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; Nephilinae and Phonognathinae downgraded to subfamily and Paraplectanoididae considered a synonym of Araneidae by Hormiga et al., 2023: 803; family status of Paraplectanoididae, Nephilidae and Phonognathidae revalidated by Kuntner et al., 2025: 17, 23, but not accepted here for reasons of stability; Oarcinae (Gnolus and Oarces) transferred from the Mimetidae 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); Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 241 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 consider Zygiellidae as the valid name instead of Phonognathidae and accept the family status of Nephilidae; the status of the Nephilinae and Phonognathinae (= Zygiellidae) as subfamilies is accepted by majority vote of the WSC boards; Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 list ten subfamilies and tribes as valid (besides Nephilidae and Zygiellidae): Araneinae, Argiopinae Simon, 1890a: 81 (sub Argiopidae), Cyrtarachninae Simon, 1895a: 876 (sub Cyrtarachneae), Сyrtophorinae Simon, 1895a: 876 (sub Cyrtophoreae), Gasteracanthinae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871e: 217 (sub Gasteracanthides), Micratheninae Simon, 1895a: 848 (sub Micratheneae), Guizygiellinae Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 42, Caerostrini Simon, 1895a: 831 (sub Cerostreae), Hypognathini Simon, 1895a: 871 (sub Hypognatheae) and Poltyini Simon, 1895a: 888 (sub Poltyeae).

Gen. Larinioides Caporiacco, 1934 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01503

type Larinioides dernae Caporiacco, 1934; gender masculine; syn. of Larinioides suspicax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)

N.B.: gender of the genus stated as feminine by Bonnet, 1957: 2352 and Grasshoff, 1983: 227; but Roberts, 1985: 216 mentions "According to the rules of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, names ending in -oides are masculine.".

Transferred to other genera:

Larinioides subinermis Caporiacco, 1940 -- see Singafrotypa

In synonymy:

Larinioides cornutus orientalis (Fage, 1921) = Larinioides suspicax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) (Levy, 1998a: 347)

Larinioides cungei (Bakhvalov, 1974, T from Araneus) = Larinioides suspicax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) (Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 78, sub L. folium)

Larinioides dernae Caporiacco, 1934 = Larinioides suspicax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) (Grasshoff, 1983: 226, sub L. folium)

Larinioides dumetorum (Fourcroy, 1785) = Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) (ICZN, 1959: 89)

Larinioides foliatus (Fourcroy, 1785) = Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) (ICZN, 1959: 89)

Larinioides folium (Schrank, 1803) = Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) (Breitling & Bauer, 2015: 308)

Larinioides gracilis (Menge, 1879, T from Araneus) = Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) (Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 71)

Larinioides ithaca (McCook, 1894, T from Araneus) = Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) (Levi, 1974b: 309)

Larinioides lyrata (Fischer de Waldheim, 1830, T from Araneus) = Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) (Mikhailov, 1997c: 119)

Larinioides oviger (Panzer, 1804) = Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757) (ICZN, 1959: 89)

Larinioides patagiatus islandicola (Strand, 1906) = Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) (Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 71)

Larinioides potanini (Simon, 1895, T from Araneus) = Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) (Marusik, 1989b: 43)

Larinioides sclopetaria jacobea (Franganillo, 1910) = Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757) (Breitling et al., 2016b: 54)

Larinioides sericatus (Clerck, 1757) = Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757) (Breitling & Bauer, 2015: 307)

Larinioides tricolor (Fischer de Waldheim, 1830, T from Araneus) = Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) (Mikhailov, 1997c: 119)

Larinioides chabarovi (Bakhvalov, 1981) | | Russia (Central Siberia to Far East) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016287

Araneus chabarovi Bakhvalov, 1981b: 143, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Larinioides chabarovi Marusik, 1989b: 43 (T from Araneus)

Larinioides chabarovi Oliger, Marusik & Koponen, 2002: 94, f. 1-6 (f, Dm)

Larinioides chabarovi Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 65, f. 5A-D, 8E, 9E, 10E, 19A-D, 20A-D, 32C-F (mf)

Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) | | North America, Europe, Northern Africa, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016288

Araneus cornutus Clerck, 1757: 39, pl. 1, f. 11 (Df) Original description

Aranea leuwenhoekii Scopoli, 1763: 394 (Df)

Aranea foliata Fourcroy, 1785: 533 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063083]

Araneus cornutus Martyn, 1793: 17, pl. 7, f. 6 (f)

Aranea apoclisa Walckenaer, 1802: 195 (in part)

Epeira marmorata Risso, 1826: 169 (D)

Epeira lyrata Fischer de Waldheim, 1830: pl. 7i-k (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064684]

Epeira tricolor Fischer de Waldheim, 1830: pl. 7n-o (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064685]

Epeira apoclisa Sundevall, 1833a: 243 (mf)

Epeira apoclisa Hahn, 1834: 30, f. 116 (mf)

Epeira arundinacea C. L. Koch, 1835: 131, pl. 18, 20 (mf)

Epeira apoclisa americana Walckenaer, 1841: 61, 502 (D)

Epeira foliosa Walckenaer, 1841: 66 (Df)

Epeira foliata C. L. Koch, 1844: 119, f. 920-921 (mf)

Epeira arundinacea C. L. Koch, 1844: 109, f. 913 (Dm)

Epeira affinis Blackwall, 1846a: 77 (Df)

Epeira strix Hentz, 1847: 473, pl. 31, f. 5 (Df)

Epeira cornuta Westring, 1851: 34

Epeira cornuta Westring, 1861: 34 (m)

Epeira foliata Keyserling, 1864: 92, pl. 7, f. 10-11

Epeira apoclysa Blackwall, 1864a: 325, pl. 23, f. 237 (mf)

Epeira sericata Blackwall, 1864a: 328, pl. 23, f. 238 (mf, misidentified per Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 74)

Epeira cornuta Menge, 1866: 58, pl. 8, f. 8 (mf)

Epeira cornuta Simon, 1874a: 108, pl. 1, f. 17 (mf)

Epeira strix Emerton, 1884: 305, pl. 33, f. 5, pl. 35, f. 12 (f, Dm)

Epeira tectorum Bremi-Wolff in Pavesi, 1884b: 127 (nomen nudum)

Epeira vicaria Kulczyński, 1885: 21, pl. 9, f. 4 (Df)

Epeira cornuta Kulczyński, 1885: 21, pl. 9, f. 5 (f)

Epeira cornuta Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 133, pl. 5, f. 9 (mf)

Epeira cornuta McCook, 1894: 140, pl. 1, f. 9-11 (mf)

Epeira cornuta Becker, 1896: (2): 34, pl. 7, f. 1 (mf)

Epeira sclopetaria Becker, 1896: (2): 32, pl. 8, f. 2 (mf, misidentified per Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 74)

Epeira cornuta Bösenberg, 1901: 35, pl. 2, f. 21 (mf)

Epeira strix Emerton, 1902: 160, f. 385 (f)

Epeira cornuta Kulczyński, 1908b: 44, pl. 2, f. 64 (f)

Epeira vicaria Grese, 1909: 326, pl. 7, f. 1-2 (Dm)

Aranea frondosa Comstock, 1910: 173, f. 12-14 (m)

Epeira cornuta inermis Franganillo, 1925: 33 (nomen nudum)

Epeira cornuta Spassky, 1925: 17, f. 37 (m)

Aranea foliata Reimoser, 1928: 105, f. 2 (mf)

Araneus cornutus Simon, 1929: 686, 759, f. 1048, 1061-1063 (mf)

Aranea foliata Wiehle, 1931: 86, f. 124-127 (mf)

Aranea frondosa Comstock, 1940: 114, 501, f. 104-106, 513-515 (mf)

Aranea foliata Muma, 1943: 85, pl. XIII, f. 15 (f)

Aranea foliata Drensky, 1943: 242, f. 27 (mf)

Epeira foliata Kaston, 1948: 254, f. 787, 803, 812 (mf)

Araneus cornutus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 134, f. 88A, 89B, 90C (mf)

Araneus cornutus Brændegaard, 1958: 36, f. 26-27 (mf)

Cyphepeira cornuta Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 41

Araneus cornutus Saito, 1959: 85, f. 90a-h (mf)

[Araneus cornutus] ICZN, 1959: 89 (S of Aranea foliata, Clerckian names validated)

Aranea foliata Zamaraev, 1964: 361, f. 91-93 (mf)

Araneus cornutus Tystshenko, 1971: 198, f. 600 (f)

Araneus cornutus Miller, 1971: 212, pl. XL, f. 7-8 (mf)

Araneus cornutus Izmailova, 1972c: 54, f. 5 (f)

Araneus cornutus Palmgren, 1974a: 25, f. 9e, 11a-e (mf)

Araneus cornutus Thaler, 1974b: 257, f. 3-4, 6, 8, 11 (mf)

Nuctenea cornuta Levi, 1974b: 306, f. 61-62, 67-76, 94, 97-98, 110-111, 118-119, 126 (mf, T from Araneus)

Araneus cornutus Yin, 1978: 2, f. 2A-d (mf)

Nuctenea cornuta Paik, 1978e: 98, f. 14-15 (m)

Nuctenea cornuta Paik & Namkung, 1979: 45, f. 27.1-2 (mf)

Aranea cornuta Song, 1980: 93, f. 39a-d (mf)

Larinioides cornuta Grasshoff, 1983: 227 (Tmf from Nuctenea)

Araneus cornutus Hu, 1984: 89, f. 81.1-2 (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Roberts, 1985: 212, f. 95a (mf)

Araneus cornutus Guo, 1985: 53, f. 1-21, 2-9.1-3 (mf)

Araneus cornutus Zhu & Shi, 1985: 70, f. 57a-f (mf)

Araneus ixobolatus Zhu & Shi, 1985: 74, f. 61a-c (m, misidentified per Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 68)

Larinioides cornutus Yaginuma, 1986a: 98, f. 52.3 (f)

Araneus cornutus Song, 1987: 161, f. 121 (mf)

Araneus cornutus Zhang, 1987: 64, f. 29, 47.1-4 (mf)

Araneus cornutus Chikuni, 1989b: 67, f. 17 (mf)

Araneus cornutus Feng, 1990: 54, f. 29.1-3 (mf)

Araneus cornutus Chen & Gao, 1990: 43, f. 45a-b (mf)

Araneus cornutus Chen & Zhang, 1991: 86, f. 76.1-3 (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 86, f. 192 (mf)

Nuctenea cornuta Herreros, 1991: 210, f. 4A-D (mf)

Araneus cornutus Zhao, 1993: 225, f. 103a-e (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Roberts, 1995: 321, f. (mf)

Araneus cornutus Zhao, 1995: 943, f. 442a-d (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Agnarsson, 1996: 63, f. 49A-C (mf)

Araneus cornutus Mcheidze, 1997: 276, f. 626-627 (f)

Larinioides cornutus Mikhailov, 1997c: 119 (S of Araneus lyratus and A. tricolor)

Larinioides cornuta Yin et al., 1997d: 325, f. 229a-e (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Roberts, 1998: 334, f. (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Levy, 1998a: 345, f. 135-143 (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 292, f. 13A, 173E, L (mf)

Larinioides cornuta Hu, 2001: 462, f. 303.3-4 (mf, lapsus)

Larinioides cornutus Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 211, f. 127A-D (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Morano, 2002: 73, f. 5A-B (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Namkung, 2002: 258, f. 19.20a-b (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Levi, 2002: 543, f. 132-134, 187-188 (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Kim & Kim, 2002: 212, f. 51, 135, 251 (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Yoo & Kim, 2002a: 29, f. 71-72 (m)

Larinioides cornutus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 47, f. 323-325 (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Dondale et al., 2003: 184, f. 395-401 (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Namkung, 2003: 259, f. 19.19a-b (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Trotta, 2005: 162, f. 228, 232 (mf)

Larinioides suspicax Trotta, 2005: 162, f. 231 (f, misidentified per Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 78)

Larinioides cornutus Almquist, 2006: 167, f. 174a-i (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Tanikawa, 2007c: 55, f. 86-88, 486-489 (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Tanikawa, 2009: 433, f. 68-71 (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 231, f. 165A-D (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 847, f. 134A, 136D, 137F (f)

Larinioides cornutus Yin et al., 2012: 710, f. 353a-e (m)

Larinioides cornutus Kim & Lee, 2012b: 83, f. 60A-C, pl. 15 (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 67, f. 6A-D, 8F, 9F, 10F, 13A-D, 14A-D, 30C-D (mf, S)

Larinioides cornutus Marusik, 2015: 672, f. 4G-H, 6A (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 62, 4 f. (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 110, f. 77A-G (mf)

Larinioides cornutus Morano, 2023: 93, f. 84 (f)

Larinioides cornutus Nakamura, 2025a: 89, f. 5-6 (f)

Larinioides ixobolus (Thorell, 1873) | | Western Europe to Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016289

Epeira umbratica Menge, 1866: 55, pl. 6, f. 6 (m, misidentified)

Epeira umbratica Menge, 1866: 55, pl. 6, f. 6 (m, misidentified, not f)

Epeira sclopetaria Menge, 1866: 57, pl. 7, f. 7 (mf, misidentified per Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 74)

Epeira ixobola Thorell, 1873: 545 (Dm) Original description

Epeira ixobola Simon, 1874a: 106 (Df)

Epeira umbratica Menge, 1879: 556, pl. 91, f. 319 (m, misidentified)

Epeira ixobola Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 133, pl. 5, f. 8 (mf)

Epeira ixobola Bösenberg, 1901: 34, pl. 2, f. 20 (mf)

Aranea ixobola Wiehle, 1931: 92, f. 134-137 (mf)

Araneus multiplicatus Roșca, 1935: 241, f. 1-2 (Df)

Araneus multiplicatus Roșca, 1936a: 197, f. 6 (f)

Araneus ixobolus Drensky, 1939a: 87 (S of Araneus multiplicatus)

Aranea ixobola Drensky, 1943: 243, f. 28 (mf)

Aranea ixobola Zamaraev, 1964: 361, f. 94-96 (mf)

Araneus ixobolus Tystshenko, 1971: 200, f. 597 (f)

Araneus ixobolus Miller, 1971: 213, pl. XL, f. 15, 22 (mf)

Araneus ixobolus Loksa, 1972: 93, f. 82B-C, 84A (mf)

Araneus ixobolus Bakhvalov, 1974: 110, f. 53-56 (mf)

Araneus ixobolus Palmgren, 1974a: 27, f. 9i, 12i-k (mf)

Nuctenea ixobola Levi, 1974b: 312, f. 89-92, 95, 109, 116-117, 129 (Tmf from Araneus)

Larinioides ixobola Grasshoff, 1983: 227 (Tmf from Nuctenea)

Araneus ixobolatus Zhang, 1987: 68, f. 50.1-3 (m)

Araneus ixobolus Hu & Wu, 1989: 89, f. 66.1-3 (f)

Araneus ixobolus Izmailova, 1989: 55, f. 39 (f)

Larinioides ixobolus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 86, f. 196 (mf)

Larinioides ixobolus Horak & Kropf, 1992: 167, f. 1b, 2b, d, f (m)

Larinioides ixobola Yin et al., 1997d: 327, f. 230a-c (f)

Larinioides ixobolus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 292, f. 173F-G, M (f)

Larinioides ixobolus Jäger, 2006d: , 1-4n-o, r (f)

Larinioides ixobolus Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 68, f. 2A-D, 8B, 9B, 10B, 17A-D, 18A-D, 25A, 27A-B (mf)

Larinioides jalimovi (Bakhvalov, 1981) | | Russia (Far East), Korea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014951

Araneus jalimovi Bakhvalov, 1981b: 146, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Larinioides sclopetarius Namkung, 2002: 259, f. 19.21a-b (mf, misidentified per Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 74)

Larinioides sclopetarius Namkung, 2003: 260, f. 19.20a-b (mf, misidentified per Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 74)

Larinioides jalimovi Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 69, f. 1A-D, 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A-D, 12A-D, 26A-B (Tf from Araneus, Dm)

Larinioides jalimovi Tiunov, 2015: 484, f. 1.1-5, 2.1-4 (f, T from Araneus)

Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) | | North America, Europe, Tunisia, Libya, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016290

Araneus patagiatus Clerck, 1757: 38, pl. 1, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Araneus ocellatus Clerck, 1757: 36, pl. 1, f. 9 (Df)

Araneus subflavus Martini & Goeze, 1778: 78, pl. 1, f. 1 (Df, see Breitling & Bauer, 2015: 308)

Aranea dumetorum Fourcroy, 1785: 534 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063082]

Aranea dumetorum Villers, 1789: 126 (Df)

Aranea lacera Olivier, 1789: 201 (Df)

Aranea picta Razoumowsky, 1789: 242 (Df)

Aranea nigro-fasciata Razoumowsky, 1789: 247 (Df)

Araneus ocellatus Martyn, 1793: 15, pl. 10, f. 6 (f)

Araneus patagiatus Martyn, 1793: 16, pl. 10, f. 6 (f)

Aranea apoclysa Walckenaer, 1802: 195 (in part, var. 3)

Aranea folium Schrank, 1803: 240 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047317]

Epeira dumetorum Hahn, 1834: 31, f. 117 (mf)

Epeira nauseosa C. L. Koch, 1834: 123, pl. 20 (Df)

Epeira munda C. L. Koch, 1835: 134, pl. 4 (Df)

Epeira dumetorum C. L. Koch, 1835: 134, pl. 5-6 (mf)

Epeira patagiata C. L. Koch, 1844: 115, f. 916-919 (f, Dm)

Epeira nauseosa C. L. Koch, 1844: 120, f. 922-923 (f)

Epeira patagiata Blackwall, 1864a: 329, pl. 24, f. 239 (mf)

Epeira formosa Keyserling, 1865: 828, pl. 19, f. 17-18 (Df)

Epeira patagiata Menge, 1866: 60, pl. 8, f. 9 (mf)

Epeira silvicultrix Ohlert, 1867: 25 (Dmf)

Epeira patagiata Thorell, 1870a: 16

Epeira gracilis Menge, 1879: 558, pl. 91, f. 320B (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047319]

Epeira hilaris O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881b: 113 (Df)

Epeira patagiata Emerton, 1884: 305, pl. 33, f. 3, pl. 35, f. 11 (f)

Epeira patagiata Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 133, pl. 5, f. 10 (mf)

Epeira patagiata Emerton, 1894: 404, pl. 1, f. 3 (f)

Epeira patagiata McCook, 1894: 138, pl. 1, f. 11, pl. 3, f. 8-9 (mf)

Epeira ithaca McCook, 1894: 152, pl.4, f. 3 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064686]

Araneus potanini Simon, 1895c: 336 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064687]

Epeira patagiata Becker, 1896: (2): 36, pl. 8, f. 3 (mf)

Epeira patagiata Bösenberg, 1901: 36, pl. 2, f. 22 (mf)

Epeira patagiata Emerton, 1902: 160, f. 384 (mf)

Aranea dumetorum islandicola Strand, 1906e: 282 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016291]

Aranea ocellata Comstock, 1910: 177, f. 15 (m)

Araneus ithaca Petrunkevitch, 1911: 298

Araneus ocellatus Simon, 1929: 684, 700, f. 1055-1057 (mf)

Aranea dumetorum Wiehle, 1931: 88, f. 128-129 (mf)

Aranea ocellata Comstock, 1940: 114, 503, f. 107, 517-518 (mf)

Aranea dumetorum Drensky, 1943: 243, f. 27 (mf)

Epeira dumetorum Kaston, 1948: 255, f. 788, 804, 813 (mf)

Araneus patagiatus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 136, f. 89C, 90B (mf)

Araneus patagiatus Brændegaard, 1958: 38, f. 28-29 (mf)

Cyphepeira patagiata Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 41

Araneus patagiatus Saito, 1959: 88, f. 98a-d (f)

[Araneus patagiatus] ICZN, 1959: 89 (S of Aranea dumetorum, Clerckian names validated)

Araneus patagiatus Yaginuma, 1960: 58, f. 49 (f)

Araneus patagiatus Beer, 1964: 528, f. 8 (f; N.B.: listed as A. ocellatus in heading but A. p. in legend)

Aranea patagiata Zamaraev, 1964: 360, f. 85-87 (mf)

Araneus sericatus Shear, 1967: 8, f. 20-21 (m, misidentified per Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 74)

Araneus ocellatus Azheganova, 1968: 78, f. 157-158 (mf)

Araneus patagiatus Yaginuma, 1971: 58, f. 49 (f)

Araneus ocellatus Tystshenko, 1971: 198, f. 599 (f)

Araneus ocellatus Miller, 1971: 212, pl. XL, f. 13-14 (mf)

Araneus ocellatus Loksa, 1972: 90, f. 82A, 83C (mf)

Araneus ocellatus Izmailova, 1972c: 51, f. 3 (f)

Araneus patagiatus Bakhvalov, 1974: 110, f. 57, 60 (f)

Araneus patagiatus Palmgren, 1974a: 27, f. 9f, 11f-j (mf)

Nuctenea patagiata Levi, 1974b: 309, f. 77-84, 96, 100-102, 107, 112-113, 120-123, 127 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus ithaca)

Cyphepeira patagiata Punda, 1975b: 40, f. 69-70 (f)

Larinioides patagiata Grasshoff, 1983: 227 (Tmf from Nuctenea)

Larinioides patagiatus Roberts, 1985: 212, f. 95c (mf)

Araneus patagiatus Yaginuma, 1986a: 98, f. 52.2 (f)

Larinioides patagiata Ware & Opell, 1989: 150, f. 2B (m)

Araneus ocellatus Izmailova, 1989: 57, f. 41 (f)

Larinioides patagiatus Marusik, 1989b: 43 (S of Araneus potanini)

Araneus patagiatus Chikuni, 1989b: 65, f. 11 (f)

Larinioides patagiatus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 86, f. 194 (mf)

Nuctenea patagiata Herreros, 1991: 215, f. 10C.3-4 (mf)

Larinioides patagiatus Roberts, 1995: 322, f. (mf)

Larinioides patagiatus Agnarsson, 1996: 65, f. 52A-B (mf)

Araneus ocellatus Mcheidze, 1997: 275, f. 623-624 (mf)

Larinioides patagiata Yin et al., 1997d: 328, f. 231a-c (f)

Larinioides patagiatus Roberts, 1998: 335, f. (mf)

Larinioides patagiatus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 292, f. 173H-I, N (f)

Larinioides patagiatus Morano, 2002: 70, f. 2A-B (mf)

Larinioides patagiatus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 47, f. 326-328 (mf)

Larinioides patagiatus Dondale et al., 2003: 186, f. 402-408 (mf)

Larinioides patagiatus Trotta, 2005: 162, f. 229, 233 (mf)

Larinioides patagiatus Almquist, 2006: 167, f. 175a-h (mf)

Larinioides patagiatus Tanikawa, 2007c: 56, f. 89, 490-492 (mf)

Larinioides patagiatus Tanikawa, 2009: 433, f. 72-74 (mf)

Larinioides patagiatus Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 71, f. 4A-D, 8D, 9D, 10D, 23A-D, 24A-D 25D, 29A-B (mf, S of Araneus gracilis and Larinioides patagiatus islandicola)

Larinioides patagiatus Marusik, 2015: 672, f. 4E-F, 5 (mf)

Larinioides patagiatus Breitling & Bauer, 2015: 308 (S of Larinioides folium, rejecting Mikhailov, 2013a: 265, see L. suspicax)

Larinioides patagiatus Lecigne, 2016d: 33, f. 15B-C (m)

Larinioides patagiatus Morano, 2023: 93, f. 85A-B (mf)

Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757) | | Europe, Morocco, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Kazakhstan, China, Korea. Introduced to North America urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016292

Araneus sclopetarius Clerck, 1757: 43, pl. 2, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Araneus sericatus Clerck, 1757: 40, pl. 2, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047318]

Aranea undata Olivier, 1789: 206 (D; preoccupied by De Geer, 1778, see Platycryptus undatus)

Araneus sericatus Martyn, 1793: 17, pl. 1, f. 7-8 (mf)

Araneus sclopetarius Martyn, 1793: 19, pl. 2, f. 1, 3 (mf)

Aranea oviger Panzer, 1804: 157, pl. 174, f. 3 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063084]

Epeira apoclysa Dufour, 1831: 364, pl. 11, f. 2 (Df, per Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 74)

Epeira sericata C. L. Koch, 1833: 120, pl. 1

Epeira virgata Hahn, 1834: 26, f. 113 (Dmf)

Epeira frondosa Walckenaer, 1841: 65 (Df)

Epeira sericata C. L. Koch, 1844: 110, f. 914-915 (mf)

Epeira sclopetaria Westring, 1851: 34 (Df)

Epeira hygrophila Simon, 1874a: 105 (Df)

Epeira sclopetaria Hansen, 1882: 19, pl. 1, f. 34 (mf)

Epeira sclopetaria Emerton, 1884: 303, pl. 33, f. 4, pl. 35, f. 10 (mf)

Epeira sclopetaria Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 132, pl. 5, f. 7 (mf)

Epeira sclopetaria McCook, 1894: 137, pl. 1, f. 9, pl. 2, f. 10-11 (mf)

Epeira sclopetaria Bösenberg, 1901: 34, pl. 2, f. 19 (mf)

Epeira sclopetaria Emerton, 1902: 160, f. 383 (f)

Epeira sclopetaria jacobea Franganillo, 1910: 15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048741]

Epeira sclopetaria Gerhardt, 1921: 245, pl. 2, f. 7a-7b (m)

Araneus sericatus Simon, 1929: 685, 759, f. 1058-1060 (mf)

Aranea undata Wiehle, 1931: 90, f. 130-133 (mf)

Aranea undata Reimoser, 1932: 10, f. 2 (mf)

Aranea sericata Comstock, 1940: 500, f. 511-512 (mf)

Aranea undata Archer, 1940: 46, pl. I, f. 3 (f)

Aranea undata Bristowe, 1941: 488, f. 88 (mf)

Aranea undata Drensky, 1943: 243, f. 28 (mf)

Epeira undata Kaston, 1948: 256, f. 789, 805, 814-815 (mf)

Araneus sclopetarius Locket & Millidge, 1953: 136, f. 88B, 89A, 90A (mf)

Cyphepeira sclopetaria Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 41

Araneus undatus Saito, 1959: 97, f. 107a-d (mf)

[Araneus sclopetarius] ICZN, 1959: 89 (S of Aranea oviger, Clerckian names validated)

Aranea sclopetaria Zamaraev, 1964: 361, f. 88-90 (mf)

Araneus sericatus Shear, 1967: 8, f. 18-19 (m; not f. 20-21 =L. patagiatus)

Araneus sericatus Tystshenko, 1971: 198, f. 582, 596 (mf)

Araneus sericatus Miller, 1971: 212, pl. XL, f. 11-12 (mf)

Araneus sericatus Loksa, 1972: 92, f. 81D, 82E, 83D (mf)

Nuctenea sclopetaria Levi, 1974b: 310, f. 85-88, 103-104, 108, 114-115, 124-125, 128 (mf, T from Araneus)

Larinioides sclopetaria Grasshoff, 1983: 227 (T from Nuctenea)

Larinioides sclopetarius Roberts, 1985: 212, f. 95b (mf)

Larinioides sclopetaria Ware & Opell, 1989: 150, f. 2A (m)

Araneus sclopetarius Hu & Wu, 1989: 94, f. 70.1-3 (f)

Larinioides sclopetarius Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 86, f. 195 (mf)

Nuctenea sclopetaria Herreros, 1991: 211, f. 5A-D (mf)

Larinioides sclopetarius Horak & Kropf, 1992: 167, f. 1a, 2a, c, e (m)

Larinioides sclopetarius Roberts, 1995: 321, f. (mf)

Larinioides sclopetaria Yin et al., 1997d: 329, f. 232a-c (f)

Larinioides sclopetarius Roberts, 1998: 335, f. (mf)

Larinioides sclopetarius Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 292, f. 173J-K, O (f)

Larinioides sclopetarius Morano, 2002: 70, f. 3A-B (mf)

Larinioides sclopetarius Kim & Kim, 2002: 212, f. 52, 252-253 (f)

Larinioides sclopetarius Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 48, f. 329-331 (mf)

Larinioides sclopetarius Dondale et al., 2003: 189, f. 409-416 (mf)

Larinioides sclopetarius Trotta, 2005: 162, f. 230, 234 (mf)

Larinioides sclopetarius Almquist, 2006: 169, f. 176a-h (mf)

Larinioides sclopetarius Jäger, 2006d: 4, f. 1-4p-q (m)

Larinioides sclopetarius Kim & Lee, 2012b: 85, f. 62A-C (mf)

Larinioides sericatus Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 74, f. 3A-D, 8C, 9C, 10C, 21A-D, 22A-D, 25C, 28A-B (mf, revalidated, rejected)

Larinioides sclopetarius Breitling & Bauer, 2015: 307 (S of Larinioides sericatus)

Larinioides sclopetarius Breitling et al., 2016b: 54 (S of Larinioides sclopetaria jacobea, confirming Bonnet, 1955: 596)

Larinioides sclopetarius Morano, 2023: 93, f. 83, 86-87 (mf)

Larinioides sclopetarius Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 129, f. 72C-E (f)

Larinioides suspicax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) | | Europe, North Africa to Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016294 TYPE SPECIES

Epeira apoclisa Audouin, 1826: 128, pl. 3, f. 1 (m, misidentified)

Epeira cornuta lurida Thorell, 1875c: 9 (Df; nomen oblitum)

Epeira suspicax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 577 (Df) Original description

Epeira folium Kulczyński, 1901b: 329, p. 12, f. 10-14 (m, misidentified)

Araneus suspicax Simon, 1908a: 430

Araneus folium Lessert, 1910b: 329 (m, misidentified)

Araneus folium Fedotov, 1912a: 84, f. 31 (f, misidentified)

Araneus cornutus orientalis Fage, 1921a: 176, f. 4B-C (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064688]

Araneus suspicax Simon, 1929: 686, 759 (Dm)

Larinioides dernae Caporiacco, 1934b: 132, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064689]

Araneus suspicax Denis, 1947a: 49, pl. II, f. 10-11 (mf)

Araneus folium Beltyukova, 1949: 84, f. 7 (mf, misidentified, removed from S of L. cornuta)

Araneus folium Azheganova, 1968: 76, f. 152-153 (mf, misidentified)

Araneus cornutus Loksa, 1972: 91, f. 81A-C, 82F, 83A-B (mf, misidentified per Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 68)

Araneus cungei Bakhvalov, 1974: 110, f. 59, 61 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014819]

Araneus foliatus Bakhvalov, 1974: 110, f. 58, 62, 65 (mf, misidentified per Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 68)

Araneus folium Thaler, 1974b: 257, f. 1-2, 5, 7, 10 (mf, misidentified, S, rejected)

Nuctenea cornuta Levi, 1974b: 306, f. 63-66 (f, misidentified)

Araneus cungei Bakhvalov, 1981a: 140, f. 3 (f)

Larinioides folium Grasshoff, 1983: 226 (T from Araneus, misidentified, S of Larinioides dernae, rejected)

Larinioides folium Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 86, f. 193 (mf, misidentified)

Larinioides folium Baldacchino et al., 1993: 53, f. 7b (m, misidentified)

Araneus folium Mcheidze, 1997: 277, f. 628-629 (mf, misidentified)

Larinioides suspicax Levy, 1998a: 347, f. 144-150 (removed mf from S of L. folium, S of Larinioides cornutus orientalis)

Larinioides suspicax Morano, 2002: 71, f. 4A-B (mf)

Larinioides suspicax Trotta, 2005: 162, f. 235 (m; not f, f. 231 =L. cornutus)

Larinioides folium Mikhailov, 2013a: 265 (removed from nomen dubium contra Levy, 1998a: 345, S, rejected)

Larinioides folium Šestáková, Marusik & Omelko, 2014: 78, f. 7A-D, 8G, 9G, 15A-D, 16A-D, 25B, 31C-D (mf, S of Larinioides cungei, rejected)

Larinioides suspicax Breitling & Bauer, 2015: 307

Larinioides suspicax Breitling, 2018: 9, f. 2G (f)

Larinioides suspicax Morano, 2023: 94, f. 88A-B (f)

Larinioides suspicax Najim, Al-Yacoub & Odah, 2024: 138, f. 3A-B, 4A-C, 5A-B (mf)