Gen.
Araniella
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01441
type Epeira displicata Hentz, 1847; gender feminine
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) = Araniella cucurbitina
(Clerck, 1757)
(ICZN, 1959: 89)
Araniella displicata octopunctata
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Araniella displicata
(Hentz, 1847)
(Levi, 1974b: 296)
Araniella villanii
Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 = Araniella tbilisiensis
(Mcheidze, 1997)
(Tiunov & Ustinova, 2025b: 196)
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)
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| Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Western Siberia), Iran?
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015324
Araneus alpicus Simon, 1929: 695, 763, f. 1076-1077 (
mf)
Araniella alpica Blanke, 1982: 292, f. 12a-b, 13a, c, 14a-b, 15a (
mf)
Araniella alpica Ransy, 1987: 25, f. 15, 17, 19, 21-22, 24, 26 (
mf)
Araniella alpica Almquist, 2006: 148, f. 158a-h (
mf; misidentified
A. inconspicua per Jonsson in litt.)
Araniella coreana Namkung, 2002
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| Korea
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037673
Araniella coreana Namkung, 2002: 278, 620, f. 19.39a-d (D
mf)
Original description
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757)
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| Europe, Northern Africa, Turkey, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, China, Korea
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015325
Araneus cucurbitinus Clerck, 1757: 44, pl. 2, f. 4 (D
f)
Original description
Aranea cucurbitina Linnaeus, 1758: 620 (D
f) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015334]
Miranda cucurbitina Menge, 1866: 69, pl. 10, f. 14 (
mf)
Epeira cossoni Simon, 1885i: 23 (D
f) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064789]
Araneus cucurbitinus Simon, 1929: 695, 762, f. 1074-1075 (
mf)
[Araneus cucurbitinus] ICZN, 1959: 89 (S of
Aranea cucurbitina Linnaeus, Clerckian names validated)
Araneus cucurbitinus Miller, 1971: 210, pl. XXXIX, f. 11-12 (
f)
Araneus cucurbitinus Loksa, 1972: 82, f. 71A-B, 72A (
mf)
Araniella cucurbitina Levi, 1974b: 298, f. 22-31 (
mf, S of
Araniella opisthographa and
A. proxima, both revalidated by
Blanke, 1982: 289)
Araniella cucurbitina Blanke, 1982: 289, f. 3a-b, 5a-b, 6a-b, 8a (
mf, S of
Araneus cossoni)
Araniella cucurbitina Ransy, 1987: 25, f. 6, 9, 12 (
mf)
Araniella cucurbitina Hu, 2001: 452, f. 295.1-2 (
mf)
Araniella displicata (Hentz, 1847)
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| North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Japan
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015326
TYPE SPECIES
Epeira displicata Hentz, 1847: 476, pl. 31, f. 17 (D
f)
Original description
Epeira displicata Emerton, 1884: 313, pl. 34, f. 4, pl. 36, f. 20 (
mf)
Epeira leucogaster Marx, 1890a: 546 (replacement name for
Epeira alba Keyserling, 1885)
Epeira displicata Keyserling, 1893: 219, pl. 10, f. 162 (
f, S of
E. alba Keyserling,
Epeira decipiens and
E. leucogaster)
Epeira cucurbitina displicata McCook, 1894: 150, pl. 3, f. 1-3, pl. 4, f. 6 (D
mf)
Araneus croaticus Kulczyński, 1905b: 233, pl. 7, f. 22, 30 (D
f) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064790]
Araneus displicatus Loksa, 1972: 82, f. 72B-C, 73A-B (
mf)
Araneus displicatus westringi Loksa, 1972: 82, f. 73C (
m)
Araniella displicata Levi, 1974b: 294, f. 1-21 (
mf, S of
Araneus croaticus and
Araniella displicata octopunctata)
Araneus displicatus Hu, 1984: 91, f. 84 (
f)
Araneus displicatus Guo, 1985: 53, f. 2-10.1-3 (
mf)
Araneus displicatus Zhao, 1993: 229, f. 104a-e (
mf)
Araneus displicatus Zhao, 1995: 946, f. 443a-e (
mf)
Araniella displicata Hu, 2001: 453, f. 296.1-5 (
mf)
Araniella displicata Levi, 2002: 544, f. 147-148, 185-186 (
mf)
Araniella inconspicua (Simon, 1874)
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| Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Iran?
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015327
Epeira inconspicua Simon, 1874a: 84 (D
f)
Original description
Araneus inconspicuus Miller, 1971: 211, pl. XXXIX, f. 14 (
f)
Araniella inconspicua Levi, 1974b: 298, f. 32-37 (
mf, T from
Araneus)
Araniella inconspicua Blanke, 1982: 292, f. 12c-d, 13b, d, 14c-d, 15b (
mf)
Araniella inconspicua Ransy, 1987: 25, f. 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27 (
mf)
Araniella inconspicua Almquist, 2006: 153, f. 161a-h (
mf; misidentified
A. alpica per Jonsson in litt.)
Araniella inconspicua Rückl, 2023b: 12, f. 1-2, 5, 7, 9 (
mf)
Araniella jilinensis Yin & Zhu, 1994
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| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015328
Araniella levii Zamani & Marusik, 2020
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| India
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052332
Araniella maasdorpi Zamani & Marusik, 2020
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| India
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052333
Araniella maderiana (Kulczyński, 1905)
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| Canary Is., Madeira
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015329
Araneus cucurbitinus maderiana Kulczyński, 1905b: 231, pl. 7, f. 3 (D
m)
Original description
Araneus maderianus Blanke, 1980a: 97, f. 3, 6, 9 (
mf, elevated from subspecies of
A. cucurbitina)
Araniella mithra Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020
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| 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 (D
mf)
Original description
Araniella nigromaculata (Schenkel, 1963)
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| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015058
Araneus nigromaculatus Schenkel, 1963: 154, f. 91a-c (D
f)
Original description
Araniella nympha (Simon, 1889)
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| Pakistan, India, China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015071
Araneus nympha Hu, 2001: 445, f. 289.1-4, 290.1-4 (
f, D
m)
Araniella opisthographa (Kulczyński, 1905)
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| 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 (D
mf)
Original description
Araneus cucurbitinus opisthographus Lessert, 1910b: 319, f. 171-172 (
mf)
Aranea cucurbitina opisthographa Wiehle, 1931a: 108, f. 165-166 (
mf)
Araniella opisthographa Blanke, 1982: 289, f. 3c-d, 5c-d, 6c-d, 8b (
mf, removed from S of
Araniella cucurbitina, rejecting
Levi, 1974b: 298)
Araniella opisthographa Levy, 1987: 244, f. 1-9 (
mf)
Araniella opistographa Ransy, 1987: 25, f. 7, 10, 13 (
mf)
Araniella opisthographa Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 23, f. 2C-D, 6C-D, 7D, 8D, 9D, 10D (
mf, S of
Araniella tbilisiensis, revalidated by
Tiunov & Ustinova, 2025b: 196)
Araniella plicata Mi & Peng, 2016
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| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048547
Araniella proxima (Kulczyński, 1885)
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| North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Turkey, Kazakhstan
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015331
Araniella proxima Blanke, 1982: 289, f. 10-11 (
mf, removed from S of
Araniella cucurbitina, rejecting
Levi, 1974b: 298)
Araniella robusta Lee, Yoo & Kim, 2021
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| Korea
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053605
Araniella tbilisiensis (Mcheidze, 1997)
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| Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan or Uzbekistan, India
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015333
Araneus tbilisiensis Mcheidze, 1997: 280, f. 642-644 (D
mf)
Original description
Araniella villanii Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020: 18, f. 1B, D, 3A-B, 4C-D, 5A-B, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A (D
mf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051609] [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051609]
Araniella tbilisiensis Tiunov & Ustinova, 2025b: 196, f. 1-6 (
mf, removed from S of
Araniella opisthographa, S of
A. villanii)
Araniella yaginumai Tanikawa, 1995
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| Russia (South Siberia to Far East), Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038307
