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:

Diotherisoma Caporiacco, 1947 = Bertrana Keyserling, 1884 (Coddington, 1986: 6)

Gen. Bertrana Keyserling, 1884 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01449

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Diotherisoma Caporiacco, 1947a: 25 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05303] (type D. strandi Caporiacco, 1947 = Bertrana striolata Keyserling, 1884) by Levi, in Coddington, 1986: 6.

Transferred to other genera:

Bertrana errans (Roewer, 1942) -- see Metazygia

Bertrana erratica (Keyserling, 1883) -- see Metazygia

Bertrana farri Archer, 1958 -- see Lewisepeira

In synonymy:

Bertrana flavosellata Simon, 1893 = Bertrana elinguis Keyserling, 1883 (Levi, 1989: 88)

Bertrana hieroglyphica Petrunkevitch, 1925 = Bertrana striolata Keyserling, 1884 (Levi, 1989: 84)

Bertrana strandi (Caporiacco, 1947) = Bertrana striolata Keyserling, 1884 (Levi, 1989: 84)

Bertrana abbreviata (Keyserling, 1879) | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015462

Singa abbreviata Keyserling, 1879: 301, pl. 4, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Singa abbreviata Keyserling, 1893: 287, pl. 15, f. 212 (f)

Araneus abbreviatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 276

Singa abbreviata Levi, 1972a: 230 (considered as Theridiosomatidae incertae sedis)

Bertrana abbreviata Levi, 1989: 91, f. 31-34 (Tf from Singa)

Bertrana arena Levi, 1989 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015463

Bertrana arena Levi, 1989: 93, f. 44-46 (Df) Original description

Bertrana benuta Levi, 1994 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015464

Bertrana benuta Levi, 1994: 230, f. 1-6 (Df) Original description

Bertrana elinguis (Keyserling, 1883) | | Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, French Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015465

Epeira elinguis Keyserling, 1883a: 198, pl. 15, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Epeira elinguis Keyserling, 1892: 151, pl. 8, f. 111 (f)

Bertrana flavosellata Simon, 1893e: 326 (Df)

Araneus elinguis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 291

Bertrana elinguis Levi, 1989: 88, f. 25-30 (Tf from Araneus, S)

Bertrana elinguis Dierkens, 2012a: 27, f. 2-3, 25 (m)

Bertrana laselva Levi, 1989 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015466

Bertrana laselva Levi, 1989: 91, f. 35-40 (Dmf) Original description

Bertrana nancho Levi, 1989 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015467

Bertrana nancho Levi, 1989: 92, f. 41-43 (Df) Original description

Bertrana planada Levi, 1989 | | Colombia, Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015468

Bertrana planada Levi, 1989: 94, f. 47-50 (Dmf) Original description

Bertrana poa Levi, 1994 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015469

Bertrana poa Levi, 1994: 232, f. 7-11 (Df) Original description

Bertrana rufostriata Simon, 1893 | | Venezuela, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015470

Bertrana rufostriata Simon, 1893e: 325 (Df) Original description

Bertrana rufostriata Levi, 1989: 87, f. 19-24 (f, Dm)

Bertrana striolata Keyserling, 1884 | | Costa Rica to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015471

Bertrana striolata Keyserling, 1884b: 654, pl. 21, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Bertrana striolata Keyserling, 1893: 310, pl. 16, f. 229 (f)

Bertrana hieroglyphica Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 113, f. 22-28 (Dm)

Diotherisoma strandi Caporiacco, 1947a: 25 (Df)

Diotherisoma strandi Caporiacco, 1948a: 664, f. 74 (f)

Bertrana hieroglyphica Chickering, 1963d: 129, f. 1-4 (m, Df)

Bertrana striolata Levi, 1989: 84, f. 11-18 (f, Sm)

Bertrana striolata Levi, 2002: 545, f. 167-170, 303-304 (mf)

Bertrana striolata Cisneros-Heredia & Carrazco-Montalvo, 2016: 49, f. 2-3 (f)

Bertrana urahua Levi, 1994 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015472

Bertrana urahua Levi, 1994: 232, f. 12-14 (Dm) Original description

Bertrana vella Levi, 1989 | | Panama, Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015473

Bertrana vella Levi, 1989: 96, f. 51-55 (Dmf) Original description