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).

In synonymy:

Cyphepeira Archer, 1951 = Nuctenea Simon, 1864 (Levi, 1974b: 300)

Gen. Nuctenea Simon, 1864 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01532

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Araneus Clerck, 1757 and considered a senior synonym of Cyphepeira Archer, 1951c: 4 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05281] (type Epeira silvicultrix C. L. Koch, 1835, described as a subgenus of Epeira = Araneus) by Levi, 1974b: 300.

Transferred to other genera:

Nuctenea cornuta (Clerck, 1757) -- see Larinioides

Nuctenea ixobola (Thorell, 1873) -- see Larinioides

Nuctenea patagiata (Clerck, 1757) -- see Larinioides

Nuctenea sclopetaria (Clerck, 1757) -- see Larinioides

In synonymy:

Nuctenea sexpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758, T from Araneus) = Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1757 (, Clerckian names validated by ICZN, 1959 (Direction 104))

Nuctenea umbratica obscura (Franganillo, 1909) = Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1757 (Breitling et al., 2016b: 54)

Nomen dubium:

Nuctenea umbratica nigricans (Franganillo, 1909: 189, f, Portugal, originally in Epeira) -- Breitling et al., 2016b: 54

Nuctenea cedrorum (Simon, 1929) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016782

Araneus cedrorum Simon, 1929: 687 (Df) Original description

Nuctenea cedrorum Grasshoff, 1983: 227 (Tf from Araneus)

Nuctenea silvicultrix (C. L. Koch, 1835) | | Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016783

Epeira silvicultrix C. L. Koch, 1835: 131, pl. 21-22 (Dmf) Original description

Epeira silvicultrix C. L. Koch, 1844: 131, f. 932-933 (mf)

Epeira silvicultrix Bösenberg, 1901: 36, pl. 2, f. 23 (mf)

Araneus silvicultrix Fedotov, 1912a: 87, f. 32 (f)

Araneus silvicultrix Simon, 1929: 687

Aranea silvicultrix Wiehle, 1931: 96, f. 142-145 (mf)

Aranea silvicultrix Drensky, 1943: 243, f. 29 (mf)

Epeira (Cyphepeira) silvicultrix Archer, 1951c: 4

Araneus silvicultrix Beer, 1964: 528, f. 9 (f)

Aranea silvicultrix Zamaraev, 1964: 362, f. 97-99 (mf)

Araneus silvicultor Tystshenko, 1971: 200, f. 598, 602 (f)

Araneus silvicultrix Miller, 1971: 213, pl. XL, f. 17 (f)

Araneus silvicultrix Palmgren, 1974a: 28, f. 9g, 12a-d (mf)

Nuctenea silvicultrix Levi, 1974b: 306, f. 50-57, 60, 106 (Tmf from Araneus)

Araneus silvicultor Izmailova, 1989: 58, f. 42 (f)

Nuctenea silvicultrix Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 88, f. 200 (mf)

Nuctenea silvicultrix Roberts, 1995: 320, f. (mf)

Nuctenea silvicultrix Roberts, 1998: 334, f. (mf)

Nuctenea silvicultrix Almquist, 2005: 174, f. 179a-e (mf)

Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck, 1757) | | Europe to Azerbaijan, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016784

Araneus umbraticus Clerck, 1757: 31, pl. 1, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Aranea sexpunctata Linnaeus, 1758: 622 (D)

Aranea swammerdamii Scopoli, 1763: 393 (D)

Aranea sexpunctata Fabricius, 1775: 436 (D)

Aranea cicatricosa De Geer, 1778: 225, pl. 12, f. 19 (Df)

Epeira umbraticola Martini & Goeze, 1778: 44, pl. 9, f. 9 (Df)

Aranea impressa Fabricius, 1779: 359 (Df)

Aranea cicatricosa Olivier, 1789: 200 (D)

Aranea sexpunctata Olivier, 1789: 231 (D)

Aranea umbratica Villers, 1789: 129

Araneus umbraticus Martyn, 1793: 13, pl. 5, f. 3 (f)

Aranea umbraticola Latreille, 1804a: 359

Aranea litterata Panzer, 1804b: 53, pl. 37, f. 11 (Df)

Epeira umbratica Walckenaer, 1805: 61

Epeira umbratica Audouin, 1826: 345, pl. 3, f. 3 (Dm)

Epeira umbraticola Dufour, 1831: 366, pl. 11, f. 3 (f)

Epeira umbratica Hahn, 1834: 24, f. 112 (mf)

Epeira umbratica C. L. Koch, 1844: 128, f. 930-931 (mf)

Epeira cinerea C. L. Koch, 1844: 131 (D)

Epeira thomisoides Dufour, 1855: 8, pl. 5, f. 3-8 (Df)

Epeira umbratica Blackwall, 1864a: 333, pl. 24, f. 241 (mf)

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

Epeira umbratica Thorell, 1870a: 14

Epeira umbratica Hansen, 1882: 19, pl. 1, f. 33 (mf)

Epeira umbratica Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 132, pl. 5, f. 11 (mf)

Epeira umbratica Becker, 1896: (2): 30, pl. 8, f. 1 (mf)

Epeira umbratica Bösenberg, 1901: 33, pl. 2, f. 18 (mf)

Epeira umbratica obscura Franganillo, 1909: 188 (Df)

Epeira umbratica obscura Franganillo, 1910: 13 (f)

Araneus umbraticus Lessert, 1910b: 327

Araneus umbraticus Simon, 1929: 686, 760, f. 1049 (mf)

Aranea umbratica Reimoser, 1929c: 85, f. 2 (mf)

Aranea sexpunctata Wiehle, 1931: 93, f. 138-141 (mf)

Aranea sexpunctata Drensky, 1943: 243, f. 29 (mf)

Chinestela umbratica Archer, 1951c: 2, f. 2 (Tmf from Araneus)

Araneus umbraticus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 139, f. 92A-B (mf)

Cathaistela umbratica Archer, 1958: 17 (Tmf from Chinestela)

Araneus umbraticus Beer, 1964: 529, f. 10 (f)

Aranea umbratica Zamaraev, 1964: 362, f. 100-102 (mf)

Araneus umbraticus Tystshenko, 1971: 198, f. 583, 601 (mf)

Araneus umbraticus Miller, 1971: 214, pl. XL, f. 16 (f)

Araneus umbraticus Loksa, 1972: 93, f. 82D, 84B, 85 (mf)

Araneus umbraticus Palmgren, 1974a: 28, f. 9h, 12e-h (mf)

Nuctenea umbratica Levi, 1974b: 302, f. 43-49, 58-59, 93, 99, 105 (Tmf from Cathaistela)

Nuctenea umbratica Punda, 1975b: 44, f. 82-83 (f)

Nuctenea umbratica Haupt, 1983: 276, f. 1a (m)

Nuctenea umbratica Roberts, 1985: 212, f. 95d (mf)

Nuctenea umbratica Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 88, f. 199 (mf)

Nuctenea umbratica Roberts, 1995: 320, f. (mf)

Araneus umbraticus Mcheidze, 1997: 277, f. 630-632 (mf)

Nuctenea umbratica Roberts, 1998: 333, f. (mf)

Nuctenea umbratica Almquist, 2005: 175, f. 180a-i (mf)

Nuctenea umbratica Breitling et al., 2016b: 54 (S of Nuctenea umbratica obscura)

Nuctenea umbratica Dentici & Amata, 2018: 272, f. 1-2 (f)

Nuctenea umbratica Morano, 2023: 100, f. 104-106 (mf)