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. Manogea Levi, 1997 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01511

In synonymy:

Manogea berlandi (Caporiacco, 1954, T from Meta) = Manogea porracea C. L. Koch, 1838 (Levi, 1986a: 105, sub Cyrtophora guyanensis)

Manogea brasilica (Soares & Camargo, 1948, T from Meta) = Manogea porracea C. L. Koch, 1838 (Levi, 1986a: 105, sub Cyrtophora guyanensis)

Manogea espiritosantensis (Soares & Camargo, 1955, T from Meta) = Manogea porracea C. L. Koch, 1838 (Levi, 1986a: 105, sub Cyrtophora guyanensis)

Manogea grammica Simon, 1895 = Manogea porracea C. L. Koch, 1838 (Levi, 1980a: 13, sub Cyrtophora guyanensis)

Manogea guianensis (Mello-Leitão, 1948, T from Mecynogea) = Manogea porracea C. L. Koch, 1838 (Levi, 1997: 234)

Manogea guyanensis (Keyserling, 1881, T from Cyrtophora) = Manogea porracea C. L. Koch, 1838 (Levi, 1997: 234)

Manogea octolineata (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Mangora) = Manogea porracea C. L. Koch, 1838 (Levi, 1997: 234)

Manogea gaira Levi, 1997 | | Colombia, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016359

Manogea gaira Levi, 1997: 238, f. 100-106 (Dmf) Original description

Manogea porracea (C. L. Koch, 1838) | | Panama to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016360

Miranda porracea C. L. Koch, 1838: 49, f. 368 (Df) Original description

Epeira porracea Walckenaer, 1841: 51

Zilla guyanensis Keyserling, 1881b: 554, pl. 16, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058385]

Zilla guyanensis Keyserling, 1893: 301, pl. 15, f. 222 (m)

Cyrtophora porracea Simon, 1895a: 773

Cyrtophora grammica Simon, 1895g: 156 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058383]

Araneus poraceus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 310

Araneus guyanensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 296

Zygiella guyanensis Roewer, 1942a: 887

Mangora octolineata Caporiacco, 1947a: 25 (Dm)

Mecynogea guianensis Mello-Leitão, 1948: 167, f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058384]

Mangora octolineata Caporiacco, 1948a: 659, f. 67 (m) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058386]

Meta brasilica Soares & Camargo, 1948a: 380, f. 37-39 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058381]

Meta berlandi Caporiacco, 1954: 80, f. 14, 14a-c (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058380]

Meta espiritosantensis Soares & Camargo, 1955: 578, f. 4-5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058382]

Mecynogea guyanensis Levi, 1980a: 13 (T from Zygiella, S of Manogea grammica)

Cyrtophora guyanensis Levi, 1986a: 106 (T from Mecynogea, S of Meta berlandi, M. brasilica and M. espiritosantensis)

Cyrtophora guianensis Levi, 1991a: 179 (S of Araneus davisi; rejected by Levi, 1995b: 187, see Spilasma duodecimguttata)

Manogea porracea Levi, 1997: 234, f. 79-93 (mf, T from Cyrtophora, S of Cyrtophora guyanensis, Manogea octolineata and Mecynogea guianensis)

Manogea porracea Levi, 2002: 559, f. 297-298 (m)

Manogea porracea Martins & Santos, 2018: 451, f. 15A-B (m)

Manogea triforma Levi, 1997 | | Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016361

Manogea triforma Levi, 1997: 238, f. 94-99 (Dmf) Original description