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. Gibbaranea Archer, 1951 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01487

N.B.: considered valid by Grasshoff, 1976: 148; Breitling, 2019b: 23 discusses Gibbaranea might be a subgenus of Araneus (based mainly on COI, see FAQ 7).

In synonymy:

Gibbaranea amurius (Bakhvalov, 1981, T from Araneus) = Gibbaranea abscissa Karsch, 1879 (Marusik et al., 2015: 209)

Gibbaranea bituberculata cuculliger (Simon, 1909) = Gibbaranea bituberculata Walckenaer, 1802 (Lissner & Bosmans, 2016: 29)

Gibbaranea bituberculata strandiana (Kolosváry, 1936) = Gibbaranea bituberculata Walckenaer, 1802 (Breitling et al., 2016b: 59)

Gibbaranea canestrinii (Thorell, 1873, T from Araneus) = Gibbaranea bituberculata Walckenaer, 1802 (Brignoli, 1983b: 564)

Gibbaranea melo (Krynicki, 1837, T from Araneus) = Gibbaranea bituberculata Walckenaer, 1802 (Marusik, 1985b: 138)

Gibbaranea abscissa (Karsch, 1879) | | Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016118

Epeira abscissa Karsch, 1879g: 69 (Df) Original description

Aranea abscissa Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 225, pl. 11, f. 214 (f, Dm)

Araneus abscissa Saito, 1934b: 328

Atea abcissa Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 40 (Tmf from Araneus, rejected)

Araneus abscissa Saito, 1959: 85, f. 87a-b (f)

Araneus abscissus Yaginuma, 1960: 53, f. 49 (f)

Araneus abscissus Namkung, 1964: 37, f. 24 (f)

Araneus abscissus Yaginuma, 1971: 53, f. 49 (f)

Araneus abscissus Yaginuma, 1972a: 53, f. 17-18 (mf)

Araneus amurius Bakhvalov, 1981b: 142, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014682]

Araneus abscissus Yaginuma, 1986a: 97, f. 51.3 (mf)

Araneus abscissus Song, 1987: 158, f. 119 (mf)

Araneus abscissus Zhu, Tu & Hu, 1988: 53, f. 1-3 (f)

Araneus abscissus Chikuni, 1989b: 67, f. 18 (mf)

Gibbaranea abscissus Yin et al., 1997d: 303, f. 210a-e (Tmf from Araneus)

Gibbaranea abscissus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 282, f. 169E-G, N, Q (mf)

Gibbaranea abscissus Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 205, f. 123A-C (mf)

Gibbaranea abscissa Namkung, 2002: 257, f. 19.19a-b (mf)

Gibbaranea abscissus Kim & Kim, 2002: 208, f. 47, 128-129, 242-244 (mf)

Gibbaranea abscissa Namkung, 2003: 258, f. 19.18a-b (mf)

Gibbaranea abscissa Tanikawa, 2007c: 76, f. 210-211, 633-634 (mf)

Gibbaranea abscissa Tanikawa, 2009: 450, f. 212-213 (mf)

Gibbaranea abscissa Kim & Lee, 2012b: 75, f. 54A-C (mf)

Gibbaranea abscissa Marusik et al., 2015: 209, f. 10-16 (f, S)

Gibbaranea abscissa Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 109, f. 75A-C (f)

Gibbaranea bifida Guo, Zhang & Zhu, 2011 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044211

Gibbaranea bifida Guo, Zhang & Zhu, 2011c: 214, f. 6-8 (Dm) Original description

Gibbaranea bituberculata (Walckenaer, 1802) | | North Africa, Europe, Turkey, Israel, Russia (Europe to Far East), Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia to China, Japan, India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016119

Aranea abdomine bicorni Lepechin, 1774: 245, pl. 16, f. 13 (f; unavailable trinomen)

Aranea bicornuta Martini & Goeze, 1778: 263 (D for species of Lepechin, 1774; nomen oblitum)

Aranea bicornis Gmelin, 1789: 2959 (D for species of Lepechin, 1774; nomen oblitum)

Aranea bituberculata Walckenaer, 1802: 191 (Df) Original description

Aranea dromaderia Walckenaer, 1802: 191 (Df)

Aranea albo-arcuata Panzer, 1804b: 156, pl. 172, f. 7 (Df)

Epeira bituberculata Walckenaer, 1805: 58

Epeira dromaderia Walckenaer, 1805: 58

Epeira furcata Walckenaer, 1826: , pl. 9, f. 6 (Df)

Epeira lepechini Krynicki, 1837: 78 (Df)

Epeira melo Krynicki, 1837: 81 (Df)

Epeira dromaderia Walckenaer, 1841: 126 (Dm)

Epeira dromedaria C. L. Koch, 1844: 98, f. 906-907 (mf, in part)

Epeira bicornis Menge, 1866: 66, pl. 10, f. 13 (m)

Epeira ornata Canestrini, 1868c: 200 (Dm; preoccupied by Blackwall, 1850, see Araniella displicata)

Epeira canestrinii Thorell, 1873: 491, 549 (replacement name for E. ornata Canestrini, 1868) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014773]

Epeira dromedaria Menge, 1879: 560, pl. 91, f. 322 (m)

Epeira dromedaria Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 129, pl. 5, f. 3 (mf)

Epeira dromedaria Becker, 1896: (2): 14, pl. 3, f. 1 (mf)

Epeira ullrichi Bösenberg, 1901: 28, pl. 1, f. 10 (Dmf)

Araneus dromedarius cuculliger Simon, 1909b: 25 (Df)

Epeira dromedaria O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1910: 111, pl. A, f. 15-17 (f)

Araneus dromedarius Lessert, 1910b: 309

Araneus bituberculatus Simon, 1929: 699, 765, f. 1088-1090 (mf)

Araneus ornatus Simon, 1929: 765

Aranea bituberculata Wiehle, 1931: 61, f. 87-90 (mf)

Epeira dromedaria Reimoser, 1931b: 84, f. 1 (mf)

Aranea bituberculata strandiana Kolosváry, 1936a: 97, f. 16 (Df)

Aranea bituberculata Drensky, 1943: 241, f. 16 (mf)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Archer, 1951b: 4 (Tmf from Araneus)

Gibbaranea dromedaria Archer, 1951c: 2, f. 3 (m)

Araneus bituberculatus Tullgren, 1952: 168, f. 13a-d (mf)

Araneus bituberculatus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 123, f. 80A, 81A, 82A (mf)

Araneus bituberculatus Yaginuma, 1969c: 81, f. 4-5 (f)

Araneus bituberculatus Tystshenko, 1971: 194, f. 568 (m)

Araneus bituberculatus Miller, 1971: 208, pl. XXXIX, f. 1-2 (mf)

Araneus bituberculatus Loksa, 1972: 76, f. 66A-E (mf)

Araneus bituberculatus Bakhvalov, 1974: 112, f. 98, 100, 102 (mf)

Araneus bituberculatus Palmgren, 1974a: 19, f. 8k-n (mf)

Araneus bituberculatus Punda, 1975b: 32, f. 41-42 (f)

Araneus bituberculatus Yaginuma, Yamaguchi & Nishikawa, 1976: 826, f. 4-5 (f)

Araneus bituberculatus Tikader & Bal, 1981: 51, f. 111-144 (f)

Araneus bituberculatus Tikader, 1982a: 231, f. 448-451 (f)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Brignoli, 1983b: 564 (S)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Roberts, 1985: 206, f. 92a (mf)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Marusik, 1985b: 138 (S)

Araneus bituberculatus Hu & Wu, 1989: 86, f. 63.1-4 (f)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 82, f. 185 (mf)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Thaler, 1991b: 53, f. 31, 34-35 (m)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Roberts, 1995: 315, f. (mf)

Araneus bituberculatus Mcheidze, 1997: 268, f. 592-593 (m)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Yin et al., 1997d: 304, f. 211a-d (f)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Roberts, 1998: 329, f. (mf)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Levy, 1998a: 331, f. 80-87 (mf)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 282, f. 169H-J, R (f)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Hu, 2001: 458, f. 300.1-3 (f)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Almquist, 2005: 159, f. 167a-b (f)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Tanikawa, 2007c: 76, f. 212, 635-636 (mf)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Tanikawa, 2009: 450, f. 214-215 (mf)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Lissner & Bosmans, 2016: 29 (S of G. bituberculata cuculliger)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Breitling et al., 2016b: 59 (S of Gibbaranea bituberculata strandiana)

Gibbaranea ullrichi Barrientos & Febrer, 2017: 12, f. 5c (f, misidentified per Barrientos & Febrer, 2018: 47)

Gibbaranea bituberculata Morano, 2023: 89, f. 66-68 (mf)

Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner, 2016 | | Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Tunisia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048661

Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner in Lissner & Bosmans, 2016: 25, f. 1-2, 3a,d, 4a-b, 5a, 6-9c (Dmf) Original description

Gibbaranea ullrichi Barrientos & Febrer, 2017: 12, f. 5a-b (m, misidentified per Barrientos & Febrer, 2018: 47)

Gibbaranea gibbosa (Walckenaer, 1802) | | Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016122

Aranea gibbosa Walckenaer, 1802: 190 (Df) Original description

Aranea bicornis Walckenaer, 1802: 190 (Df)

Epeira bicornis Walckenaer, 1805: 57

Epeira gibbosa Walckenaer, 1805: 57

Epeira arbustorum C. L. Koch, 1837b: 3 (D)

Epeira bicornis Walckenaer, 1841: 124 (Dm)

Epeira bicornis C. L. Koch, 1844: 92, f. 902-903 (mf)

Epeira bicornis Blackwall, 1864a: 361, pl. 27, f. 260 (mf)

Epeira gibbosa Simon, 1874a: 67 (m)

Epeira arbustorum Dahl, 1883: 28 (Dmf)

Epeira gibbosa Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 129, pl. 5, f. 2 (f)

Epeira gibbosa Becker, 1896: (2): 16, pl. 3, f. 2 (mf)

Epeira gibbosa Bösenberg, 1901: 29, pl. 1, f. 11 (mf)

Araneus gibbosus Lessert, 1910b: 168

Araneus gibbosus Simon, 1929: 698, 764, f. 1085-1086 (mf)

Aranea gibbosa Wiehle, 1931: 67, f. 99-102 (mf)

Aranea gibbosa Drensky, 1943: 241, f. 18 (mf)

Gibbaranea gibbosa Archer, 1951b: 4, f. 6 (Tmf from Araneus)

Araneus gibbosus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 124, f. 80B, 81B, 82B (mf)

Aranea gibbosa Zamaraev, 1964: 355, f. 46-48 (f)

Araneus gibbosus Tystshenko, 1971: 194, f. 573 (f)

Araneus gibbosus Miller, 1971: 208, pl. XXXIX, f. 21 (f)

Araneus gibbosus Loksa, 1972: 78, f. 67C (f)

Gibbaranea gibbosa Roberts, 1985: 206, f. 92b (mf)

Gibbaranea gibbosa Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 82, f. 184 (mf)

Gibbaranea gibbosa Roberts, 1995: 315, f. (mf)

Gibbaranea gibbosa Roberts, 1998: 329, f. (mf)

Gibbaranea gibbosa Almquist, 2005: 160, f. 168a-i (mf)

Gibbaranea gibbosa Lissner & Bosmans, 2016: 26, f. 3b, 5b (m)

Gibbaranea gibbosa Rückl, 2018: 4, f. 2-7 (m)

Gibbaranea gibbosa Breitling, 2020: 339, f. 4D-E (m)

Gibbaranea gibbosa Zamani, Österman & Koponen, 2022a: 23, f. 1-4 (m)

Gibbaranea gibbosa Morano, 2023: 90, f. 69-70 (mf)

Gibbaranea gibbosa Seropian, Otto & Bulbulashvili, 2023: 151, f. 16-19, Suppl.: 2 f. (mf)

Gibbaranea gibbosa confinis (Simon, 1870) | | Spain, France (Corsica) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016123

Epeira confinis Simon, 1870b: 307 (Dmf) Original description

Epeira confinis Simon, 1873a: 169, pl. 3, f. 1 (m)

Araneus gibbosus confinis Simon, 1929: 698, 764

Gibbaranea gibbosa confinis Morano, 2023: 90 (only a colour variant of gibbosa; but not synonymized)

Gibbaranea hetian (Hu & Wu, 1989) | | Russia (South Siberia), China, Mongolia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016124

Araneus hetian Hu & Wu, 1989: 88, f. 65.1-6 (Dm) Original description

Gibbaranea hetian Marusik, 1992: 95 (Tm from Araneus)

Araneus hetian Yin et al., 1997d: 203, f. 121a-f (m)

Gibbaranea hetian Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 282, f. 169O-P, S (m)

Gibbaranea indiana Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2015 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048171

Gibbaranea indiana Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2015: 2, f. 1-8 (Df) Original description

Gibbaranea nanguosa Yin & Gong, 1996 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016125

Gibbaranea nanguosa Yin & Gong, 1996: 74, f. 12-16 (Df) Original description

Gibbaranea nanguosa Yin et al., 1997d: 305, f. 212a-e (f)

Gibbaranea nanguosa Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 282, f. 169K-M, 170A (f)

Gibbaranea nanguosa Yin et al., 2012: 688, f. 340a-e (f)

Gibbaranea occidentalis Wunderlich, 1989 | | Azores urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016126

Gibbaranea occidentalis Wunderlich, 1989: 205, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

Gibbaranea occidentalis Wunderlich, 1992a: 367, f. 353-361 (mf)

Gibbaranea occidentalis Lissner & Bosmans, 2016: 26, f. 3c, 5c, 10-11d (m)

Gibbaranea omoeda (Thorell, 1870) | | Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016127

Epeira bicornis Westring, 1851: 35 (D; preoccupied)

Epeira omoeda Thorell, 1870a: 19 (Dmf) Original description

Epeira omoeda Hansen, 1882: 20, pl. 1, f. 35 (mf)

Epeira omoeda Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 129, pl. 5, f. 1 (mf)

Epeira omoeda Bösenberg, 1901: 27, pl. 1, f. 9 (mf)

Araneus omoedus Lessert, 1910b: 310

Araneus omoedus Simon, 1929: 699, 764, f. 1087-1088 (mf)

Aranea omoeda Wiehle, 1931: 66, f. 96-98 (mf)

Araneus omoedus Saito, 1934b: 328, pl. 13, f. 24 (f)

Aranea omoeda Drensky, 1943: 241, f. 18 (mf)

Gibbaranea omoeda Archer, 1951b: 4 (Tmf from Araneus)

Araneus omoedus Tullgren, 1952: 168, f. 14a-b (f)

Araneus omoeda Yaginuma, 1957a: 55, f. 19 (f)

Araneus omoeda Saito, 1959: 88, f. 97a-d (f)

Araneus omoedus Tystshenko, 1971: 194, f. 574 (f)

Araneus omoedus Miller, 1971: 208, pl. XXXIX, f. 20 (m)

Araneus omoedus Loksa, 1972: 78, f. 67A-B (mf)

Araneus omoedus Palmgren, 1974a: 19, f. 8f-j (mf)

Gibbaranea omoeda Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 84, f. 187 (mf)

Gibbaranea omoeda Thaler, 1991b: 53, f. 32-33 (m)

Gibbaranea omoeda Roberts, 1995: 316, f. (mf)

Gibbaranea omoeda Roberts, 1998: 330, f. (mf)

Gibbaranea omoeda Almquist, 2005: 161, f. 169a-e (mf)

Gibbaranea omoeda Šestáková & Krumpál, 2013: 96, f. 1-6 (m)

Gibbaranea tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016128

Gibbaranea tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 367, f. 362-367 (Df) Original description

Gibbaranea ullrichi (Hahn, 1835) | | Europe to Central Asia, Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016129

Epeira ullrichii Hahn, 1835: 66, f. 159 (Dmf) Original description

Epeira dromedaria C. L. Koch, 1844: 98, f. 906-907 (mf, in part)

Epeira ullrichi Simon, 1874a: 64

Epeira ullrichi Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 129, pl. 5, f. 4 (mf)

Araneus ullrichi Lessert, 1904: 363, pl. 5, f. 25 (f)

Araneus ullrichi Kulczyński, 1909b: 676, pl. 26, f. 19-20, 22 (m)

Araneus ullrichi Kulczyński, 1911a: 61, pl. 2 (f)

Araneus ullrichi Simon, 1929: 699, 765, f. 1091 (mf)

Aranea ullrichi Wiehle, 1931: 64, f. 91-95 (mf)

Aranea ulrichi Drensky, 1943: 241, f. 18 (mf)

Gibbaranea ullrichi Archer, 1951b: 4 (Tmf from Araneus)

Aranea ullrichi Zamaraev, 1964: 356, f. 49-50 (f)

Araneus ullrichi Azheganova, 1968: 79, f. 145, 163, 171 (mf)

Araneus ullrichi Tystshenko, 1971: 194, f. 569 (m)

Araneus ullrichi Miller, 1971: 208, pl. XXXIX, f. 3-4 (mf)

Araneus ullrichi Loksa, 1972: 77, f. 66F-H (mf)

Araneus ullrichi Bakhvalov, 1974: 112, f. 99, 101, 103 (mf)

Gibbaranea ullrichi Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 82, f. 186 (mf)

Araneus ullrichi Mcheidze, 1997: 269, f. 594-596 (mf)

Gibbaranea ullrichi van Helsdingen, 2010a: 6, f. 1-6 (m)

Gibbaranea ullrichi Fomichev, 2022c: 216, f. 18-20 (f)