World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Deliochus Simon, 1894 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01369

type Meta zelivira Keyserling, 1887; gender masculine

N.B.: transferred from the Tetragnathidae to the Araneidae by Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 190 and to the Phonognathidae by Kuntner et al., 2019: 563; for the current familial placement see the note at the family.

In synonymy:

Deliochus favorabilis (Rainbow, 1916, T from Araneus) = Deliochus humilis (L. Koch, 1867) (Kallal & Hormiga, 2018b: 1102)

Deliochus humilis (L. Koch, 1867) | | Australia, Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014940

Theridion humile L. Koch, 1867b: 191 (Df) Original description

Epeira humilis L. Koch, 1872a: 107, pl. 9, f. 1 (f)

Araneus favorabilis Rainbow, 1916a: 103, pl. 22, f. 18-19 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014865]

Deliochus humilis Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 171, f. 12A-B (m)

Deliochus humilis Kallal & Hormiga, 2018b: 1102, f. 10B, 31A-I, 32A-G, 33A-I (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus favorabilis)

Deliochus humilis Kuntner et al., 2025: 13, f. 10B, S9A-G (m)

Deliochus idoneus (Keyserling, 1887) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014941

Epeira idonea Keyserling, 1887a: 177, pl. 15, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Deliochus idoneus Kallal & Hormiga, 2018b: 1118, f. 1F, 35A-I, 36A-G, 37A-I (Dm, f, T from Araneus)

Deliochus pulcher Rainbow, 1916 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013593

Deliochus pulchra Rainbow, 1916a: 88, pl. 21, f. 10-11 (Df) Original description

Deliochus pulchra Kallal & Hormiga, 2018b: 1133 (misplaced in Deliochus, presumably to Tetragnathidae)

Deliochus pulcher melanius Rainbow, 1916 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013594

Deliochus pulchra melania Rainbow, 1916a: 89, pl. 21, f. 12 (Df) Original description

Deliochus pulchra melania Kallal & Hormiga, 2018b: 1133 (misplaced in Deliochus, presumably to Tetragnathidae)

Deliochus zelivira (Keyserling, 1887) | | Australia, Tasmania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013595 TYPE SPECIES

Meta zelivira Keyserling, 1887a: 210, pl. 19, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Deliochus zelivira Simon, 1894a: 749

Deliochus zelivira Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 171, f. C-D (f)

Deliochus zelivira Kuntner, Coddington & Schneider, 2009: 1453, f. 2C-D (f)

Deliochus zelivira Kallal & Hormiga, 2018b: 1107, f. 1E, 27A-I, 28A-G, 29A-I (mf)