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:

Dicrostichus Simon, 1895 = Ordgarius Keyserling, 1886 (Davies, 1988b: 316)

Euglyptila Simon, 1909 = Ordgarius Keyserling, 1886 (Levi, 2003: 376)

Notocentria Thorell, 1894 = Ordgarius Keyserling, 1886 (Simon, 1895a: 885)

Gen. Ordgarius Keyserling, 1886 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01534

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Notocentria Thorell, 1894a: 48 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04703] (type N. sexspinosa Thorell, 1894) by Simon, 1895a: 885, of Dicrostichus Simon, 1895a: 886 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05302] (type Cyrtarachne furcata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) by Davies, 1988b: 316 and of Euglyptila Simon, 1909e: 115 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01478] (type E. acanthonota Simon, 1909) by Levi, 2003: 376.

In synonymy:

Ordgarius caliginosus (Rainbow, 1894) = Ordgarius furcatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 (Davies, 1988b: 316)

Ordgarius mundhva (Tikader, 1963, T from Cladomelea) = Ordgarius sexspinosus Thorell, 1894 (Tikader, 1982a: 135)

Ordgarius nigrithorax (Simon, 1909) = Ordgarius sexspinosus Thorell, 1894 (Levi, 2003: 376)

Ordgarius acanthonotus (Simon, 1909) | j | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015906

Euglyptila acanthonota Simon, 1909e: 115 (Dj) Original description

Ordgarius bicolor Pocock, 1898 | | Papua New Guinea (New Britain) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016853

Ordgarius bicolor Pocock, 1898j: 105, pl. 10, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Ordgarius bo Lin & Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054875

Ordgarius bo Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2022c: 201, f. 2A-B, 5A-B (Df) Original description

Ordgarius clypeatus Simon, 1897 | | Indonesia (Ambon) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016854

Ordgarius clypeatus Simon, 1897b: 473 (Df) Original description

Ordgarius ephippiatus Thorell, 1898 | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016855

Ordgarius ephippiatus Thorell, 1898: 367 (Df) Original description

Ordgarius furcatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016856

Cyrtarachne furcata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877b: 560, pl. 56, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Cyrtarachne caliginosa Rainbow, 1894b: 155, pl. 10, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054864]

Dicrostichus caliginosus Simon, 1895a: 883, f. 948 (f)

Dicrostichus furcatus Simon, 1895a: 886

Ordgarius furcatus Davies, 1988b: 316 (S of Ordgarius caliginosus)

Ordgarius furcatus distinctus (Rainbow, 1900) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016857

Dicrostichus furcatus distinctus Rainbow, 1900a: 492 (Df) Original description

Ordgarius hexaspinus Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2004 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040045

Ordgarius hexaspinus Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2004c: 425, f. 1-6 (Df) Original description

Ordgarius hobsoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) | | India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016858

Cyrtarachne hobsoni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877b: 562, pl. 56, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Ordgarius hobsoni Pocock, 1900a: 230, f. 76 (f)

Ordgarius hobsoni Tikader, 1965b: 92, f. 1a-c (f)

Ordgarius hobsoni Tikader, 1982a: 137, f. 256-257 (f)

Ordgarius hobsoni Wang, Zhang & Li, 1985: 67, f. IV (f)

Ordgarius hobsoni Tanikawa, 1997b: 104, f. 1-2, 5-11 (f, Dm)

Ordgarius hobsoni Yin et al., 1997d: 383, f. 275a-b (f)

Ordgarius hobsoni Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 302, f. 181N, 182A (f)

Ordgarius hobsoni Tanikawa, 2007c: 51, f. 59, 467-468 (mf)

Ordgarius hobsoni Tanikawa, 2009: 429, f. 51-52 (mf)

Ordgarius hobsoni Yin et al., 2012: 751, f. 374a-b (f)

Ordgarius liyuanba Lin & Li, 2022 | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054876

Ordgarius liyuanba Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2022c: 204, f. 3A-B, 5C-D (Df) Original description

Ordgarius magnificus (Rainbow, 1897) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016859

Dicrostichus magnificus Rainbow, 1897b: 523, pl. 17, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Ordgarius magnificus Davies, 1988b: 316, f. 37 (f, Dm)

Ordgarius magnificus Levi, 2003: 376, f. 422-433 (mf)

Ordgarius monstrosus Keyserling, 1886 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016860

Ordgarius monstrosus Keyserling, 1886a: 114, pl. 9, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Ordgarius monstrosus Davies, 1988b: 316, f. 36 (f, Dm)

Ordgarius pustulosus Thorell, 1897 | j | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016861

Ordgarius pustulosus Thorell, 1897b: 8 (Dj) Original description

Ordgarius sexspinosus (Thorell, 1894) | | India to Japan, Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016862

Notocentria sex-spinosa Thorell, 1894: 48 (Df) Original description

Ordgarius sexspinosus Simon, 1895a: 885 (T from Notocentria)

Caerostris cuspidata Workman, 1896: 26, pl. 26 (f)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Pocock, 1900a: 230

Euglyptila nigrithorax Simon, 1909e: 116 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015907]

Ordgarius sexspinosus Schenkel, 1963: 178, f. 103a-d (f)

Cladomelea mundhva Tikader, 1963c: 97, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054865]

Ordgarius sexspinosus Tikader, 1982a: 135, f. 251-255 (f, S of Cladomelea mundhva)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Chikuni, 1989b: 83, f. 66 (f)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Tanikawa, 1997b: 106, f. 3-4, 12-18 (f, Dm)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Yin et al., 1997d: 384, f. 276a-d (f)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 302, f. 181O-P, 182B (f)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Namkung, 2002: 290, f. 19.51a (f)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Kim & Kim, 2002: 222, f. 66, 285-286 (f)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Levi, 2003: 376 (S of Ordgarius nigrithorax)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Namkung, 2003: 292, f. 19.51a (f)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Tanikawa, 2007c: 51, f. 60, 469-470 (mf)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Tanikawa, 2009: 429, f. 53-54 (mf)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Yin et al., 2012: 752, f. 375a-d (f)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Kim & Lee, 2012b: 105, f. 78A-C, pl. 21 (f)

Ordgarius sexspinosus Thumar, Dholakia & Ade, 2016: 224, f. 8-17 (m)