Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family |   ACCEPTED
Gen. Pozonia Schenkel, 1953 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01547
type Pozonia cornuta Schenkel, 1953; gender feminine; syn. of Pozonia nigroventris (Bryant, 1936)

In synonymy:

Pozonia cornuta Schenkel, 1953 = Pozonia nigroventris (Bryant, 1936) (Levi, 1993b: 62)

Pozonia granadensis (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Kaira) = Pozonia nigroventris (Bryant, 1936) (Levi, 1993b: 62)

Pozonia andujari Alayón, 2007 | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040051
Pozonia andujari Alayón, 2007: 42, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description
Pozonia andujari Estrada-Alvarez, 2015: 54, f. 24-27 (f)
Pozonia bacillifera (Simon, 1897) | | Trinidad, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016984
Araneus bacillifer Simon, 1895a: 819, f. 870 (nomen nudum)
Araneus bacillifer Simon, 1897b: 475 (Df) Original description
Aranea bacillifera Strand, 1916b: 110
Pozonia bacillifera Levi, 1993b: 60, f. 11-14 (f, T from Wixia)
Pozonia bacillifera Magalhaes & Santos, 2011a: 112, f. 1-5 (Dm)
Pozonia bacillifera Estrada-Alvarez, 2015: 54, f. 16-19 (f)
Pozonia bacillifera Díaz-Guevara & Dupérré, 2025: 592, f. 4A-E (m)
Pozonia balam Estrada-Alvarez, 2015 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048202
Pozonia balam Estrada-Alvarez, 2015: 52, f. 1-11 (Df) Original description
Pozonia dromedaria (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893) | | Mexico to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016985
Kaira dromedaria O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: 115, pl. 14, f. 9 (Df) Original description
Kaira dromedaria F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 522, pl. 51, f. 11 (f)
Pozonia dromedaria Levi, 1993b: 60, f. 7-10 (f, T from Kaira)
Pozonia dromedaria Estrada-Alvarez, 2015: 54, f. 12-15 (f)
Pozonia nigroventris (Bryant, 1936) | | Mexico to Venezuela, Cuba, Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016986
Wixia nigroventris Bryant, 1936b: 329, pl. 23, f. 10 (Dj) Original description
Wixia nigriventris Bryant, 1940: 346, f. 113 (Dm, lapsus)
Kaira granadensis Mello-Leitão, 1941a: 118 (Df; j per Levi, 1993b: 62) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057916]
Pozonia cornuta Schenkel, 1953a: 25, f. 23a-d (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057915]
Pozonia nigroventris Levi, 1993b: 62, f. 15-26 (m, Df, T from Wixia, S of Kaira granadensis and Pozonia cornuta)
Pozonia nigroventris Levi, 2002: 557, f. 284-286 (m)
Pozonia nigroventris Estrada-Alvarez, 2015: 54, f. 20-23 (f)
Pozonia nigroventris Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025: 48 (S of Pozonia cornuta confirmed)

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