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).

Gen. Zealaranea Court & Forster, 1988 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01580

In synonymy:

Zealaranea acincta (Urquhart, 1891, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa Walckenaer, 1841 (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)

Zealaranea aestiva (Urquhart, 1893, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea trinotata Urquhart, 1890 (Court & Forster, 1988: 72)

Zealaranea albiscutum (Urquhart, 1890, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa Walckenaer, 1841 (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)

Zealaranea albostricta (Urquhart, 1890, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa Walckenaer, 1841 (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)

Zealaranea angusticlava (Urquhart, 1893, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa Walckenaer, 1841 (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)

Zealaranea bialbimacula (Urquhart, 1887, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa Walckenaer, 1841 (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)

Zealaranea brouni olivinia (Urquhart, 1890, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea trinotata Urquhart, 1890 (Court & Forster, 1988: 72)

Zealaranea dubitabilis (Urquhart, 1890, T from Epeira) = Zealaranea crassa Walckenaer, 1841 (Dalmas, 1917a: 384, sub Araneus)

Zealaranea dumicola (Urquhart, 1889, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa Walckenaer, 1841 (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)

Zealaranea extuberata (L. Koch, 1871, T from Epeira) = Zealaranea crassa Walckenaer, 1841 (Dalmas, 1917a: 384, sub Araneus)

Zealaranea guttatum (Urquhart, 1890, T from Epeira) = Zealaranea crassa Walckenaer, 1841 (Dalmas, 1917a: 384, sub Araneus)

Zealaranea lineaacuta (Urquhart, 1887, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa Walckenaer, 1841 (Paquin et al., 2008d: 4)

Zealaranea purpurea (Urquhart, 1887, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa Walckenaer, 1841 (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)

Zealaranea similaris (Urquhart, 1891, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea crassa Walckenaer, 1841 (Court & Forster, 1988: 70)

Zealaranea sublutius (Urquhart, 1892, T from Araneus) = Zealaranea trinotata Urquhart, 1890 (Paquin et al., 2008d: 4)

Zealaranea undata (L. Koch, 1871, T from Epeira) = Zealaranea crassa Walckenaer, 1841 (Dalmas, 1917a: 384, sub Araneus)

Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1841) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017157

Epeira crassa Walckenaer, 1841: 127 (Df) Original description

Epeira extuberata L. Koch, 1871: 61, pl. 5, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058116]

Epeira undata L. Koch, 1871: 73, pl. 6, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058115]

Epeira bi-albimacula Urquhart, 1887: 81 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058110]

Epeira linea-acuta Urquhart, 1887: 90 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014983]

Epeira purpura Urquhart, 1887: 91 (Df; erroneously considered preoccupied by Vinson, 1863, see Cyrtophora citricola, and renamed by Roewer, 1942) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058113]

Epeira dumicola Urquhart, 1889a: 146 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058112]

Epeira albo-stricta Urquhart, 1890c: 240 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058108]

Epeira guttatum Urquhart, 1890c: 242, pl. 17, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058117]

Epeira dubitabilis Urquhart, 1890c: 246, pl. 17, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058118]

Epeira albi-scutum Urquhart, 1890c: 249 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058107]

Epeira acincta Urquhart, 1891a: 158 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058105]

Epeira similaris Urquhart, 1891a: 168 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058114]

Epeira angusticlava Urquhart, 1893a: 173 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058109]

Araneus crassus Dalmas, 1917a: 384, f. 51-52 (mf, T from Epeira, S of Epeira dubitabilis, E. extuberata, E. guttatum and E. undata)

Araneus bialbimacula Bryant, 1935c: 58, pl. 9, f. 13 (f)

Aranea purpurcolor Roewer, 1942a: 831 (erroneous replacement name for Epeira purpura Urquhart, 1887)

Zealaranea crassa Court & Forster, 1988: 70, f. 340-344, 363-376 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus acinctus, A. albiscutum, A. albostrictus, A. angusticlavus, A. bialbimacula, A. dumicola, A. purpurus and A. similaris)

Zealaranea crassa Paquin et al., 2008d: 4 (S of Araneus lineaacutus)

Zealaranea prina Court & Forster, 1988 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017158

Zealaranea prina Court & Forster, 1988: 74, f. 346, 390-394, 396-400 (Dmf) Original description

Zealaranea saxitalis (Urquhart, 1887) | j | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015183

Epeira saxitalis Urquhart, 1887: 82 (Dj) Original description

Zealaranea saxitalis Sirvid & Vink, 2000: 49 (Tj from Araneus)

Zealaranea trinotata (Urquhart, 1890) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017159

Epeira trinotata Urquhart, 1890c: 247 (Dm) Original description

Epeira trinotata olivinia Urquhart, 1890c: 249 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058111]

Epeira sublutia Urquhart, 1892b: 241 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015220]

Epeira aestiva Urquhart, 1893a: 174 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058106]

Aranea brounii olivinia Roewer, 1942a: 825

Zealaranea trinotata Court & Forster, 1988: 72, f. 345, 380-389 (mf, removed from S of Araneus brouni, S of Araneus aestivus and A. brouni olivinius)

Zealaranea trinotata Paquin et al., 2008d: 4 (S of Araneus sublutius)