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:

Simonarachne Archer, 1951 = Eriovixia Archer, 1951 (Grasshoff, 1986: 118, contra Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 36)

Tukaraneus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 = Eriovixia Archer, 1951 (Han & Zhu, 2010b: 2611)

Gen. Eriovixia Archer, 1951 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01477
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Neoscona Simon, 1864 by Grasshoff, 1986: 4 (contra Berman & Levi, 1971: 469); considered a senior synonym of Simonarachne Archer, 1951b: 28 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05282] (type Epeira laglaizei Simon, 1877) by Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 36 and of Tukaraneus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 644 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01571] (type T. mahabaeus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) by Han & Zhu, 2010b: 2611; Grasshoff, 1986: 118, apparently does not accept the synonymy of Eriovixia with Heurodes Keyserling, 1886 proposed by Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 35.

In synonymy:

Eriovixia thelura (Thorell, 1878) = Eriovixia laglaizei Simon, 1877 (Simon, 1880l: 15, sub Epeira)

Eriovixia bannaensis Zhou, Zhu & Zhang, 2017 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049455
Eriovixia bannaensis Zhou, Zhu & Zhang, 2017: 9, f. 1D-G, 4A-E, 5A-G (Dmf) Original description
Eriovixia cavaleriei (Schenkel, 1963) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015893
Araneus cavaleriei Schenkel, 1963: 162, f. 95a-g (Dmf) Original description
Araneus cavalierei Brignoli, 1983c: 257
Araneus cavaleriei Song, 1987: 160, f. 120 (m)
Araneus cavaleriei Feng, 1990: 53, f. 28.1-2 (f)
Eriovixia cavaleriei Yin et al., 1997d: 295, f. 203a-e, g (Tf from Araneus, not m)
Eriovixia cavaleriei Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 165K-L, 167E, G (f, not m)
Eriovixia cavalerier Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 202, f. 121A-E, G (f, not m)
Eriovixia cavaleriei Han & Zhu, 2010b: 2613, f. 1A-B, 5A-E (mf)
Eriovixia cavaleriei Yin et al., 2012: 686, f. 339a-h (mf)
Eriovixia enshiensis (Yin & Zhao, 1994) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015894
Neoscona enshiensis Yin & Zhao, 1994: 4, f. 17-21 (Df) Original description
Eriovixia enshiensis Yin et al., 1997d: 297, f. 204a-e (Tf from Neoscona)
Eriovixia enshiensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 166M-N, 167H (f)
Eriovixia excelsa (Simon, 1889) | | Pakistan, India, Thailand, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia. Introduced to South Africa, Eswatini urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015895
Glyptogona excelsa Simon, 1889i: 337 (Df) Original description
Araneus excelsus Simon, 1906c: 283
Araneus excelsus Dyal, 1935: 179, pl. 16, f. 116 (f)
Neoscona excelsus Tikader & Bal, 1981: 25, f. 50-54 (Tmf from Araneus)
Araneus excelsus Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 20, f. 16-18 (f)
Neoscona excelsus Tikader, 1982a: 261, f. 520-524 (mf)
Eriovixia excelsa Grasshoff, 1986: 118 (Tmf from Neoscona)
Eriovixia excelsa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 643, f. 409a-f (f)
Eriovixia excelsa Tso & Tanikawa, 2000: 129, f. 17-22 (mf)
Eriovixia excelsa Mi, Peng & Yin, 2010b: 41, f. 1-8 (mf)
Eriovixia excelsa Han & Zhu, 2010b: 2616, f. 1C, 6A-C (f)
Eriovixia excelsa Sen et al., 2015: 120, f. 754-758, pl. 23 (m)
Eriovixia excelsa Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 10, f. 43-47, 174 (f)
Eriovixia excelsa Caleb, 2020b: 15717, f. 3C, 24K (f)
Eriovixia excelsa Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021a: 21, f. 1-11, 13-18 (f)
Eriovixia excelsa Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 4, p. 3: 4 f., p. 4: 4 f. (f)
Eriovixia excelsa Jaffry, Butt & Zahra, 2024: 412, f. 2A-G (f)
Eriovixia ganae Mi & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053098
Eriovixia ganae Mi & Li, 2021a: 202, f. 1A-G, 2A-D, 17A, 19A, 20A (Dmf) Original description
Eriovixia gryffindori Ahmed, Khalap & Sumukha, 2016 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048949
Eriovixia gryffindori Ahmed, Khalap & Sumukha, 2016: 25, f. 1-6 (Df) Original description
Eriovixia hainanensis (Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990) | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015896
Neoscona hainanensis Yin et al., 1990: 110, f. 270-275 (Df) Original description
Eriovixia hainanensis Yin et al., 1997d: 297, f. 205a-f (Tf from Neoscona)
Eriovixia hainanensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 166O-P, 167I (f)
Eriovixia hainanensis Han & Zhu, 2010b: 2618, f. 1D, 7A-C (f)
Eriovixia huwena Han & Zhu, 2010 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043564
Eriovixia huwena Han & Zhu, 2010b: 2619, f. 2A, 8A-B (Dm) Original description
Eriovixia huwena Mi & Wang, 2016b: 729, f. 1-6 (m, Df)
Eriovixia jianfengensis Han & Zhu, 2010 | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043565
Eriovixia jianfengensis Han & Zhu, 2010b: 2621, f. 2B-D, 9A-E (Dmf) Original description
Eriovixia jianfengensis Mi & Li, 2021a: 212, f. 21A-D (m)
Eriovixia kachugaonensis P. Basumatary, Chanda, Das, Kalita, Brahma, T. Basumatary, B. K. Basumatary & Daimary, 2019 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051038
Eriovixia kachugaonensis Basumatary et al., 2019: 24, f. 1-13 (Df) Original description
Eriovixia laglaizei (Simon, 1877) | | Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China to Philippines, Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015897
Epeira thomisoides Doleschall, 1857: 422 (Df; preoccupied by Dufour, 1855, see Nuctenea umbratica)
Epeira thomisoides Doleschall, 1859: pl. 2, f. 2 (f)
Epeira laglaisei Simon, 1877b: 77 (Df, lapsus) Original description
Epeira thelura Thorell, 1878b: 84 (replacement name for E. thomisoides, specific epithet is a noun) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060069]
Epeira laglaizei Simon, 1880l: 15 (S of Epeira thelura)
Araneus laglaizei Simon, 1895a: 820, f. 871-872 (f, Dm)
Epeira laglaizei Workman, 1896: 41, pl. 41 (f)
Aranea laglaizei thelura Strand, 1911d: 224
Aranea laglaizei Roewer, 1938: 41, f. 29 (f)
Simonarachne laglaizei Archer, 1951b: 28 (T from Araneus)
Araneus laglaizei Chrysanthus, 1960: 39, f. 50, 56, 75 (f)
Araneus laglaizei Chrysanthus, 1971: 28, f. 45-47 (m)
Neoscona laglaizei Tikader & Bal, 1981: 27, f. 55-58 (mf, T from Araneus)
Neoscona laglaizei Tikader, 1982a: 263, f. 525-528 (f)
Araneus laglaizei Yaginuma & Wen, 1983: 196, f. 5A-D (f)
Eriovixia laglaizei Grasshoff, 1986: 118 (T from Neoscona)
Araneus laglaizei Song, 1987: 163, f. 124 (f)
Neoscona laglaizai Zhu et al., 1994: 45, f. 19A-E (mf)
Eriovixia laglaizei Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 641, f. 408a-j (f)
Eriovixia laglaizei Yin et al., 1997d: 296, f. 206a-e (mf)
Eriovixia laglaizei Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 166Q-R, 167F, J (mf)
Eriovixia laglaizei Han & Zhu, 2010b: 2623, f. 3A-B, 10A-I (mf)
Neoscona lagiazei Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2013c: 173, f. 24-29 (f)
Eriovixia laglaizei Sen et al., 2015: 120, f. 748-753, pl. 23 (f)
Eriovixia laglaizei Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2018: 4, f. 1a-f (f)
Eriovixia liuhongi Mi & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053099
Eriovixia liuhongi Mi & Li, 2021a: 205, f. 3A-F, 4A-D, 17B, 19B, 20B (Dmf) Original description
Eriovixia mahabaeus (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017089
Tukaraneus mahabaeus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 645, f. 411a-f (Dm) Original description
Eriovixia menglunensis (Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015898
Neoscona menglunensis Yin et al., 1990: 112, f. 276-279 (Df) Original description
Eriovixia menglunensis Yin et al., 1997d: 300, f. 207a-d (Tf from Neoscona)
Eriovixia menglunensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 166S-T, 167K (f)
Eriovixia napiformis (Thorell, 1899) | | Cameroon to East Africa, Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015899
Aranea napiformis Thorell, 1899: 55 (Df) Original description
Aranea napiformis Tullgren, 1910: 167, pl. 4, f. 119 (f, Dm)
Araneus napiformis Lessert, 1930: 657
Eriovixia napiformis Archer, 1951a: 18 (Tmf from Araneus)
Eriovixia nigrimaculata Han & Zhu, 2010 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043566
Eriovixia nigrimaculata Han & Zhu, 2010b: 2625, f. 3C-D, 11A-E (Dmf) Original description
Eriovixia nocturnalis Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2018 | | Bangladesh urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051570
Eriovixia nocturnalis Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2018: 6, f. 2a-f, 3 (Df) Original description
Eriovixia palawanensis (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) | | India, Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017090
Tukaraneus palawanensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 645, f. 410a-f (Dm) Original description
Tukaraneus palawanensis Sen et al., 2011: 367, f. 1-7, 15 (m)
Eriovixia palawanensis Sen et al., 2015: 120, f. 759-764, pl. 23 (m)
Eriovixia patulisus (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) | | India, Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017091
Tukaraneus patulisus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 649, f. 412a-f (Dm) Original description
Eriovixia patulisus Asalatha & Prasadan, 2019: 168, f. 1a-d (m)
Eriovixia pengi Mi & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053104
Eriovixia yunnanensis Mi, Peng & Yin, 2010b: 47, f. 25-33 (mf; misidentified per Mi & Li, 2021: 226)
Eriovixia pengi Mi & Li, 2021a: 226 (Dmf) Original description
Eriovixia poonaensis (Tikader & Bal, 1981) | | India, China, Thailand, Malaysia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015900
Neoscona poonaensis Tikader & Bal, 1981: 29, f. 59-62 (Df) Original description
Neoscona poonaensis Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 22, text-f. 11-14, f. 22-24 (f)
Neoscona poonaensis Tikader, 1982a: 265, f. 529-532 (f)
Eriovixia poonaensis Grasshoff, 1986: 118 (Tf from Neoscona)
Neoscona poonaensis Yin et al., 1990: 115, f. 280-282 (f)
Eriovixia poonaensis Yin et al., 1997d: 301, f. 208a-g (f)
Eriovixia poonaensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 166U, 167A, L (f)
Eriovixia poonaensis Mi & Wang, 2016b: 731, f. 7-12 (Dmf)
Eriovixia poonaensis Elkrew, Ahmad & Hamza, 2021: 124, f. 1-3 (f)
Eriovixia porcula (Simon, 1877) | | Singapore, Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016134
Epeira porcula Simon, 1877b: 78, pl. 3, f. 7 (Df) Original description
Epeira porcula Workman, 1896: 42, pl. 42 (f)
Eriovixia porcula Archer, 1951a: 18 (Tf from Araneus)
Heurodes porcula Archer, 1958: 14, f. 35 (Tf from Eriovixia)
Eriovixia porcula Framenau, 2019: 20 (T from Heurodes)
Eriovixia pseudocentrodes (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | | China, Laos, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015901
Aranea pseudocentrodes Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 232, pl. 15, f. 415 (Df) Original description
Heurodes pseudocentrodes Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 36 (Tmf from Araneus, rejected)
Araneus pseudocentrodes Yaginuma, 1986a: 99, f. 53.1e (f, not m)
Araneus pseudocentrodes Chikuni, 1989b: 68, f. 21 (f, not m)
Araneus pseudoventrodes Chen & Zhang, 1991: 85, f. 75.1-2 (f)
Araneus pseudocentrodes Yin et al., 1997d: 140, f. 55a-e (f)
Araneus pseudocentrodes Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 240, f. 139W-X, 148S (f)
Eriovixia pseudocentrodes Tanikawa, 1999a: 43, f. 1-3, 5-8 (Tf from Araneus, not m)
Eriovixia pseudocentrodes Tanikawa, 2007c: 90, f. 282-284, 748-749 (f, not m)
Eriovixia pseudocentrodes Tanikawa, 2009: 461, f. 319-320 (f, not m)
Eriovixia pseudocentrodes Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009: 39, f. 78-79 (f)
Eriovixia pseudocentrodes Mi, Peng & Yin, 2010b: 43, f. 9-16 (f, Dm)
Eriovixia pseudocentrodes Han & Zhu, 2010b: 2627, f. 4A, 12A-C (f)
Eriovixia rhinura (Pocock, 1900) | | West, Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015902
Araneus rhinura Pocock, 1900g: 852, pl. 56, f. 9 (Df) Original description
Araneus rhinura Lessert, 1930: 655, f. 28a, 29 (f)
Araneus rhinura Lessert, 1938: 448, f. 34 (Dm)
Eriovixia rhinura Archer, 1951a: 18 (Tmf from Araneus)
Neoscona rhinura Berman & Levi, 1971: 469 (Tmf from Eriovixia)
Eriovixia sakiedaorum Tanikawa, 1999 | | India, China (Hainan), Taiwan, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015903
Eriovixia sakiedaorum Tanikawa, 1999a: 45, f. 11-17 (Dmf) Original description
Eriovixia sakiedaorum Tanikawa, 2007c: 91, f. 286-288, 751-753 (mf)
Eriovixia sakiedaorum Tanikawa, 2009: 461, f. 322-324 (mf)
Eriovixia sakiedaorum Han & Zhu, 2010b: 2629, f. 4B-C, 13A-E (mf)
Eriovixia sakiedaorum Asalatha & Prasadan, 2019: 169, f. 2a-b (f)
Eriovixia sticta Mi, Peng & Yin, 2010 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043312
Araneus pseudocentrodes Yaginuma, 1986a: 99, f. 53.1p (m, misidentified)
Araneus pseudocentrodes Chikuni, 1989b: 68, f. 21 (m, misidentified)
Eriovixia cavaleriei Yin et al., 1997d: 295, f. 203f, h (m, misidentified)
Eriovixia cavaleriei Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 167D (m, misidentified)
Eriovixia pseudocentrodes Tanikawa, 1999a: 43, f. 4, 9-10 (m, misidentified)
Eriovixia cavalerier Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 202, f. 121F, H (m, misidentified)
Eriovixia pseudocentrodes Tanikawa, 2007c: 90, f. 285, 750 (m, misidentified)
Eriovixia pseudocentrodes Tanikawa, 2009: 461, f. 321 (m, misidentified)
Eriovixia sticta Mi, Peng & Yin, 2010b: 45, f. 17-24 (Dmf) Original description
Eriovixia tangi Mi & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053100
Eriovixia tangi Mi & Li, 2021a: 208, f. 5A-F, 6A-D, 17C, 19C, 20C (Dmf) Original description
Eriovixia turbinata (Thorell, 1899) | | Cameroon, Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015904
Aranea turbinata Thorell, 1899: 54 (Df) Original description
Araneus turbinatus Lessert, 1930: 657, f. 28b (f)
Eriovixia turbinata Archer, 1951a: 18 (Tf from Araneus)
Eriovixia wangchengi Mi & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053101
Eriovixia wangchengi Mi & Li, 2021a: 211, f. 7A-F, 8A-D, 17D, 19D, 20D (Dmf) Original description
Eriovixia yaoi Mi & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053102
Eriovixia yaoi Mi & Li, 2021a: 215, f. 9A-F, 10A-D, 18A, 19E, 20E (Dmf) Original description
Eriovixia yinae Mi & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053103
Eriovixia yinae Mi & Li, 2021a: 219, f. 11A-F, 12A-D, 18B, 19F, 20F (Dmf) Original description
Eriovixia yunnanensis (Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990) | | China, Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015905
Neoscona yunnanensis Yin et al., 1990: 115, f. 283-287 (Df) Original description
Eriovixia yunnanensis Yin et al., 1997d: 302, f. 209a-g (f, T from Neoscona)
Eriovixia yunnanensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 167B-C, M (f)
Eriovixia yunnanensis Mi & Li, 2021a: 222, f. 13A-F, 14A-D, 18C, 19G, 20G (Dmf)
Eriovixia yunnanensis Seyfulina & Kartsev, 2022: 121, f. 27-29 (f)
Eriovixia zhengi Mi & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053105
Eriovixia zhengi Mi & Li, 2021a: 226, f. 15A-F, 16A-D, 18D, 19H, 20H (Dmf) Original description

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