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:

Anawixia Chamberlin, 1916 = Wagneriana F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 (Levi, 1991b: 370)

Wagneria McCook, 1894 = Wagneriana F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 497, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonym replaced:

Wagneria McCook, 1894 -- see Wagneriana F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 - in F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904

Gen. Wagneriana F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01575
N.B.: replacement name for Wagneria McCook, 1894: 203 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04862], preoccupied in Diptera by Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 and in Mollusca by Gistel, 1848; considered a senior synonym of Anawixia Chamberlin, 1916: 257 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04861] (type Anawixia atopa Chamberlin, 1916) by Levi, 1991b: 370; Paraverrucosa Mello-Leitão, 1939 removed from synonymy of Wagneriana by Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1029 (contra Levi, 1991b: 370, S of Wagneriana, and contra Archer, 1951a: 20, S of Verrucosa McCook, 1888).

Transferred to other genera:

Wagneriana bufo (Denis, 1941) -- see Araneus

Wagneriana carimagua Levi, 1991 -- see Parawixia

Wagneriana eupalaestra (Mello-Leitão, 1943) -- see Paraverrucosa

Wagneriana gavensis (Camargo, 1950) -- see Popperaneus

Wagneriana heteracantha (Mello-Leitão, 1943) -- see Paraverrucosa

Wagneriana iguape Levi, 1991 -- see Popperaneus

Wagneriana longicauda (Mello-Leitão, 1947) -- see Paraverrucosa

Wagneriana minutissima Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Kaira

Wagneriana monticola (Keyserling, 1892) -- see Parawixia

Wagneriana neglecta (Mello-Leitão, 1939) -- see Paraverrucosa

Wagneriana tuberculicauda Caporiacco, 1947 -- see Paraverrucosa

Wagneriana turrigera Schenkel, 1953 -- see Alpaida

Wagneriana uropygialis (Mello-Leitão, 1944) -- see Alpaida

Wagneriana uzaga Levi, 1991 -- see Paraverrucosa

In synonymy:

Wagneriana atopa (Chamberlin, 1916) = Wagneriana transitoria C. L. Koch, 1839 (Levi, 1991b: 382)

Wagneriana bamba Levi, 1991 = Wagneriana jelskii Taczanowski, 1873 (Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1096)

Wagneriana fina Alayón, 2011 = Wagneriana atuna Levi, 1991 (Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1093)

Wagneriana janeiro Levi, 1991 = Wagneriana dimastophora Mello-Leitão, 1940 (Silva-Moreira et al., 2010: 20)

Wagneriana levii Pinto-da-Rocha & Buckup, 1995 = Wagneriana taim Levi, 1991 (Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1096)

Wagneriana octospinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1949) = Wagneriana acrosomoides Mello-Leitão, 1939 (Levi, 1991b: 404)

Wagneriana tumida (Taczanowski, 1879, T from Araneus) = Wagneriana undecimtuberculata Keyserling, 1865 (Levi, 1985a: 446)

Nomina dubia:

Wagneriana grandicornis Mello-Leitão, 1935a: 96, f. 6 (j, Brazil) -- Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1107

Wagneriana vermiculata Mello-Leitão, 1949: 10, f. 10 (f, Brazil) -- Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1102

Wagneriana acrosomoides (Mello-Leitão, 1939) | | Colombia to Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017105
Wixia acrosomoides Mello-Leitão, 1939g: 109, f. 9-11 (Df) Original description
Paraverrucosa octospinosa Mello-Leitão, 1949: 9, f. 8-9 (Dm)
Wagneriana acrosomoides Levi, 1991b: 404, f. 160-164 (Tf from Wixia, Sm of Paraverrucosa octospinosa)
Wagneriana acrosomoides Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 59A, 61C, 68F, 94C-D, 127C-D (mf)
Wagneriana alma Levi, 1991 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017106
Wagneriana alma Levi, 1991b: 403, f. 154 (Dm) Original description
Wagneriana alma Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 53E, 57E, 59B, 69E, 96A-B, 130A-B (mf)
Wagneriana atuna Levi, 1991 | | Cuba, Costa Rica to Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017107
Wagneriana atuna Levi, 1991b: 392, f. 93-97 (Dmf) Original description
Wagneriana grandicornis Levi, 1991b: 386, f. 60-66 (f; misidentified per Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1107)
Cyclosa brevis Alayón, 1993d: 2, f. 1A-D (f; misidentified per Alayón, 2011: 21)
Wagneriana fina Alayón, 2011: 21, f. 1-3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044332]
Wagneriana atuna Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1091, f. 22D-E, 39A-J, 50E, 53C, 57C, 61D, 63H, 67A, 91C-D, 122E-F (mf, S of Wagneriana fina)
Wagneriana carinata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017110
Wagneriana carinata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 498, pl. 47, f. 16 (Dm) Original description
Araneus cacozelus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 283 (replacement name required by generic misplacement)
Wagneriana carinata Levi, 1991b: 384, f. 53 (m)
Wagneriana carinata Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 5B-D, 19A, 59C, 61E, 70A, 96E-F, 130E-F (mf)
Wagneriana cobella Levi, 1991 | | Colombia, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017111
Wagneriana cobella Levi, 1991b: 390, f. 82-87 (Dmf) Original description
Wagneriana cobella Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 42A-B, 45A, 59D, 61F, 67E, 88A-F, 124C-D (mf)
Wagneriana dimastophora (Mello-Leitão, 1940) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017099
Verrucosa dimastophora Mello-Leitão, 1940d: 206 (Df) Original description
Wagneriana janeiro Levi, 1991b: 389, f. 77-81 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017121]
Wagneriana dimastophora Silva-Moreira et al., 2010: 20 (Tf from Verrucosa, Sm)
Wagneriana dimastophora Magalhaes & Santos, 2012: 39, f. 22 (m)
Wagneriana dimastophora Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 4A-D, 59E, 67D, 92C-D, 104A, 124A-B (mf)
Wagneriana eldorado Levi, 1991 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017112
Wagneriana eldorado Levi, 1991b: 408, f. 176 (Dm) Original description
Wagneriana eldorado Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 42E-F, 50D, 53B, 57B, 61G, 68C, 93C-D, 126A-B (mf)
Wagneriana hassleri Levi, 1991 | | Brazil, Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017116
Wagneriana hassleri Levi, 1991b: 408, f. 177-181 (Dmf) Original description
Wagneriana hassleri Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 4E-F, 42C-D, 68E, 94C-D, 127A-B (mf)
Wagneriana huanca Levi, 1991 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017118
Wagneriana huanca Levi, 1991b: 403, f. 149-153 (Df) Original description
Wagneriana huanca Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 45B, 131A-B (f)
Wagneriana jacaza Levi, 1991 | | Colombia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017120
Wagneriana jacaza Levi, 1991b: 383, f. 49-52 (Df) Original description
Wagneriana jacaza Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 19B, 23D, 24H, 36B, 42G-H, 45C, 57G, 61H, 63C, 71A, 99A-D, 133C-D (mf)
Wagneriana jelskii (Taczanowski, 1873) | | Trinidad to Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017122
Epeira jelskii Taczanowski, 1873: 139, pl. 5, f. 17 (Dmf) Original description
Wagneriana jelskii Caporiacco, 1954: 97, f. 20 (removed mf from S of W. transitoria)
Wagneriana bamba Levi, 1991b: 383, f. 45-48 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017108]
Wagneriana jelskii Levi, 1991b: 380, f. 35-39 (Taczanowski's f = W. transitoria, m was also misidentified as that of Parawixia velutina)
Wagneriana jelskii Carvalho & Gasnier, 2019: CB17, f. 45-46 (f)
Wagneriana jelskii Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1096, f. 30J, 32I, 41E-F, 50F, 53D, 57D, 61I, 71B, 90A-F, 101C-D, 104B, 133E-F (mf, S of Wagneriana bamba)
Wagneriana juquia Levi, 1991 | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017123
Wagneriana juquia Levi, 1991b: 393, f. 98-101 (Df) Original description
Wagneriana juquia Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 128A-B (f)
Wagneriana lechuza Levi, 1991 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017124
Wagneriana lechuza Levi, 1991b: 390, f. 88-92 (Dmf) Original description
Wagneriana lechuza Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 41G-H, 50C, 53A, 57A, 61J, 67F, 92E-F, 124E-F (mf)
Wagneriana madrejon Levi, 1991 | | Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017126
Wagneriana madrejon Levi, 1991b: 402, f. 145-148 (Df) Original description
Wagneriana madrejon Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 123A-B (f)
Wagneriana maseta Levi, 1991 | | Colombia to Ecuador and Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017127
Wagneriana maseta Levi, 1991b: 380, f. 29-34 (Dmf) Original description
Wagneriana maseta Levi, 2002: 538, f. 67-68 (f)
Wagneriana maseta Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 25A-C, 28, 29A, 31A,C, 32G, 35A,D, 37, 45D, 53H, 57H, 59F, 70C, 97C-D, 132A-B (mf)
Wagneriana neblina Levi, 1991 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017128
Wagneriana neblina Levi, 1991b: 384, f. 54-59 (Dmf) Original description
Wagneriana neblina Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 69F, 96C-D, 130C-D (mf)
Wagneriana pakitza Levi, 1991 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017130
Wagneriana pakitza Levi, 1991b: 413, f. 196-199 (Df) Original description
Wagneriana pakitza Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 129E-F (f, lapsus pakitsa at fig.)
Wagneriana roraima Levi, 1991 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017131
Wagneriana roraima Levi, 1991b: 410, f. 187-190 (Df) Original description
Wagneriana roraima Buckup & Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996: 849, f. 1, 3 (Dm)
Wagneriana roraima Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 68B, 89A-F, 125C-D (mf)
Wagneriana silvae Levi, 1991 | | Peru, Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017132
Wagneriana silvae Levi, 1991b: 409, f. 182-186 (Dmf) Original description
Wagneriana silvae Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 20G-H, 21C, 29B, 31B,D, 32H, 35B-C,E, 45E, 63D, 68D, 93E-F, 126C-D (mf)
Wagneriana spicata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | | Mexico to Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017133
Epeira spicata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 45, pl. 6, f. 4 (Dj) Original description
Turckheimia armata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: 114, pl. 14, f. 11 (Df)
Wagneriana spicata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 499, pl. 47, f. 19-20 (Dmf)
Araneus spicatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 317
Wagneriana spicata Levi, 1991b: 399, f. 129-133 (mf)
Wagneriana spicata Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 45F, 50B, 52I, 56H, 66E, 91A-B, 101A-B, 103F, 122A-B (mf)
Wagneriana taboga Levi, 1991 | | Panama to Venezuela, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017134
Wagneriana taboga Levi, 1991b: 386, f. 67-71 (Dmf) Original description
Wagneriana taboga Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 3A-B, 53G, 63F, 66F, 87A-D, 122C-D (mf)
Wagneriana taim Levi, 1991 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017135
Wagneriana taim Levi, 1991b: 388, f. 72-76 (Dmf; m is misplaced per Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1096) Original description
Wagneriana levii Pinto-da-Rocha & Buckup, 1995: 159, f. 1-2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017125]
Wagneriana taim Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1096, f. 27, 70E, 98A-B, 132C-D (mf, S of Wagneriana levii)
Wagneriana tauricornis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | | USA to Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017136
Epeira tauricornis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 42, pl. 6, f. 2-3 (Dmf) Original description
Epeira guatemalensis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 40, pl. 7, f. 8 (Dm, not f)
Epeira tauricornis Keyserling, 1892: 90, pl. 4, f. 68 (m)
Epeira guatemalensis Keyserling, 1892: 112, pl. 6, f. 83b (m only)
Wagneria tauricornis McCook, 1894: 204, pl. 13, f. 1-2 (mf)
Wagneriana tauricornis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 498, pl. 47, f. 14-15 (mf)
Araneus tauricornis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 319
Wagneriana tauricornis Levi, 1976: 370, f. 57-73 (mf)
Wagneriana tauricornis Levi, 1991b: 410, f. 191-195 (mf)
Wagneriana tauricornis Levi, 2002: 555, f. 268-269 (m)
Wagneriana tauricornis Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 4G-I, 18A-B, 23F-G, 24E-F, 26I, 59G, 63E, 69B, 95A-B, 128C-D (mf)
Wagneriana tayos Levi, 1991 | | Colombia to Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017137
Wagneriana tayos Levi, 1991b: 406, f. 16-18, 21-23, 165-171 (Dmf) Original description
Wagneriana tayos Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 53F, 57F, 68A, 93A-B, 125A-B (mf)
Wagneriana transitoria (C. L. Koch, 1839) | | Venezuela to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017138
Acrosoma transitorium C. L. Koch, 1839a: 119, f. 518 (Df) Original description
Plectana transitoria Walckenaer, 1841: 181
Epeira spinosa Taczanowski, 1873: 141, pl. 5, f. 18 (Dmf)
Araneus transitorius Simon, 1895a: 818
Edricus transitorius Petrunkevitch, 1911: 338
Anawixia atopa Chamberlin, 1916: 258, pl. 20, f. 1-3 (Df)
Wagneriana transitoria Caporiacco, 1954: 98 (Tmf from Araneus)
Wagneriana spinosa Caporiacco, 1954: 98, f. 21, 21a (removed mf from S, rejected)
Wagneriana transitoria Levi, 1991b: 381, f. 19-20, 40-44 (mf, S)
Wagneriana transitoria Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 5E-F, 22F-G, 98C-D, 123E-F (mf)
Wagneriana undecimtuberculata (Keyserling, 1865) | | Panama to Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017140
Epeira undecim-tuberculata Keyserling, 1865: 805, pl. 18, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description
Acrosoma tumida Taczanowski, 1879: 120, pl. 1, f. 34 (Df)
Epeira undecimtuberculata Keyserling, 1892: 92, pl. 4, f. 69 (mf)
Araneus (Acrosoma) tumidum Simon, 1895a: 818
Wagneriana 11-tuberculata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 498, pl. 47, f. 17-18 (mf)
Araneus timidus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 319 (replacement name for Acrosoma tumida, believed preoccupied by Epeira tumida Keyserling)
Araneus undecimtuberculatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 321
Wagneriana undecimtuberculata Levi, 1985a: 446 (S of Acrosoma tumida)
Wagneriana undecimtuberculata Levi, 1991b: 376, f. 24-28 (mf)
Wagneriana undecimtuberculata Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 20E-F, 21D, 43C-D, 44G-H, 63G, 70B, 97A-B, 131C-D (mf, lapsus undecimtuberculta in f. 43)
Wagneriana vallenuevo Alayón, 2011 | | Hispaniola (Dominican Rep.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044333
Wagneriana vallenuevo Alayón, 2011: 23, f. 4-6 (Df) Original description
Wagneriana vallenuevo Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 3C-D, 53I, 67B, 91E-F, 123C-D (mf)
Wagneriana vegas Levi, 1991 | | Cuba, Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017143
Wagneriana vegas Levi, 1991b: 403, f. 155-159 (Dmf) Original description
Wagneriana vegas Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 59H, 67C, 92A-B, 123E-F (mf)
Wagneriana yacuma Levi, 1991 | | Brazil, Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017144
Wagneriana yacuma Levi, 1991b: 408, f. 172-175 (Df) Original description
Wagneriana yacuma Buckup & Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996: 850, f. 2, 4 (Dm)
Wagneriana yacuma Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1063, f. 5A, 69D, 95E-F, 129C-D (mf)

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