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. Molinaranea Mello-Leitão, 1940 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01522

N.B.: implicitly revalidated by Levi, 1991a: 177, contra Archer, 1951a: 21, who regarded it as a junior synonym of Eriophora, and Archer, 1963: 25, who regarded it as a junior synonym of Parawixia, and Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1963: 107, who regarded it as a junior synonym of Araneus.

Transferred to other genera:

Molinaranea albisecta (Mello-Leitão, 1936) -- see Ocrepeira

Molinaranea setosa Mello-Leitão, 1948 -- see Parawixia

In synonymy:

Molinaranea affinis (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira = Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 2001: 451)

Molinaranea affinitata (Roewer, 1942, T from Parawixia) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 2001: 451)

Molinaranea aysenensis (Tullgren, 1902) = Molinaranea clymene Nicolet, 1849 (Levi, 2001: 456)

Molinaranea chilensis (Nicolet, 1849) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 2001: 451)

Molinaranea cinaberina (Nicolet, 1849) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 2001: 451)

Molinaranea cinaberina tigrina (Archer, 1963) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 2001: 451)

Molinaranea dorsalis (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira = Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 2001: 451)

Molinaranea dorsatula (Roewer, 1942, T from Parawixia) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 2001: 451)

Molinaranea erudita (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira) = Molinaranea clymene Nicolet, 1849 (Simon, 1904e: 95, sub Araneus)

Molinaranea flaviventris (Nicolet, 1849, T from Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1963: 107, sub Araneus cinnabarinus)

Molinaranea globiger (Hogg, 1913, T from Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1974: 86, sub Araneus cinnabarinus)

Molinaranea hispida (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira) = Molinaranea clymene Nicolet, 1849 (Simon, 1904e: 95, sub Araneus)

Molinaranea inflata (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira) = Molinaranea clymene Nicolet, 1849 (Simon, 1904e: 95, sub Araneus)

Molinaranea molinai Mello-Leitão, 1940 = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1963: 107, sub Araneus cinnabarinus)

Molinaranea naevia (Nicolet, 1849, T from Parawixia) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 2001: 451)

Molinaranea nigrata (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira) = Molinaranea clymene Nicolet, 1849 (Simon, 1904e: 95, sub Araneus)

Molinaranea obliterata (Nicolet, 1849, T from Parawixia) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 2001: 451)

Molinaranea patagonica (Tullgren, 1901) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 2001: 451)

Molinaranea quadrimaculata (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira = Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 2001: 451)

Molinaranea quadrimaculosa (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Archer, 1963: 25, sub Parawixia flaviventris)

Molinaranea quadripunctata (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira = Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 2001: 451)

Molinaranea quadripunctatula (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 2001: 451)

Molinaranea thalia (Nicolet, 1849, T from Epeira) = Molinaranea clymene Nicolet, 1849 (Simon, 1904e: 95, sub Araneus)

Molinaranea valdiviensis (Nicolet, 1849, T from Araneus) = Molinaranea clymene Nicolet, 1849 (Levi, 2001: 456)

Molinaranea vallentini (Hogg, 1913, T from Araneus) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1974: 86, sub Araneus cinnabarinus)

Molinaranea wagenknechti (Mello-Leitão, 1940, T from Eriophora) = Molinaranea magellanica Walckenaer, 1847 (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1963: 107, sub Araneus cinnabarinus)

Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016658

Epeira clymene Nicolet, 1849: 503 (Df) Original description

Epeira thalia Nicolet, 1849: 503 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061201]

Epeira nigrata Nicolet, 1849: 504 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016659]

Epeira inflata Nicolet, 1849: 504 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061202]

Epeira erudita Nicolet, 1849: 505 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061203]

Epeira hispida Nicolet, 1849: 505 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061204]

Epeira valdiviensis Nicolet, 1849: 506 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061198]

Araneus clymene Simon, 1895a: 802

Araneus aysenensis Tullgren, 1902: 32, pl. 3, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016654]

Araneus clymene Simon, 1904e: 95 (S of Epeira erudita, E. hispida, E. inflata, E. nigrata and E. thalia; confirmed by Levi, 2001: 456: "I will follow the first reviser, Simon (1904), in the use of the old names")

Parawixia clymene Archer, 1963: 23 (T from Araneus)

Parawixia clymene nigrata Archer, 1963: 24 (placed as subspecies, not recognized by Levi, 2001: 456)

Parawixia aysenensis Archer, 1963: 25 (T from Araneus)

Molinaranea aysenensis Levi, 1991a: 177 (T from Parawixia)

Molinaranea clymene Levi, 1991a: 179 (T from Parawixia)

Molinaranea clymene Levi, 2001: 456, f. 23-32, pl. 1A (f, Dm, S of Araneus valdiviensis, Molinaranea aysenensis and confirmed the synonymies by Simon, 1904e: 95)

Molinaranea fernandez Levi, 2001 | | Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037689

Molinaranea fernandez Levi, 2001: 458, f. 40-47 (Dmf) Original description

Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) | | Chile, Argentina, Juan Fernandez Is., Falkland Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037389

Epeira magellanica Walckenaer, 1847a: 467 (Df) Original description

Epeira chilensis Nicolet, 1849: 487 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016655]

Epeira cinaberina Nicolet, 1849: 490, pl. 5, f. 9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016656]

Epeira flaviventris Nicolet, 1849: 494 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061191]

Epeira quadripunctata Nicolet, 1849: 495 (Df; preoccupied by Linnaeus, 1758, sub Aranea, see Scotophaeus quadripunctatus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061205]

Epeira obliterata Nicolet, 1849: 496 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061195]

Epeira affinis Nicolet, 1849: 498 (Df; preoccupied by Blackwell, 1846, see Larinioides cornutus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061206]

Epeira naevia Nicolet, 1849: 499 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061194]

Epeira dorsalis Nicolet, 1849: 499 (Df; preoccupied by Fabricius, 1775, sub Aranea, see Pardosa lugubris) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061207]

Epeira quadrimaculata Nicolet, 1849: 507 (Df; preoccupied by De Geer, 1778, sub Aranea, see Araneus quadratus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061208]

Epeira flaviventris Simon, 1884l: 121, pl. 3, f. 2-4 (f)

Epeira flaviventris Simon, 1887h: E10, pl. 2, f. 2 (f)

Araneus flaviventris Simon, 1901b: 19

Araneus patagonicus Tullgren, 1901b: 218 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016661]

Araneus chilensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 285

Araneus cinnaberinus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 285

Araneus quadrimaculatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 311

Araneus vallentini Hogg, 1913: 37, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061199]

Araneus globiger Hogg, 1913: 39, pl. 1, f. 4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061192]

Eriophora wagenknechti Mello-Leitão, 1940g: 236, f. 24a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061200]

Molinaranea molinai Mello-Leitão, 1940g: 238, f. 25a-b (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061193]

Aranea affinitata Roewer, 1942a: 836 (replacement name for Epeira affinis Nicolet, 1849) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061189]

Aranea dorsatula Roewer, 1942a: 841 (replacement name for Epeira dorsalis Nicolet, 1849) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061190]

Aranea quadrimaculosa Roewer, 1942a: 850 (replacement name for Epeira quadrimaculata Nicolet, 1849) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061196]

Aranea quadripunctatula Roewer, 1942a: 850 (replacement name for Epeira quadripunctata Nicolet, 1849) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061197]

Araneus cinnabarinus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1963: 107 (S of Araneus flaviventris and Molinaranea molinai)

Parawixia affinitata Archer, 1963: 24 (T from Araneus)

Parawixia cinnaberina Archer, 1963: 24 (T from Araneus)

Parawixia cinnaberina tigrina Archer, 1963: 24 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016657]

Parawixia dosatula Archer, 1963: 24 (T from Araneus)

Parawixia wagenknechti Archer, 1963: 25 (T from Eriophora, S of Araneus quadrimaculosus = quadrimaculatus Nicolet, Eriophora wagenknechti and Molinaranea molinai)

Parawixia flaviventris Archer, 1963: 25 (T from Araneus)

Parawixia obliterata Archer, 1963: 25 (T from Araneus)

Parawixia naevia Archer, 1963: 25 (T from Araneus)

Metepeira chilensis Archer, 1963: 26 (T from Araneus)

Araneus cinnabarinus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1974: 86, f. 43-46 (mf, S of Araneus globiger and A. vallentini)

Molinaranea chilensis Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Metepeira)

Molinaranea patagonica Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Araneus)

Molinaranea cinaberina Levi, 1991a: 179 (T from Parawixia)

Molinaranea magellanica Levi, 2001: 451, f. 1-22, pl. 1B-D (mf, S of Molinaranea chilensis, M. cinaberina, M. c. tigrina, M. dorsatula = dorsalis Nicolet, M. naevia, M. obliterata, M. patagonica, M. quadripunctatula = quadripunctata Nicolet, Parawixia affinitata = affinis Nicolet and P. naevia)

Molinaranea magellanica Levi, 2002: 543, f. 123, 125, 296 (mf)

Molinaranea mammifera (Tullgren, 1902) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016660

Araneus mammiferus Tullgren, 1902: 34, pl. 3, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Lariniacantha mammifera Archer, 1963: 26 (T from Araneus)

Molinaranea mammifera Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Lariniacantha = Alpaida)

Molinaranea mammifera Levi, 2001: 461, f. 66-73 (f, Dm)

Molinaranea phaethontis (Simon, 1896) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016662

Araneus phaethontis Simon, 1896e: 67 (Df) Original description

Molinaranea phaethontis Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Araneus)

Molinaranea phaethontis Levi, 2001: 460, f. 56-65 (f, Dm)

Molinaranea surculorum (Simon, 1896) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016663

Araneus surculorum Simon, 1896e: 67 (Df) Original description

Molinaranea surculorum Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Araneus)

Molinaranea surculora Levi, 2001: 458, f. 48-55 (f, Dm)

Molinaranea vildav Levi, 2001 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037690

Molinaranea vildav Levi, 2001: 457, f. 33-39 (Dmf) Original description