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. Plebs Joseph & Framenau, 2012 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04087

In synonymy:

Plebs concinnus (Rainbow, 1900, T from Araneus) = Plebs bradleyi Keyserling, 1887 (Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 307)

Plebs flavomaculatus (Yaginuma, 1955, T from Zilla) = Plebs sachalinensis Saito, 1934 (Yaginuma, 1977c: 386, sub Zilla)

Plebs flavus (Zhu & Song, 1994, T from Eriophora) = Plebs sachalinensis Saito, 1934 (Tanikawa, 2000a: 24, sub Eriophora)

Plebs migra (Zhu & Song, 1994, T from Eriophora) = Plebs astridae Strand, 1917 (Tanikawa, 2000a: 22, sub Eriophora sagana)

Plebs pineus (Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990, T from Araneus) = Plebs sachalinensis Saito, 1934 (Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 9, sub Eriophora)

Plebs rubripunctatus (Rainbow, 1893, T from Araneus) = Plebs eburnus Keyserling, 1886 (Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 295)

Plebs russicus (Bakhvalov, 1981, T from Araneus) = Plebs sachalinensis Saito, 1934 (Marusik et al., 2015: 209)

Plebs shaanxiensis (Zhu & Wang, 1994, T from Eriophora) = Plebs baotianmanensis Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991 (Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 3, sub Eriophora)

Plebs sinuosus (Rainbow, 1893, T from Araneus) = Plebs eburnus Keyserling, 1886 (Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 295)

Plebs tokachianus (Saito, 1934, T from Zilla) = Plebs sachalinensis Saito, 1934 (Tanikawa, 2000a: 24, after Yaginuma, 1986, sub Eriophora)

Plebs wangi (Zhu & Song, 1994, T from Eriophora) = Plebs baotianmanensis Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991 (Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 3, sub Eriophora)

Plebs yebongsanensis Kim, Ye & Lee, 2014 = Plebs baotianmanensis Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991 (Lee et al., 2022a: 76, removed from S of Plebs sachalinensis, rejecting Yoo et al., 2015: 50)

Plebs arleneae Joseph & Framenau, 2012 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045487
Plebs arleneae Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 300, f. 10A-F, 11A-F (Dmf) Original description
Plebs arletteae Joseph & Framenau, 2012 | | Australia (Lord Howe Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045488
Plebs arletteae Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 303, f. 12A-F, 13A-E (Dmf) Original description
Plebs astridae (Strand, 1917) | | China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015873
Aranea sagana Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 233, pl. 11, f. 212 (Df; preoccupied)
Aranea astridae Strand, 1917c: 71 (replacement name) Original description
Zilla sagana Yaginuma, 1955a: 22, pl. II, f. 1-7 (Tmf from Araneus)
Araneus astridae Yaginuma, 1956d: 26
Zilla astridae Yaginuma, 1960: 58, f. 56.6-8 (f)
Zilla astridae Lee, 1966: 42, f. 12f-i (f)
Zilla astridae Yaginuma, 1971: 58, f. 56.6-8 (f)
Zilla astridae Hu, 1984: 128, f. 128.1-2 (f)
Zilla astridae Yaginuma, 1986a: 106, f. 56.2 (mf)
Zilla astridae Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1987: 62, f. 1-4 (f)
Zilla astridae Kim et al., 1988: 146, f. 1-5 (f)
Zilla astridae Chikuni, 1989b: 74, f. 37 (mf)
Zilla astridae Chen & Zhang, 1991: 104, f. 97.1-5 (mf)
Eriophora migra Zhu & Song in Zhu et al., 1994: 40, f. 15A-D (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040221]
Eriophora migra Yin et al., 1997d: 289, f. 198a-d (m)
Zilla astridae Yin et al., 1997d: 397, f. 287a-d (f)
Zilla astridae Kim, Kim & Lee, 1999: 75, f. 24, 48 (m)
Eriophora migra Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 280, f. 165M, 166B, G (m)
Zilla astridae Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 310, f. 184J-K (f)
Eriophora sagana Tanikawa, 2000a: 22, f. 4-6, 11-14 (Tmf from Zilla, using name replaced before 1961, S of Eriophora migra)
Eriophora sagana Namkung, 2002: 305, f. 19.66a-c (mf)
Eriophora sagana Kim & Kim, 2002: 206, f. 42-45, 124, 234-237 (mf)
Eriophora sagana Namkung, 2003: 307, f. 19.66a-c (mf)
Eriophora astridae Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 2, f. 1A-F (mf)
Eriophora astridae Tanikawa, 2007c: 65, f. 136-139, 561-563 (mf)
Eriophora astridae Tanikawa, 2009: 441, f. 141-143 (mf)
Eriophora astridae Yin et al., 2012: 678, f. 335a-g (mf)
Plebs astridae Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 331 (T from Eriophora)
Eriophora astridae Kim & Lee, 2012b: 71, f. 51A-C (mf)
Eriophora astridae Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 70, 6 f. (mf)
Plebs aurea (Saito, 1934) | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015874
Argiope aurea Saito, 1934b: 316, pl. 13, f. 20, pl. 15, f. 63 (Df) Original description
Argiope aurea Saito, 1959: 99, f. 114a-d (f)
Zilla aurea Ono, 1975a: 21, f. 8-10 (Tf from Argiope)
Araneus aureus Levi, 1983: 260 (Tf from Zilla)
Zilla aurea Chikuni, 1989b: 75, f. 39 (Tf from Araneus, Dm)
Eriophora aurea Tanikawa, 2000a: 25, f. 8, 18-21 (Tmf from Zilla)
Eriophora aurea Tanikawa, 2007c: 67, f. 142-143, 566-568 (mf)
Eriophora aurea Tanikawa, 2009: 443, f. 146-148 (mf)
Plebs aurea Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 332 (Tmf from Eriophora)
Plebs baotianmanensis (Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991) | | China, Korea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014733
Araneus baotianmanensis Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991: 37, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description
Eriophora shaanxiensis Zhu & Wang in Zhu et al., 1994: 39, f. 14A-C (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015888]
Eriophora wangi Zhu & Song in Zhu et al., 1994: 42, f. 17A-C (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015891]
Araneus baotianmanensis Yin et al., 1997d: 159, f. 75a-d (f)
Eriophora shaanxiensis Yin et al., 1997d: 291, f. 200a-c (m)
Eriophora wangi Yin et al., 1997d: 293, f. 202a-c (f)
Araneus baotianmanensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 237, f. 135Q-S, 147D (f)
Eriophora wangi Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 280, f. 165H-I, 166J (f)
Eriophora shaanxiensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 280, f. 165N, 166D (m)
Eriophora baotianmanensis Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 3, f. 2A-E (mf, T from Araneus, S of Eriophora shaanxiensis and E. wangi)
Eriophora baotianmanensis Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 224, f. 160A-E (mf)
Plebs baotianmanensis Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 332 (T from Eriophora; N.B.: may be a junior synonym of Eriophora conica, per Yin et al., 2012: 681)
Plebs yebongsanensis Kim, Ye & Lee, 2014: 1, f. 1-10, 11a-c (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047517]
Plebs baotianmanensis Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 115, f. 80A-G (mf)
Plebs baotianmanensis Lee et al., 2022a: 76, f. 5A-E, 6A-I, 7F (mf, S of Plebs yebongsanensis, removed from S of Plebs sachalinensis, rejecting Yoo et al., 2015: 50)
Plebs bradleyi (Keyserling, 1887) | | Australia (South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014763
Epeira bradleyi Keyserling, 1887a: 165, pl. 14, f. 2 (Df) Original description
Epeira variabilis Rainbow, 1897b: 517, pl. 17, f. 3 (Df, preoccupied)
Araenus concinnus Rainbow, 1900a: 490 (replacement name for E. variabilis) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014808]
Plebs bradleyi Butler, 1933: 276, pl. 17, f. 8
Plebs bradleyi Hickman, 1967: 62, f. 108-111 (mf, removed from S of Cyrtophora beccarii)
Plebs bradleyi Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 307, f. 1D, 15A-F, 16A-F (mf, S of Araneus concinnus)
Plebs cyphoxis (Simon, 1908) | | Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014821
Araneus cyphoxis Simon, 1908d: 426 (Df) Original description
Plebs cyphoxis Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 310, f. 1E-F, 18A-F, 19A-E (Tf from Araneus, Dm)
Plebs eburnus (Keyserling, 1886) | | Australia (South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014852
Epeira eburna Keyserling, 1886a: 148, pl. 12, f. 4 (Df) Original description
Epeira rubripunctata Rainbow, 1893b: 19, pl. 3, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015171]
Epeira sinuosus Rainbow, 1893b: 20, pl. 3, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015203]
Araneus eburnus Davies, 1988b: 300, f. 27 (f, Dm)
Plebs eburnus Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 295, f. 1A-C, 4A-G, 5A-D, 6A-D, 7A-F, 8A-E (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus rubripunctatus and A. sinuosus)
Plebs himalayaensis (Tikader, 1975) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014928
Araneus himalayaensis Tikader, 1975b: 145, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description
Araneus himalayaensis Tikader & Bal, 1981: 50, f. 107-110 (f)
Araneus himalayaensis Tikader, 1982a: 229, f. 444-447 (f)
Araneus himalayaensis Hu & Li, 1987a: 326, f. 8.1-3 (f; N.B.: Chinese specimens probably misidenntified, per Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 333)
Araneus himalayaensis Yin et al., 1990: 33, f. 81-83 (f)
Araneus himalayaensis Yin et al., 1997d: 171, f. 88a-d (f)
Araneus himalayaensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 239, f. 138E, H-I, 148E (f)
Araneus himalayaensis Hu, 2001: 441, f. 285.1-3 (f)
Eriophora himalayaensis Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 5, f. 3A-C (Tf from Araneus)
Plebs himalayaensis Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 332 (Tf from Eriophora)
Plebs mitratus (Simon, 1895) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045494
Araneus mitratus Simon, 1895a: 805 (Df) Original description
Plebs mitratus Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 333, f. 34A-F (Tf from Araneus)
Plebs mitratus Paul et al., 2016: 103, f. 1A-B, 2A-L (Dm, f)
Plebs neocaledonicus (Berland, 1924) | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015051
Araneus neocaledonicus Berland, 1924a: 221, f. 124-125 (Df) Original description
Araneus neocaledonicus Berland, 1932b: 270, f. 387 (f)
Plebs neocaledonicus Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 314, f. 21A-F, 22A-E (Tf from Araneus, Dm)
Plebs oculosus (Zhu & Song, 1994) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015884
Eriophora oculosa Zhu & Song in Zhu et al., 1994: 38, f. 13A-F (Dm) Original description
Eriophora oculosa Yin et al., 1997d: 290, f. 199a-f (m)
Eriophora oculosa Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 280, f. 165L, 166C, H (m)
Eriophora oculosa Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 6, f. 4A-C (m)
Plebs oculosus Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 335 (Tm from Eriophora)
Plebs opacus Joseph & Framenau, 2012 | | Vanuatu urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045489
Araneus neocaledonicus Berland, 1938: 172, f. 126-128 (mf, misidentified)
Plebs opacus Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 317, f. 23A-D, 24A-E (Dmf) Original description
Plebs patricius Joseph & Framenau, 2012 | | Australia (Victoria, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045490
Plebs patricius Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 321, f. 26A-F, 27A-D, 28A-F (Dmf) Original description
Plebs plumiopedellus (Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1987) | | China, Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017164
Zilla plumiopedella Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1987: 65, f. 15-23 (Dmf) Original description
Zilla plumiopedella Yin et al., 1997d: 400, f. 290a-i (mf)
Zilla plumiopedella Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 310, f. 184N, S, 185C-D, O (mf)
Eriophora plumiopedella Chang & Tso, 2004: 29, f. 9-10 (Tmf from Zilla)
Eriophora plumiopedella Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 7, f. 5A-E (mf)
Eriophora plumiopedella Yin et al., 2012: 682, f. 337a-i (mf)
Plebs plumiopedellus Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 335 (Tmf from Eriophora)
Plebs poecilus (Zhu & Wang, 1994) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017165
Zilla poecila Zhu & Wang in Zhu et al., 1994: 46, f. 20A-C (Df) Original description
Zilla poecila Yin et al., 1997d: 401, f. 291a-c (f)
Zilla poecila Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 310, f. 184O-P, 185P (f)
Eriophora poecila Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 8, f. 6A-C (Tf from Zilla)
Plebs poecilus Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 336 (Tf from Eriophora)
Plebs rosemaryae Joseph & Framenau, 2012 | | Australia (Queensland, Norfolk Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045491
Plebs rosemaryae Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 324, f. 29A-F, 30A-F (Dmf) Original description
Plebs sachalinensis (Saito, 1934) | | Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015887
Argiope sachalinensis Saito, 1934a: 332, f. 6 (Df) Original description
Araneus tokachianus Saito, 1934b: 326, pl. 13, f. 22, pl. 15, f. 65 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040347]
Zilla sachalinensis Yaginuma, 1955a: 21, pl. II, f. 8-12 (mf, T from Argiope)
Zilla tokachianus Yaginuma, 1955a: 21 (T from Araneus)
Zilla flavomaculata Yaginuma, 1955a: 22, pl. II, f. 13-20 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040143]
Araneus tokachianus Saito, 1959: 90, f. 105a-c (f)
Araneus sachalinensis Saito, 1959: 110, f. 131a-d (f)
Zilla sachalinensis Yaginuma, 1960: 57, f. 56.1-3 (mf)
Zilla flavomaculata Yaginuma, 1960: 57, f. 56.4-5 (f)
Zilla sachalinensis Namkung, 1964: 38, f. 26 (f)
Zilla sachalinensis Arita, 1970: 27, f. 5-6 (f)
Zilla sachalinensis Yaginuma, 1971: 57, f. 56.1-3 (mf)
Zilla flavomaculata Yaginuma, 1971: 57, f. 56.4-5 (f)
Zilla sachalinensis Nishikawa, 1977b: 365, f. 1-8 (f)
Zilla sachalinensis Yaginuma, 1977c: 386 (S of Zilla flavomaculata)
Araneus russicus Bakhvalov, 1981b: 144, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015174]
Zilla sachalinensis Wang & Zhu, 1982: 44, f. 1b, 2a-d (mf)
Araneus sachalinensis Levi, 1983: 262
Zilla sachalinensis Hu, 1984: 128, f. 129.1-6 (mf)
Zilla sachalinensis Yaginuma, 1986a: 105, f. 56.1 (mf)
Zilla sachalinensis Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1987: 63, f. 5-7 (f)
Zilla sachalinensis Chikuni, 1989b: 74, f. 36 (mf)
Araneus pineus Yin et al., 1990: 43, f. 107-110 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015113]
Zilla sachalinensis Chen & Zhang, 1991: 105, f. 98.1-4 (mf)
Eriophora flava Zhu & Song in Zhu et al., 1994: 37, f. 12A-C (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040168]
Zilla sachalinensis Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1718, f. 21a-b (f)
Araneus pineus Yin et al., 1997d: 189, f. 106a-d (f)
Eriophora flava Yin et al., 1997d: 288, f. 197a-d (m)
Zilla sachalinensis Yin et al., 1997d: 402, f. 292a-f (mf)
Zilla sachalinensis Kim, Kim & Lee, 1999: 76, f. 25, 49 (m)
Araneus pineus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 240, f. 139R-T, 148R (f)
Eriophora flava Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 280, f. 165J-K, 166A, F (m)
Zilla sachalinensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 310, f. 184T-U, 185E-F, Q (mf)
Eriophora sachalinensis Tanikawa, 2000a: 23, f. 7, 15-17 (f, T from Zilla, S of Eriophora flava and Zilla tokachianus)
Eriophora sachalinensis Namkung, 2002: 304, f. 19.65a-b (mf)
Eriophora sachalinensis Kim & Kim, 2002: 206, f. 125-126, 238-239 (mf)
Eriophora sachalinensis Namkung, 2003: 306, f. 19.65a-b (mf)
Eriophora sachalinensis Marusik & Crawford, 2006: 175, f. 17-18, 25-26 (f)
Eriophora sachalinensis Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 9, f. 7A-F (mf, S of Araneus pineus)
Eriophora sachalinensis Tanikawa, 2007c: 67, f. 140-141, 564-565 (mf)
Eriophora sachalinensis Tanikawa, 2009: 441, f. 144-145 (mf)
Eriophora sachalinensis Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2011: 113, f. 7.4, 13 (f)
Eriophora sachalinensis Yin et al., 2012: 684, f. 338a-f (mf)
Plebs sachalinensis Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 336 (T from Eriophora)
Eriophora sachalinensis Kim & Lee, 2012b: 72, f. 52A-C, pl. 12 (mf)
Plebs sachalinensis Marusik et al., 2015: 209, f. 29-35 (f, S of Araneus russicus)
Plebs sachalinensis Yoo et al., 2015: 50 (S of Plebs yebongsanensis; rejected by Lee et al., 2022: 76)
Eriophora sachalinensis Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 71, 7 f. (mf)
Plebs sachalinensis Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 115, f. 81A-G (mf)
Plebs sachalinensis Lee et al., 2022a: 76, 80, f. 5F-J (f)
Plebs salesi Joseph & Framenau, 2012 | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045492
Plebs salesi Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 328, f. 32A-F (Dm) Original description
Plebs sebastiani Joseph & Framenau, 2012 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045493
Plebs sebastiani Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 329, f. 33A-E (Dm) Original description
Plebs tricentrus (Zhu & Song, 1994) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015890
Eriophora tricentra Zhu & Song in Zhu et al., 1994: 41, f. 16A-D (Dm) Original description
Eriophora tricentra Yin et al., 1997d: 292, f. 201a-d (m)
Eriophora tricentra Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 280, f. 165O, 166E, I (m)
Eriophora tricentra Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2006a: 10, f. 8A-C (m)
Plebs tricentrus Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 337 (T from Eriophora)
Plebs yanbaruensis (Tanikawa, 2000) | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015892
Eriophora yanbaruensis Tanikawa, 2000a: 20, f. 9-10, 22-25 (Dmf) Original description
Eriophora yanbaruensis Tanikawa, 2007c: 67, f. 144-149, 569-571 (mf)
Eriophora yanbaruensis Tanikawa, 2009: 443, f. 149-151 (mf)
Plebs yanbaruensis Joseph & Framenau, 2012: 337 (T from Eriophora)

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