. 1A-O, 2A-I (mf, S of Cyrtarachne keralensis)

Anepsion maritatum Tanikawa & Yamasaki, 2019: 11, f. 1A-F (mf, S of Anepsion japonicum (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906))

Anepsion maritatum Eto et al., 2026: 37, f. 1A-E (mf)

Anepsion peltoides (Thorell, 1878) | | Australia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014631

Paraplectana peltoides Thorell, 1878b: 21 (Dj) Original description

Paraplectana peltoides Strand, 1911d: 155 (Df)

Anepsion peltoides Chrysanthus, 1961a: 469, f. 33-34 (f)

Anepsion peltoides Chrysanthus, 1969: 33, f. 9, 11 (Dm)

Anepsion peltoides Chrysanthus, 1971: 33, f. 62-64 (mf)

Anepsion peltoides Davies, 1988b: 300, f. 23 (mf)

Anepsion reimoseri Chrysanthus, 1961 | | Indonesia (New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014632

Anepsion reimoseri Chrysanthus, 1961a: 469, f. 35-36 (Df) Original description

Anepsion rhomboides (L. Koch, 1867) | | Samoa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014633 TYPE SPECIES

Epeira rhomboides L. Koch, 1867b: 177 (Dmf) Original description

Anepsia rhomboides L. Koch, 1871: 46, pl. 3, f. 8-9 (mf)

Anepsion [rhomboides] Strand, 1929: 12 (generic replacement name)

Anepsium rhomboides Bonnet, 1955: 325 (unjustified emendation of generic name)

Anepsion rhomboides Chrysanthus, 1961a: 465, f. 1-2 (f)

Anepsion rhomboides Chrysanthus, 1969: 31, f. 10 (m)

Anepsion roeweri Chrysanthus, 1961 | | Taiwan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea (Riouw Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014634

Anepsion roeweri Chrysanthus, 1961a: 467, f. 22-27 (Dmf) Original description

Anepsion roeweri Yoshida, 1991a: 1, f. 1-8 (mf)

Anepsion semialbum (Simon, 1880) | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014635

Paraplectana semialba Simon, 1880i: 168 (Df) Original description

Anepsion semialbum Chrysanthus, 1961a: 466, f. 11-12 (f)

Anepsion villosum (Thorell, 1877) | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014636

Paraplectana villosa Thorell, 1877b: 359 (Df) Original description

Anepsion villosum Chrysanthus, 1961a: 468, f. 28-30 (f)

Anepsion wichmanni (Kulczyński, 1911) | | Indonesia (New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014637

Anepsia wichmannii Kulczyński, 1911c: 500, pl. 20, f. 59 (Df) Original description

Anepsion wichmanni Chrysanthus, 1961a: 470, f. 37-40 (f, Dm)

Anepsion wichmanni Chrysanthus, 1961b: 207, f. 54-56, 69 (mf)

Anepsion wichmanni Chrysanthus, 1969: 37, f. 12 (m)

Anepsion wolffi Chrysanthus, 1969 | | Solomon Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014638

Anepsion wolffi Chrysanthus, 1969: 35, f. 15-16 (Df) Original description