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. Chorizopes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01456

N.B.: the original spelling is Chorizoopes but the emendation by Thorell, 1873: 600 is now protected by usage; transferred from the Theridiidae to the Araneidae by Levi & Levi, 1962: 18.

Transferred to other genera:

Chorizopes bengalensis Tikader, 1975 -- see Porcataraneus

Chorizopes nanshanensis (Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990) -- see Porcataraneus

Chorizopes orientalis Simon, 1909 -- see Chorizopesoides

Chorizopes wulingensis Yin, Wang & Xie, 1994 -- see Chorizopesoides

Homonym replaced:

Chorizopes tikaderi Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 -- see Chorizopes khandaricus Gajbe, 2005

Nomen dubium:

Chorizopes tikaderi Sadana & Kaur, 1974: 162, f. 1-3 (f, India) -- Sherwood & Caleb, 2024: 114

Nomen nudum:

Chorizopes quadrificus Kishida, 1959: 372 (Japan/Okinawa) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054933] -- Brignoli, 1983c: 252

Chorizopes albus Mi, Wang & Peng, 2016 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048807

Chorizopes albus Mi, Wang & Peng, 2016: 47, f. 1-12 (Dmf) Original description

Chorizopes anjanes Tikader, 1965 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015522

Chorizopes anjanes Tikader, 1965b: 94, f. 2a-d (Df) Original description

Chorizopes anjanes Tikader, 1982a: 162, f. 308-311 (f)

Chorizopes antongilensis Emerit, 1997 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015523

Chorizopes antongilensis Emerit, 1997: 44, f. 1-3 (Dmf) Original description

Chorizopes calciope (Simon, 1895) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015525

Araneus calciope Simon, 1895a: 822 (Df) Original description

Chorizopes calciope Tikader, 1982a: 164, f. 312-315 (Tmf from Araneus)

Chorizopes casictones Kallal & Hormiga, 2019 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051076

Chorizopes casictones Kallal & Hormiga, 2019: 474, f. 1A-H, 2A-E, 3A-D, 4A-E, 5A-G (Dmf) Original description

Chorizopes congener O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 | | Pakistan or India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015526

Chorizoopes congener O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885b: 53 (Df) Original description

Chorizopes dicavus Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015527

Chorizopes dicavus Yin et al., 1990: 52, f. 129-132 (Df) Original description

Chorizopes dicavus Yin et al., 1997d: 215, f. 136a-d (f; N.B.: not f. 132)

Chorizopes dicavus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 154H-I, 155E (f)

Chorizopes dicavus Yin et al., 2012: 626, f. 305a-d (f)

Chorizopes frontalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 | | India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015528

Chorizoopes frontalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871b: 738, pl. 44, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Chorizopes frontalis Simon, 1895a: 922, f. 988-990

Chorizopes frontalis Levi, 1964a: 212, f. 12-20 (f, Dm)

Chorizopes goosus Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015529

Chorizopes goosus Yin et al., 1990: 53, f. 133-136 (Df) Original description

Chorizopes goosus Yin et al., 1997d: 215, f. 133a-d (f)

Chorizopes goosus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 154J-K, 155F (f)

Chorizopes jianfengensis Gan, Wang & Mi, 2020 | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052162

Chorizopes jianfengensis Gan, Wang & Mi, 2020: 164, f. 1A-F, 2A-D, 7A-B, 8A (Dmf) Original description

Chorizopes kastoni Gajbe & Gajbe, 2004 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040010

Chorizopes kastoni Gajbe & Gajbe, 2004b: 117, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Chorizopes kastoni Gajbe, 2004d: 35, f. 20-22 (f)

Chorizopes khandaricus Gajbe, 2005 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040011

Chorizopes tikaderi Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001a: 59, f. 1-4 (Df; preoccupied by Sadana & Kaur, 1974, see Chorizopes tikaderi) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055610]

Chorizopes tikaderi Gajbe, 2004d: 37, f. 23-26 (f)

Chorizopes khandaricus Gajbe in Siliwal, Molur & Biswas, 2005: 2004, 2014 (replacement name) Original description

Chorizopes khanjanes Tikader, 1965 | | India, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015530

Chorizopes khanjanes Tikader, 1965b: 95, f. 3a-c (Df) Original description

Chorizopes khanjanes Tikader, 1982a: 159, f. 297-301 (f)

Chorizopes khanjanes Yin, Wang & Xie, 1994: 5, f. 1-8 (f)

Chorizopes khanjanes Yin et al., 1997d: 216, f. 134a-h (f)

Chorizopes khanjanes Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 154L-N, 155G (f)

Chorizopes khanjanes Yin et al., 2012: 628, f. 306a-g (f)

Chorizopes khedaensis Reddy & Patel, 1993 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015531

Chorizopes khedaensis Reddy & Patel, 1993b: 54, f. 6-11 (Df) Original description

Chorizopes liae Gan, Wang & Mi, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052163

Chorizopes liae Gan, Wang & Mi, 2020: 167, f. 3A-F, 4A-D, 7C-D, 8B (Dmf) Original description

Chorizopes longus Mi, Wang & Peng, 2016 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048808

Chorizopes longus Mi, Wang & Peng, 2016: 50, f. 13-24 (Dmf) Original description

Chorizopes madagascariensis Emerit, 1997 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015532

Chorizopes madagascariensis Emerit, 1997: 47, f. 4-5 (Dmf) Original description

Chorizopes mucronatus Simon, 1895 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015533

Chorizopes mucronatus Simon, 1895a: 922 (Df) Original description

Chorizopes nipponicus Yaginuma, 1963 | | China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015534

Chorizopes nipponicus Yaginuma, 1963c: 9, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

Chorizopes nipponicus Yaginuma, 1986a: 122, f. 64.7 (mf)

Chorizopes nipponicus Chikuni, 1989b: 85, f. 69 (mf)

Chorizopes nipponicus Yin et al., 1990: 55, f. 140-141 (f)

Chorizopes nipponicus Yin et al., 1997d: 217, f. 135a-g (mf)

Chorizopes nipponicus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 154O-P, X, 155H (mf)

Chorizopes nipponicus Namkung, 2002: 292, f. 19.53a-b (mf)

Chorizopes nipponicus Kim & Kim, 2002: 195, f. 28, 106, 205-206 (mf)

Chorizopes nipponicus Namkung, 2003: 294, f. 19.53a-b (mf)

Chorizopes nipponicus Tanikawa, 2007c: 42, f. 1, 420-422 (mf)

Chorizopes nipponicus Tanikawa, 2009: 422, f. 8, 11-12 (mf)

Chorizopes nipponicus Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 210, f. 148A-D (mf)

Chorizopes nipponicus Yin et al., 2012: 629, f. 307a-f (mf)

Chorizopes nipponicus Kim & Lee, 2012b: 49, f. 32A-D, pl. 8 (mf)

Chorizopes pateli Reddy & Patel, 1993 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015536

Chorizopes pateli Reddy & Patel, 1993b: 53, f. 1-5 (Df) Original description

Chorizopes quadrituberculata Roy, Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2014 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047557

Chorizopes quadrituberculata Roy et al., 2014b: 4, f. 1-13 (Dmf) Original description

Chorizopes quadrituberculata Sen et al., 2015: 117, f. 723-727, pl. 23 (f)

Chorizopes rajanpurensis Mukhtar & Tahir, 2013 | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045866

Chorizopes rajanpurensis Mukhtar & Tahir, 2013: 434, f. 1a-e (Df) Original description

Chorizopes shimenensis Yin & Peng, 1994 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015537

Chorizopes shimenensis Yin & Peng in Yin, Peng & Wang, 1994: 107, f. 14-17 (Df) Original description

Chorizopes shimenensis Yin et al., 1997d: 218, f. 132a-d (f; N.B.: not f. 136)

Chorizopes shimenensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 263, f. 154Q-R, 155I (f)

Chorizopes shimenensis Yin et al., 2012: 631, f. 308a-g (mf)

Chorizopes stoliczkai O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 | | Pakistan or India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015538

Chorizoopes stoliczkae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885b: 52 (Df) Original description

Chorizopes trimamillatus Schenkel, 1963 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015540

Chorizopes trimamillatus Schenkel, 1963: 181, f. 104a-h (Df) Original description

Chorizopes trimamillatus Yin et al., 1997d: 219, f. 137a-g (f)

Chorizopes trimamillatus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 263, f. 154S, 155J-K (f)

Chorizopes tumens Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015541

Chorizopes tumens Yin et al., 1990: 56, f. 142-147 (Dmf) Original description

Chorizopes tumens Yin et al., 1997d: 220, f. 138a-f (mf)

Chorizopes tumens Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 263, f. 154T-U, 155A-B, L (mf)

Chorizopes yinae Gan, Wang & Mi, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052164

Chorizopes yinae Gan, Wang & Mi, 2020: 173, f. 5A-F, 6A-D, 7E-F, 8C (Dmf) Original description

Chorizopes yui Mi & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053581

Chorizopes yui Mi & Li, 2021b: 54, f. 3A-D, 4A-G (Dmf) Original description

Chorizopes zepherus Zhu & Song, 1994 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015543

Chorizopes zepherus Zhu & Song in Zhu et al., 1994: 34, f. 9A-C (Dm; N.B.: spelled zephenus in species heading, zopherus in figure legend, as above in English abstract) Original description

Chorizopes zepherus Yin et al., 1997d: 222, f. 140a-c (m)

Chorizopes zepherus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 263, f. 155C, N (m)