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:

Euetria Thorell, 1887 = Cyrtophora Simon, 1864 (Simon, 1895a: 775)

Suzumia Kishida, 1943 = Cyrtophora Simon, 1864 (Yaginuma, 1958b: 10)

Gen. Cyrtophora Simon, 1864 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01467

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Euetria Thorell, 1887: 173 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04624] (type Epeira moluccensis Doleschall, 1857) by Simon, 1895a: 775 and of Suzumia Kishida, in Nakatsudi, 1943b: 184 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05320] (type S. orientalis Kishida, 1943 = Cyrtophora ikomosanensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)) by Yaginuma, 1958c: 10.

Transferred to other genera:

Cyrtophora alayoi Archer, 1958 -- see Kapogea

Cyrtophora berlandi (Caporiacco, 1954) -- see Manogea

Cyrtophora brasilica (Soares & Camargo, 1948) -- see Manogea

Cyrtophora bucardia (McCook, 1894) -- see Eustala

Cyrtophora californiensis Keyserling, 1885 -- see Eustala

Cyrtophora cyrtophoroides (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904) -- see Kapogea

Cyrtophora davisi (Hingston, 1932) -- see Spilasma

Cyrtophora espiritosantensis (Soares & Camargo, 1955) -- see Manogea

Cyrtophora gabonensis (Lucas, 1858) -- see Megaraneus

Cyrtophora grammica Simon, 1895 -- see Manogea

Cyrtophora guyanensis (Keyserling, 1881) -- see Manogea

Cyrtophora lodiculafaciens (Hingston, 1932) -- see Dolichognatha

Cyrtophora nympha Simon, 1895 -- see Kapogea

Cyrtophora porracea (C. L. Koch, 1839) -- see Manogea

Cyrtophora sellata Simon, 1895 -- see Kapogea

Cyrtophora setospinosa (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) -- see Kapogea

Cyrtophora sexnotata Simon, 1895 -- see Kapogea

Cyrtophora vachoni Caporiacco, 1954 -- see Azilia

In synonymy:

Cyrtophora albopunctata Rainbow, 1898 = Cyrtophora moluccensis Doleschall, 1857 (Davies & Gallon, 1986: 232)

Cyrtophora bifurcata (Kishida, 1931, T from Cyclosa) = Cyrtophora exanthematica Doleschall, 1859 (Yaginuma, 1958c: 14, see also Ono & Ogata, 2018: 608)

Cyrtophora citricola abessinensis Strand, 1906 = Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 (Nentwig et al., 2019: 35)

Cyrtophora cylindroides scalaris Strand, 1915 = Cyrtophora cylindroides Walckenaer, 1841 (Nentwig et al., 2019: 35)

Cyrtophora leucopicta (Urquhart, 1890) = Cyrtophora moluccensis Doleschall, 1857 (Vink, 2014: 62)

Cyrtophora marxi (McCook, 1894, T from Argiope) = Cyrtophora moluccensis Doleschall, 1857 (Levi, 1968a: 334)

Cyrtophora moluccensis albidinota (Strand, 1911) = Cyrtophora moluccensis Doleschall, 1857 (Nentwig et al., 2019: 35)

Cyrtophora moluccensis bukae (Strand, 1911) = Cyrtophora moluccensis Doleschall, 1857 (Nentwig et al., 2019: 35)

Cyrtophora moluccensis rubicundinota (Strand, 1911) = Cyrtophora moluccensis Doleschall, 1857 (Nentwig et al., 2019: 35)

Cyrtophora orientalis (Nakatsudi, 1943) = Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 (Yaginuma, 1958c: 13)

Cyrtophora simoni Rainbow, 1898 = Cyrtophora moluccensis Doleschall, 1857 (Davies & Gallon, 1986: 232)

Cyrtophora thai (Levi, 1983, T from Argiope) = Cyrtophora moluccensis Doleschall, 1857 (Jäger, 2012c: 315)

Nomen dubium:

Cyrtophora acrobalia (Thorell, 1895b: 173, j, Myanmar, originally in Epeira) -- Framenau, 2008b: 134

Nomina nuda:

Cyrtophora citricola nigra (Franganillo, 1925: 33, Iberian Peninsula, originally as C. opuntiae n.) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049070] -- Breitling et al., 2016b: 56, no description

Cyrtophora citricola pallida (Franganillo, 1925: 33, Iberian Peninsula, originally as C. opuntiae p.) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049071] -- Breitling et al., 2016b: 56, no description

Cyrtophora shimomurai (Kishida, 1933, sub Suzumia) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054507] -- Brignoli, 1983c: 254, Ono & Ogata, 2018: 608 (as valid species 'Kishida in Shimomura, 1933')

Cyrtophora admiralia Strand, 1913 | | Admiralty Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015797

Cyrtophora admiralia Strand, 1913d: 117 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora admiralia Strand, 1915d: 218, pl. 14, f. 17, pl. 17, f. 63 (f)

Cyrtophora beccarii (Thorell, 1878) | | Laos, Malaysia to Australia (Northern Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015798

Epeira beccarii Thorell, 1878b: 65 (Dmf) Original description

Epeira beccarii Workman & Workman, 1892: 5, pl. 5 (f)

Cyrtophora beccarii Chrysanthus, 1960: 25, f. 9-13 (mf)

Cyrtophora beccarii Chrysanthus, 1972: 157, f. 11-12 (m)

Cyrtophora beccarii Koh, 1991: 177, f. 13-14 (f)

Cyrtophora bicauda (Saito, 1933) | | Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015799

Cyclosa bicauda Saitō, 1933b: 51, pl. 3, f. 31 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora bicauda Tanikawa & Ono, 1993: 51 (Tf from Cyclosa, may =C. exanthematica)

Cyclosa bicauda Yin et al., 1997d: 258, f. 168a-c (f)

Cyclosa bicauda Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 263, f. 155V, 160J (f)

Cyrtophora bidenta Tikader, 1970 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015800

Cyrtophora bidenta Tikader, 1970: 32, f. 20a-c (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora bidenta Tikader, 1982a: 174, f. 331-335 (f)

Cyrtophora bimaculata Han, Zhang & Zhu, 2010 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043930

Cyrtophora bimaculata Han, Zhang & Zhu, 2010b: 692, f. 1a-f, 2a-g (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtophora bituberculata Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049036

Cyrtophora bituberculata Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 13, f. 53-57, 177 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora caudata Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 | | East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015801

Cyrtophora caudata Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895: 41, pl. 2, f. 22 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora cephalotes Simon, 1877 | j | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015802

Cyrtophora cephalotes Simon, 1877b: 73, pl. 3, f. 8 (Dj) Original description

Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Stoliczka, 1869) | | Pakistan to Australia (Northern Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015803

Epeira cicatrosa Stoliczka, 1869: 242, pl. 20, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Epeira salebrosa Thorell, 1878b: 48 (Df)

Epeira salebrosa Thorell, 1881: 84, 687

Meta adspersata Karsch, 1892: 284, pl. 10, f. 8 (Df)

Euetria salebrosa Workman, 1896: 31, pl. 31 (f)

Araneus cicatrosa Pocock, 1900a: 226

Cyrtophora salebrosa Strand, 1915d: 220

Cyrtophora cicatrosa Chrysanthus, 1960: 28, f. 19-23 (f, Dm)

Cyrtophora cicatrosa Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 32, f. 45-46 (f)

Cyrtophora cicatrosa Tikader, 1982a: 179, f. 341-345 (f)

Cyrtophora cicatrosa Koh, 1991: 179, f. 18-19 (f)

Cyrtophora cicatorosa Okuma et al., 1993: 29, f. 26A-B (f)

Cyrtophora cicatrosa Yin et al., 1997d: 279, f. 188a-f (f)

Cyrtophora cicatrosa Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 279, f. 163P-Q, 164O-P, 165A (mf)

Cyrtophora cicatrosa Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2004: 124, f. 1-6 (f)

Cyrtophora cicatrosa Gajbe, 2007: 516, f. 278-282 (f)

Cyrtophora cicatrosa Sen et al., 2015: 118, f. 728-736, pl. 23 (f)

Cyrtophora cicatrosa Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 14, f. 58-62, 178 (f)

Cyrtophora cicatrosa Tyagi et al., 2019: Supplement, f. S2.8, S3.23-24 (f)

Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) | | Southern Europe, Africa, Middle East, Pakistan, India, China, Japan. Introduced to Cuba, Dominican Rep., Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015804

Aranea citricola Forsskål, 1775: 86 (D) Original description

Aranea citricola Forsskål, 1776: pl. 24, f. D (D)

Epeira opuntiae Dufour, 1820a: 359, pl. 69, f. 3 (Df)

Epeira cacti-opuntiae Lucas, 1838: 40, pl. 6, f. 7 (Df)

Epeira citricola Walckenaer, 1841: 143, pl. 18, f. 2 (Df)

Epeira emarginata Lucas, 1858: 418, pl. 12, f. 5 (Df)

Epeira opuntiae Vinson, 1863: 212, 313, pl. 9, f. 1 (mf, in part)

Epeira flava Vinson, 1863: 222, 313, pl. 8, f. 3 (Df)

Epeira purpurea Vinson, 1863: 225, 313, pl. 8. f. 4 (Df)

Cyrtophora citricola Simon, 1864: 262

Epeira dorsuosa Blackwall, 1866: 462 (Df)

Epeira opuntiae Simon, 1870b: 314 (Dm)

Cyrtophora sculptilis L. Koch, 1872a: 128, pl. 9, f. 9 (Df)

Cyrtophora opuntiae Simon, 1874a: 34, pl. 1, f. 3 (f)

Epeira cajetana Costa, 1882: sep. p. 28

Cyrtophora citricola Simon, 1895a: 775, f. 845 (m)

Epeira citricola Workman, 1896: 32, pl. 32 (f)

Araneus citricola Pocock, 1900a: 266, f. 73 (f)

Cyrtophora citricola abessinensis Strand, 1906b: 618 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015805]

Cyrtophora citricola Dyal, 1935: 175, pl. 14, f. 111-115 (f)

Cyrtophora dorsuosa Roewer, 1942a: 748

Cyrtophora citricola Wiehle, 1967b: 195, f. 52 (f)

Cyrtophora citricola Yaginuma, 1968b: 36, f. 6-7 (f)

Cyrtophora citricola Brignoli, 1968d: 86, f. 4-5 (mf)

Cyrtophora citricola Saaristo, 1978: 124, f. 242-254 (mf)

Cyrtophora citricola Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 31, f. 43-44 (f)

Cyrtophora citricola Tikader, 1982a: 180, f. 346-350 (f)

Cyrtophora citricola Roberts, 1983: 253, f. 133-138 (mf)

Cyrtophora citricola Yaginuma, 1986a: 118, f. 62.3 (f)

Cyrtophora citricola Chen & Gao, 1990: 60, f. 73a-b (mf)

Cyrtophora citricola Scharff & Coddington, 1997: 375, f. 21 (m)

Cyrtophora citricola Levi, 1997: 252, f. 148-156 (mf)

Cyrtophora citricola Yin et al., 1997d: 279, f. 189a-e (mf)

Cyrtophora citricola Levy, 1998a: 323, f. 47-56 (mf)

Cyrtophora citricola Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 279, f. 163R-S, 165B (f)

Cyrtophora citricola Levi, 2002: 538, f. 56-57, 275-276 (mf)

Cyrtophora citricola Álvares & De Maria, 2004: 155, f. 1-2 (f)

Cyrtophora citricola Butt & Siraj, 2006: 218, f. 3A-C (f)

Cyrtophora citricola Gajbe, 2007: 515, f. 273-277 (f)

Cyrtophora citricola Víquez, 2007: 386, f. 1b-c, 2a-c (mf)

Cyrtophora citricola Crespo et al., 2009a: 471, f. 1 (mf)

Cyrtophora citricola Saaristo, 2010: 50, f. 4.77-84 (mf)

Cyrtophora citricola Franzini et al., 2013: 30, f. 5a-j, 6a-b, 7a-c (mf)

Cyrtophora citricola Ade & Dixit, 2016: 731, f. 3a-g (f)

Cyrtophora citricola Rozwałka, Rutkowski & Bielak-Bielecki, 2017: 60, f. 1a (m)

Cyrtophora citricola Dhande et al., 2017: 5234, f. 1-12 (m)

Cyrtophora citricola Martins & Santos, 2018: 451, f. 15E-F (m)

Cyrtophora citricola Soliman et al., 2018: 152, pl. 10E-F, 11A (m)

Cyrtophora citricola Nentwig et al., 2019: 35 (S of Cyrtophora citricola abessinensis)

Cyrtophora citricola Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 69, p. 68: 1 unnumbered f., p. 69: 7 unnumbered f. (f)

Cyrtophora citricola Morano, 2023: 88, f. 61-65 (mf)

Cyrtophora citricola Jaffry, Butt & Zahra, 2024: 412, f. 1A-G (f)

Cyrtophora citricola lurida Karsch, 1879 | j | West Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038625

Cyrtophora citricola lurida Karsch, 1879a: 338 (Dj) Original description

Cyrtophora citricola minahassae Merian, 1911 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015806

Cyrtophora citricola minahassae Merian, 1911: 211 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora citricola obscura Tullgren, 1910 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050663

Cyrtophora citricola obscura Tullgren, 1910: 158, pl. 4, f. 96 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora cordiformis (L. Koch, 1871) | | New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, Lord Howe Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015807

Epeira cordiformis L. Koch, 1871: 82, pl. 5, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Araneus cordiformis Chrysanthus, 1971: 26, f. 43-44 (f)

Cyrtophora cordiformis Gray, 1974: 51 (Tf from Araneus)

Cyrtophora crassipes (Rainbow, 1897) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014814

Epeira crassipes Rainbow, 1897b: 515, pl. 17, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora crassipes Framenau & Scharff, 2009: 326 (Tf from Epeira=Araneus)

Cyrtophora cylindroides (Walckenaer, 1841) | | China to Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015808

Epeira cylindroides Walckenaer, 1841: 136 (Df) Original description

Epeira viridipes Doleschall, 1859: 29, pl. 1, f. 7 (Df)

Epeira nephilina L. Koch, 1871: 90, pl. 7, f. 6 (Df)

Epeira viridipes Keyserling, 1887a: 167, pl. 14, f. 3 (Dm)

Cyrtophora cylindroides Pocock, 1898b: 462

Cyrtophora viridipes scalaris Strand, 1915d: 220, pl. 14, f. 22 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015809]

Cyrtophora cylindroides Chrysanthus, 1959: 200, f. 6, 10, 25 (f)

Cyrtophora cylindroides Chrysanthus, 1960: 25, f. 1-2 (m)

Cyrtophora cylindroides Yin et al., 1990: 67, f. 169-170 (f)

Cyrtophora cylindroides Yin et al., 1997d: 280, f. 190a-c (f)

Cyrtophora cylindroides Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 279, f. 164A, D, 165C (f)

Cyrtophora cylindroides Tanikawa, Chang & Tso, 2010: 32, f. 1, 5-7 (mf)

Cyrtophora cylindroides Jäger, Nophaseud & Praxaysombath, 2012: 85, f. 23-35 (mf)

Cyrtophora cylindroides Nentwig et al., 2019: 35 (S of Cyrtophora cylindroides scalaris)

Cyrtophora diazoma (Thorell, 1890) | j | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015810

Epeira diazoma Thorell, 1890a: 127 (Dj) Original description

Cyrtophora diazoma Roewer, 1942a: 749

Cyrtophora doriae (Thorell, 1881) | | New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015811

Epeira doriae Thorell, 1881: 81 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora doriae Strand, 1915d: 219

Cyrtophora eczematica (Thorell, 1893) | | Sinpapore urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015812

Epeira eczematica Thorell, 1893: 231 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora eczematica Simon, 1895a: 771

Epeira eczematica Workman, 1896: 45, pl. 45 (f)

Cyrtophora exanthematica (Doleschall, 1859) | | Myanmar to Philippines, Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015813

Epeira exanthematica Doleschall, 1859: 38, pl. 3, f. 3, pl. 11, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Epeira exanthematica Keyserling, 1887a: 184, pl. 16, f. 2 (f)

Epeira exanthematica Workman, 1896: 44, pl. 44 (f)

Araneus exanthematicus Pocock, 1900a: 227

Cyclosa bifurcata Kishida in Yuhara, 1931: 134, f. 60 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060151]

Cyclosa bifurcata Paik, 1942: 104, f. 4-5 (f)

Chinestela exanthematica Archer, 1951b: 5 (T from Cyrtophora)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Yaginuma, 1958c: 14, f. 3I-L (mf, S of Cyclosa bifurcata)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Yaginuma, 1960: 65, f. 61 (mf)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Lee, 1966: 47, f. 15d-f, h (mf)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Yaginuma, 1968b: 38, f. 3-5 (f)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Yaginuma, 1971: 65, f. 61 (mf)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Hu, 1984: 112, f. 110.1-2 (f)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Yaginuma, 1986a: 117, f. 62.2 (f)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Chikuni, 1989b: 81, f. 54 (f)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 585, f. 364a-g (f)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Yin et al., 1997d: 281, f. 191a-d (mf)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 279, f. 164B, E, Q (mf)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Tanikawa, 2007c: 42, f. 6-10, 428-430 (mf)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Tanikawa, 2009: 423, f. 17-19 (mf)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Yin et al., 2012: 674, f. 333a-d (mf)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 14, f. 63-67, 179 (f)

Cyrtophora exanthematica Ono & Ogata, 2018: 608 (S of Cyclosa bifurcata confirmed)

Cyrtophora feae (Thorell, 1887) | | India to Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015814

Euetria feae Thorell, 1887: 173 (Dmf; N.B.: feai is an unjustified emendation, see ICZN Article 31.1.1) Original description

Araneus feae Pocock, 1900a: 226

Cyrtophora feae Tikader, 1982a: 176, f. 336-340 (f)

Cyrtophora forbesi (Thorell, 1890) | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015815

Euetria forbesi Thorell, 1890a: 111 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora gazellae (Karsch, 1878) | | Papua New Guinea (New Britain) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014891

Epeira gazellae Karsch, 1878c: 803 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora gazellae Framenau & Scharff, 2009: 327 (Tf from Epeira=Araneus)

Cyrtophora gemmosa Thorell, 1899 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015816

Cyrtophora gemmosa Thorell, 1899: 43 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora margaritata Pocock, 1900g: 854, pl. 55, f. 4 (Df)

Cyrtophora guangxiensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015817

Cyrtophora guangxiensis Yin et al., 1990: 67, f. 171-174 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtophora guangxiensis Yin et al., 1997d: 282, f. 192a-e (mf)

Cyrtophora guangxiensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 280, f. 164C, F, R, 165D (mf)

Cyrtophora hainanensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015818

Cyrtophora cicatrosus Feng, 1990: 81, f. 56.1-3 (f, misidentified)

Cyrtophora hainanensis Yin et al., 1990: 70, f. 175-177 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora hainanensis Yin et al., 1997d: 283, f. 193a-f (f)

Cyrtophora hainanensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 280, f. 164G, J, 165E (f)

Cyrtophora hirta L. Koch, 1872 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015819

Cyrtophora hirta L. Koch, 1872a: 125, pl. 9, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora ikomosanensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | | Taiwan, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043614

Aranea ikomosanensis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 234, pl. 11, f. 224 (Df) Original description

Araneus ikomosanensis Saito, 1939: 18

Suzumia orientalis Kishida in Nakatsudi, 1943b: 185, f. 2F-H, 3A-E (Dmf)

Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Yaginuma, 1958c: 13, f. 2A-E (Tf from Araneus, Sm)

Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Yaginuma, 1960: 65, f. 61 (mf)

Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Yaginuma, 1962c: 30 (invalid emendation)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Yaginuma, 1968b: 36, f. 1-2 (mf, S, misidentified)

Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Yaginuma, 1971: 65, f. 61 (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Yaginuma, 1986a: 117, f. 62.1 (mf, misidentified)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Chikuni, 1989b: 81, f. 53 (mf, misidentified)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Tanikawa, 2007c: 43, f. 11-15, 431-433 (mf, misidentified)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Tanikawa, 2009: 423, f. 20-22 (mf, misidentified)

Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Tanikawa, Chang & Tso, 2010: 37, f. 3, 13-17, 20-25 (removed mf from S of C. moluccensis, contra Yaginuma, 1968b: 36)

Cyrtophora jabalpurensis Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037674

Cyrtophora jabalpurensis Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999i: 29, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora jabalpurensis Gajbe, 2004d: 40, f. 27-29 (f)

Cyrtophora koronadalensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015820

Cyrtophora koronadalensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 590, f. 367a-h (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora ksudra Sherriffs, 1928 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015821

Cyrtophora ksudra Sherriffs, 1928: 190 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora lacunaris Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015822

Cyrtophora lacunaris Yin et al., 1990: 71, f. 178-180 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora lacunaris Yin et al., 1997d: 284, f. 194a-d (f)

Cyrtophora lacunaris Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 280, f. 164H, K, 165F (f)

Cyrtophora lahirii Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2004 | | Bangladesh urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040016

Cyrtophora lahirii Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2004: 127, f. 13-18 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora larinioides Simon, 1895 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015823

Cyrtophora larinioides Simon, 1895g: 155 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora limbata (Thorell, 1898) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015825

Euetria limbata Thorell, 1898: 351 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora lineata Kulczyński, 1910 | | Solomon Is., Bismarck Arch. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015826

Cyrtophora lineata Kulczyński, 1910: 394, pl. 17, f. 6-7 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) | | India to Japan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Is., Palau, Micronesia, Fiji, Tonga, French Polynesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015827

Epeira moluccensis Doleschall, 1857: 418 (Df) Original description

Epeira maritima Keyserling, 1865: 813, pl. 18, f. 22-23 (Df)

Epeira hieroglyphica L. Koch, 1871: 89, pl. 7, f. 8 (Dm)

Argiope leuco-picta Urquhart, 1890a: 234 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015824]

Euetria moluccensis Thorell, 1890a: 111

Argiope marxii McCook, 1894: 223, pl. 1, f. 5 (Df)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Simon, 1895a: 770, f. 846 (m)

Araneus moluccensis Pocock, 1897c: 599, pl. 25, f. 9 (f)

Cyrtophora simoni Rainbow, 1898a: 337, pl. 7, f. 4 (Df)

Cyrtophora albopunctata Rainbow, 1898a: 339, pl. 7, f. 5 (Df)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Kulczyński, 1910: 394, pl. 17, f. 5 (f)

Aranea moluccensis albidinota Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015828]

Aranea moluccensis bukae Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015829]

Aranea moluccensis rubicundinota Strand, 1911b: 202 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015832]

Cyrtophora moluccensis albidinota Strand, 1915d: 217, pl. 17, f. 66 (f)

Cyrtophora moluccensis bukae Strand, 1915d: 217, pl. 17, f. 67 (f)

Cyrtophora moluccensis rubicundinota Strand, 1915d: 217, pl. 14, f. 18 (f)

Suzumia moluccensis Nakatsudi, 1943a: 160, f. 9, pl. XXIII, f. 1 (f)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Yaginuma, 1958c: 14, f. 2F-H (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Chrysanthus, 1959: 199, f. 1, 9, 30 (f)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Lee, 1966: 47, f. 15a-c, i (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Levi, 1968a: 334 (S)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Chrysanthus, 1971: 19, f. 31-33 (m)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Tikader, 1982a: 172, f. 326-330 (f)

Cyrtophora leucopicta Levi, 1983: 260 (Tf from Argiope)

Argiope thai Levi, 1983: 292, f. 152-156 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015414]

Cyrtophora moluccensis Hu, 1984: 112, f. 109.1-3 (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Davies & Gallon, 1986: 232, 233 (S of Cyrtophora albopunctata and C. simoni)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Davies, 1988b: 320, f. 42 (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Feng, 1990: 82, f. 57.1-4 (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Chen & Gao, 1990: 61, f. 74a-b (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Chen & Zhang, 1991: 105, f. 99.1-4 (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Koh, 1991: 179, f. 15-17 (f)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Song, Zhu & Li, 1993: 872, f. 38A-C (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Yin et al., 1997d: 285, f. 195a-g (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 280, f. 164I, L. S (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Tanikawa, Chang & Tso, 2010: 34, f. 1, 8-12, 17-19 (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 222, f. 159A-C (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Yin et al., 2012: 675, f. 334a-g (mf)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Jäger, 2012c: 315 (S of Argiope thai)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Vink, 2014: 62, f. 1-2 (f, S of Cyrtophora leucopicta)

Cyrtophora moluccensis Nentwig et al., 2019: 35 (S of Cyrtophora moluccensis albidinota, C. moluccensis bukae and C. moluccensis rubicundinota)

Cyrtophora moluccensis cupidinea (Thorell, 1875) | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015830

Epeira cupidinea Thorell, 1875e: 135, pl. 25, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora moluccensis cupidinea Strand, 1911b: 203

Cyrtophora moluccensis margaritacea (Doleschall, 1859) | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015831

Epeira margaritacea Doleschall, 1859: 29, pl. 1, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora moluccensis margaritacea Strand, 1911b: 203

Cyrtophora monulfi Chrysanthus, 1960 | | New Guinea, Australia (Northern Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015833

Cyrtophora monulfi Chrysanthus, 1960: 26, f. 14-18 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora monulfi Chrysanthus, 1972: 157, f. 5-10 (Dm)

Cyrtophora nareshi Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2004 | | Bangladesh urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040017

Cyrtophora nareshi Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2004: 125, f. 7-12 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora parangexanthematica Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015834

Cyrtophora parangexanthematica Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 586, f. 365a-g (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora parnasia L. Koch, 1872 | | Australia, Tasmania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015835

Cyrtophora parnasia L. Koch, 1872a: 126, pl. 9, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora parnasia Hickman, 1928: 172, f. 8

Cyrtophora petersi Karsch, 1878 | | Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015836

Cyrtophora petersi Karsch, 1878a: 321, pl. 2, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora petersi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 71, p. 68: 1 unnumbered f., p. 71: 4 unnumbered f. (f habitus)

Cyrtophora rainbowi (Roewer, 1955) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015695

Epeira pallida Rainbow, 1897b: 514, pl. 17, f. 1 (Df; preoccupied by Walckenaer, 1805)

Cyclosa rainbowi Roewer, 1955c: 758 (replacement name) Original description

Cyrtophora rainbowi Framenau & Scharff, 2009: 326 (Tf from Cyclosa)

Cyrtophora sextuberculata Tanikawa & Petcharad, 2015 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048097

Cyrtophora sextuberculata Tanikawa & Petcharad, 2015: 18, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtophora subacalypha (Simon, 1882) | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015837

Epeira subacalypha Simon, 1882b: 232 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtophora acalyphoides Simon, 1890a: 102 (lapsus)

Cyrtophora trigona (L. Koch, 1871) | | Australia (Queensland), New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015259

Epeira trigona L. Koch, 1871: 50, pl. 4, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora trigona Framenau & Scharff, 2009: 327 (Tf from Epeira=Araneus)

Cyrtophora unicolor (Doleschall, 1857) | | India, Sri Lanka to Japan, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia (Christmas Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015838

Epeira unicolor Doleschall, 1857: 419 (D) Original description

Epeira unicolor Doleschall, 1859: pl. 2, f. 1 (Df)

Epeira stigmatisata Karsch, 1878c: 326, pl. 9, f. 3 (Df)

Epeira stigmatisata van Hasselt, 1882: 21, pl. 4, f. 5 (f)

Epeira stigmatisata serrata Thorell, 1890a: 33

Epeira unicolor Workman & Workman, 1894: 20, pl. 20 (f)

Araneus unicolor Pocock, 1897c: 600, pl. 25, f. 10 (f)

Cyrtophora unicolor Chrysanthus, 1959: 201, f. 3, 7, 26 (f)

Cyrtophora unicolor Yaginuma, 1968b: 36, f. 8-9 (f)

Cyrtophora unicolor Yaginuma, 1986a: 117, f. 62.4 (f)

Cyrtophora unicolor Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 587, f. 366a-i (f)

Cyrtophora unicolor Yin et al., 1997d: 287, f. 196a-c (f)

Cyrtophora unicolor Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 280, f. 164M-N, 165G (f)

Cyrtophora unicolor Tanikawa, 2007c: 43, f. 16-18, 434-436 (mf)

Cyrtophora unicolor Framenau, 2008b: 131, f. 1-9 (f, Dm)

Cyrtophora unicolor Tanikawa, 2009: 423, f. 23-25 (mf)

Cyrtophora unicolor Malamel, 2018: 112, f. 2A-B. 3A-I (mf)