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:

Cerceis Menge, 1866 = Cercidia Thorell, 1869 (Thorell, 1869: 37, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Cerceis Menge, 1866 -- see Cercidia Thorell, 1869 - in Thorell, 1869

Gen. Cercidia Thorell, 1869 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01454

N.B.: replacement name for Cerceis Menge, 1866: 80 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05532], preoccupied in Crustacea by Milne Edwards, 1840.

Transferred to other genera:

Cercidia albostriata (Keyserling, 1865) -- see Alpaida

Cercidia funebris Keyserling, 1892 -- see Hypsosinga

Cercidia octomaculata Mello-Leitão, 1945 -- see Alpaida

Cercidia versicolor Keyserling, 1877 -- see Alpaida

In synonymy:

Cercidia ochracea (Grube, 1861, T from Araneus) = Cercidia prominens Westring, 1851 (Wesołowska, 1988b: 409)

Cercidia levii Marusik, 1985 | | Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015509

Cercidia levii Marusik, 1985a: 117, f. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 (Dmf) Original description

Cercidia prominens (Westring, 1851) | | North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015510

Epeira prominens Westring, 1851: 35 (Dm) Original description

Epeira bella Meade, 1861: 21 (Dmf)

Singa prominens Westring, 1861: 63 (f)

Singa scutifera Westring, 1861: 66 (Df)

Epeira ochracea Grube, 1861: 163 (Df)

Epeira bella Blackwall, 1864a: 343, pl. 25, f. 248 (mf)

Atea spinosa Ohlert, 1865: 9 (Df)

Cerceis prominens Menge, 1866: 80, pl. 13, f. 21 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Thorell, 1869: 49, 58

Miranda carinata Giebel, 1869c: 301 (Df)

Cercidia prominens Thorell, 1870a: 30

Cercidia prominens Becker, 1896: (2): 49, pl. 10, f. 4 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Bösenberg, 1901: 53, pl. 4, f. 47 (mf)

Araneus prominens Bryant, 1908: 58

Araneus prominens Simon, 1929: 707, 767, f. 1104-1105 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Wiehle, 1931: 25, f. 10, 30-32 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Drensky, 1943: 226, f. 7 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Locket & Millidge, 1953: 159, f. 106A-E (mf)

Cercidia prominens Beer, 1964: 529, f. 12-13 (f)

Cercidia prominens Zamaraev, 1964: 351, f. 9 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Azheganova, 1968: 80, f. 164, 182-183 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Miller, 1971: 204, pl. XXXVII, f. 21, pl. XXXVIII, f. 1 (m)

Cercidia prominens Loksa, 1972: 105, f. 95A-C (mf)

Cercidia prominens Palmgren, 1974a: 7, f. 2a-c (mf)

Cercidia prominens Levi, 1975b: 113, f. 47-57 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Roth, 1985: B6-6, f. 55-56, 83 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Roberts, 1985: 220, f. 99b (mf)

Cercidia prominens Marusik, 1985a: 115, f. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Wesołowska, 1988b: 409, f. 18-19 (f, S)

Cercidia prominens Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 80, f. 181 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Roberts, 1995: 327, f. (mf)

Cercidia prominens Roberts, 1998: 339, f. (mf)

Cercidia prominens Hutchinson, Paquin & Dupérré, 2000: 40, f. 1-3 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Levi, 2002: 547, f. 194 (m)

Cercidia prominens Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 46, f. 302-304 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Dondale et al., 2003: 262, f. 593-599 (mf)

Cercidia prominens Almquist, 2005: 157, f. 165a-k (mf)

Cercidia prominens Zamani, Nadolny & Dolejš, 2022: 553, f. 1D-E (f)

Cercidia prominens Morano, 2023: 85, f. 46-48 (mf)

Cercidia punctigera Simon, 1889 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015511

Cercidia punctigera Simon, 1889i: 341 (Dmf) Original description

Araneus cribratus Simon, 1895a: 822 (replacement name, needed in Araneus)