World Spider Catalog

World Spider Catalog Archive Version 26, generated on 2026-02-02

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; Nephilinae and Phonognathinae downgraded to subfamily and Paraplectanoididae considered a synonym of Araneidae by Hormiga et al., 2023: 803; family status of Paraplectanoididae, Nephilidae and Phonognathidae revalidated by Kuntner et al., 2025: 17, 23, but not accepted here for reasons of stability; Oarcinae (Gnolus and Oarces) transferred from the Mimetidae 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); Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 241 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 consider Zygiellidae as the valid name instead of Phonognathidae and accept the family status of Nephilidae; the status of the Nephilinae and Phonognathinae (= Zygiellidae) as subfamilies is accepted by majority vote of the WSC boards; Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 list ten subfamilies and tribes as valid (besides Nephilidae and Zygiellidae): Araneinae, Argiopinae Simon, 1890a: 81 (sub Argiopidae), Cyrtarachninae Simon, 1895a: 876 (sub Cyrtarachneae), Сyrtophorinae Simon, 1895a: 876 (sub Cyrtophoreae), Gasteracanthinae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871e: 217 (sub Gasteracanthides), Micratheninae Simon, 1895a: 848 (sub Micratheneae), Guizygiellinae Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 42, Caerostrini Simon, 1895a: 831 (sub Cerostreae), Hypognathini Simon, 1895a: 871 (sub Hypognatheae) and Poltyini Simon, 1895a: 888 (sub Poltyeae).

Transferred to other families:

Alcimosphenus Simon, 1895 -- see Tetragnathidae

Andasta Simon, 1893 -- see Theridiosomatidae

Arkys Walckenaer, 1837 -- see Arkyidae

Artifex Kallal & Hormiga, 2018 -- see Phonognathidae

Artiphex Kallal & Hormiga, 2022 -- see Phonognathidae

Atimiosa Simon, 1894 -- see Tetragnathidae

Azilia Keyserling, 1882 -- see Tetragnathidae

Billima Simon, 1908 -- see Theridiidae

Cardimia Mello-Leitão, 1940 -- see Tetragnathidae

Chorizopella Lawrence, 1947 -- see Theridiidae

Chrysometa Simon, 1894 -- see Tetragnathidae

Clitaetra Simon, 1889 -- see Nephilidae

Cyathidea Simon, 1907 -- see Theridiosomatidae

Cyatholipus Simon, 1894 -- see Cyatholipidae

Deliochus Simon, 1894 -- see Phonognathidae

Demadiana Strand, 1929 -- see Arkyidae

Diphya Nicolet, 1849 -- see Tetragnathidae

Dolichognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 -- see Tetragnathidae

Epeirotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 -- see Theridiosomatidae

Helvidia Thorell, 1890 -- see Theridiidae

Herennia Thorell, 1877 -- see Nephilidae

Heterargiope Kishida, 1936 -- see Nephilidae

Homalometa Simon, 1898 -- see Tetragnathidae

Homalopoltys Simon, 1895 -- see Tetragnathidae

Indoetra Kuntner, 2006 -- see Nephilidae

Landana Simon, 1883 -- see Tetragnathidae

Leviellus Wunderlich, 2004 -- see Phonognathidae

Malkara Davies, 1980 -- see Malkaridae

Meta C. L. Koch, 1836 -- see Tetragnathidae

Metargyra F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 -- see Tetragnathidae

Metella Fage, 1931 -- see Pimoidae

Mimicosa Petrunkevitch, 1925 -- see Pisauridae

Neoprolochus Reimoser, 1927 -- see Tetragnathidae

Nephila Leach, 1815 -- see Nephilidae

Nephilengys L. Koch, 1872 -- see Nephilidae

Nephilingis Kuntner, 2013 -- see Nephilidae

Nicholasia Bryant & Archer, 1940 -- see Tetragnathidae

Ogulnius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 -- see Theridiosomatidae

Orsinome Thorell, 1890 -- see Tetragnathidae

Paraebius Thorell, 1894 -- see Tetragnathidae

Parameta Simon, 1895 -- see Tetragnathidae

Paraplectanoides Keyserling, 1886 -- see Paraplectanoididae

Parazilia Lessert, 1938 -- see Tetragnathidae

Parazygiella Wunderlich, 2004 -- see Phonognathidae

Phonognatha Simon, 1894 -- see Phonognathidae

Phricotelus Simon, 1895 -- see Mysmenidae

Prolochus Thorell, 1895 -- see Tetragnathidae

Pseudometa F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 -- see Tetragnathidae

Sancus Tullgren, 1910 -- see Tetragnathidae

Selkirkiella Berland, 1924 -- see Theridiidae

Singotypa Simon, 1894 -- see Phonognathidae

Stroemiellus Wunderlich, 2004 -- see Phonognathidae

Tecmessa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 -- see Theridiosomatidae

Theridiosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 -- see Theridiosomatidae

Timonoe Thorell, 1898 -- see Tetragnathidae

Totua Keyserling, 1891 -- see Linyphiidae

Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 -- see Nephilidae

Trichursa Simon, 1908 -- see Theridiidae

Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886 -- see Theridiosomatidae

Zygia C. L. Koch, 1834 -- see Phonognathidae

Zygiella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 -- see Phonognathidae

In synonymy:

Abbotia McCook, 1894 = Mangora O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Simon, 1895a: 793)

Abbotiana Strand, 1929 = Mangora O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Bonnet, 1955: 122, superfluous replacement name)

Acantharanea Strand, 1929 = Acantharachne Tullgren, 1910 (Strand, 1929: 17, superfluous replacement name)

Acrosoma Perty, 1833 = Micrathena Sundevall, 1833 (Simon, 1895a: 859)

Aethrodes Pocock, 1900 = Pasilobus Simon, 1895 (Simon, 1903a: 1004)

Afraranea Archer, 1951 = Neoscona Simon, 1864 (Grasshoff, 1986: 4, as a subgenus of Neoscona)

Agathostichus Simon, 1897 = Mastophora Holmberg, 1876 (Levi, 2003: 315)

Allepeira Banks, 1932 = Mecynogea Simon, 1903 (Levi, 1968a: 322)

Amamra O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 = Ocrepeira Marx, 1883 (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 483, sub Wixia)

Amamrotypus Archer, 1951 = Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Levi, 1973: 478)

Anania Thorell, 1895 = Artonis Simon, 1895 (Simon, 1895a: 922, preoccupied, replacement name)

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

Anchacantha Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Butler, 1873a: 157, described as subgenus)

Anepsia L. Koch, 1871 = Anepsion Strand, 1929 (Strand, 1929: 12, preoccupied, replacement name)

Anetes Menge, 1850 = Agalenatea Archer, 1951 (Bonnet, 1955: 325, sub Araneus, by synonymy of the type species; the genus name Anetes was supressed by Simon, 1895a: 952)

Aranea Linnaeus, 1758 = Araneus Clerck, 1757 (, Clerckian names validated by ICZN, 1959 (Direction 104); see also ICZN, 2009 (Opinion 2224))

Arcidius Simon, 1893 = Testudinaria Taczanowski, 1879 (Levi, 2005b: 188, removed from the synonym of Gnolus Simon, 1879)

Artifex Kallal & Hormiga, 2018 = Artiphex Kallal & Hormiga, 2022 (Kallal & Hormiga, 2022b: 394, preoccupied, replacement name)

Atea C. L. Koch, 1837 = Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Levi, 1991a: 171)

Atelacantha Simon, 1864 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Simon, 1895a: 845)

Austrargiope Kishida, 1936 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Yaginuma, 1959c: 21)

Brachygea Caporiacco, 1947 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Levi, 1983: 258)

Bunocrania Thorell, 1878 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Levi, 1996b: 140)

Burgessia McCook, 1894 = Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Bonnet, 1956: 917, sub nomen nudum, see note below)

Calydna O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 = Hypognatha Guérin, 1839 (Simon, 1895a: 874)

Cambridgepeira Archer, 1951 = Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Levi, 1973: 478)

Cathaistela Archer, 1958 = Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Yaginuma, 1959c: 28)

Cerceis Menge, 1866 = Cercidia Thorell, 1869 (Thorell, 1869: 37, preoccupied, replacement name)

Chaetacis Simon, 1895 = Micrathena Sundevall, 1833 (Magalhaes & Santos, 2012: 29)

Chaetargiope Kishida, 1936 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Yaginuma, 1959c: 21)

Chinestela Chamberlin, 1924 = Neoscona Simon, 1864 (Archer, 1958: 17)

Chondronephila Dahl, 1911 = Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 (Dahl, 1911: 275, as subgenus of Nephila)

Coganargiope Kishida, 1936 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Yaginuma, 1959c: 21)

Collacantha Simon, 1864 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Simon, 1864: 285, described as subgenus)

Conaranea Archer, 1951 = Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Levi, 1973: 478)

Conepeira Archer, 1951 = Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Levi, 1973: 478)

Cubanella Franganillo, 1926 = Neoscona Simon, 1864 (Berman & Levi, 1971: 469, after Bryant, 1940: 511)

Cyphagogus Günther, 1862 = Poltys C. L. Koch, 1843 (Simon, 1895a: 892)

Cyphepeira Archer, 1951 = Nuctenea Simon, 1864 (Levi, 1974b: 300)

Cyphonephila Dahl, 1911 = Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 (Dahl, 1911: 275, as subgenus of Nephila)

Cyphonetis Thorell, 1869 = Poltys C. L. Koch, 1843 (Simon, 1895a: 892, automatically with its replaced name Cyphagogus)

Cyrtogaster Keyserling, 1864 = Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1868 (Thorell, 1868b: 10, preoccupied, replacement name)

Dasynephila Dahl, 1912 = Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 (Dahl, 1912a: 63, as subgenus of Nephila)

Daturina Thorell, 1877 = Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1865 (Simon, 1895a: 894)

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

Diotherisoma Caporiacco, 1947 = Bertrana Keyserling, 1884 (Coddington, 1986: 6)

Drexelia McCook, 1892 = Larinia Simon, 1874 (Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991: 243)

Ebaea L. Koch, 1872 = Gea C. L. Koch, 1843 (Simon, 1895a: 769)

Epeira Walckenaer, 1805 = Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Simon, 1895a: 829)

Epeirella Mello-Leitão, 1941 = Eriophora Simon, 1864 (Levi, 2002: 562)

Euetria Thorell, 1887 = Cyrtophora Simon, 1864 (Simon, 1895a: 775)

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

Eunesiotes Rainbow, 1899 = Poecilopachys Simon, 1895 (Simon, 1903a: 1003)

Eurycorma Thorell, 1868 = Hypognatha Guérin, 1839 (Simon, 1895a: 874)

Eurysoma C. L. Koch, 1839 = Hypognatha Guérin, 1839 (Simon, 1895a: 874)

Gerrosoma Bradley, 1876 = Poltys C. L. Koch, 1843 (Simon, 1895a: 892)

Glyptocranium Simon, 1895 = Mastophora Holmberg, 1876 (Brèthes, 1909b: 164)

Haliger Mello-Leitão, 1943 = Kaira O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Levi, 1993c: 210, T from Theridiosomatidae)

Hapalochrota Keyserling, 1864 = Arachnura Vinson, 1863 (Lucas, 1864b: 218)

Hentzia McCook, 1894 = Mecynogea Simon, 1903 (Levi, 1968a: 322, together with its replacement name Allepeira)

Heterargiope Kishida, 1936 = Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 (Jäger, 2012c: 315, sub Nephila, by T of the type species from Argiope, after Levi, 1983: 262)

Heterocephala Holmberg, 1876 = Mastophora Holmberg, 1876 (Brèthes, 1909b: 164)

Hypophthalma Taczanowski, 1873 = Hypognatha Guérin, 1839 (Simon, 1895a: 874)

Ildibaha Keyserling, 1892 = Micrathena Sundevall, 1833 (Levi, 1985a: 440)

Inca Taczanowski, 1879 = Aspidolasius Simon, 1887 (Simon, 1887d: 187, preoccupied, replacement name)

Isacantha Simon, 1864 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Simon, 1895a: 845)

Keyserlingia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890 = Micrathena Sundevall, 1833 (Simon, 1895a: 859)

Lariniacantha Archer, 1951 = Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Levi, 1976: 388)

Lariniaria Grasshoff, 1970 = Larinia Simon, 1874 (Tanikawa, Into & Petcharad, 2025b: 88)

Larinopa Grasshoff, 1970 = Larinia Simon, 1874 (Framenau & Scharff, 2008: 242)

Lionephila Dahl, 1911 = Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 (Dahl, 1911: 276, as subgenus of Nephila)

Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 = Larinia Simon, 1874 (Tanikawa, Into & Petcharad, 2025b: 88)

Lobetina Simon, 1895 = Prasonica Simon, 1895 (Grasshoff, 1971b: 295)

Macpos Mello-Leitão, 1940 = Kaira O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Levi, 1977b: 214)

Madrepeira Levi, 1995 = Spintharidius Simon, 1893 (Levi, 2008c: 216)

Mahadeva Keyserling, 1892 = Verrucosa McCook, 1888 (McCook, 1894: 199)

Marxia McCook, 1894 = Acanthepeira Marx, 1883 (Kaston, 1938f: 259)

Mastigosoma Ausserer, 1871 = Poltys C. L. Koch, 1843 (Simon, 1895a: 892)

Meganopla Simon, 1864 = Micrathena Sundevall, 1833 (Butler, 1873b: 211, sub Acrosoma, by transfer of the type species)

Metargyope F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Roewer, 1942a: 733)

Miranda C. L. Koch, 1835 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Thorell, 1873: 518)

Mutina O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 = Hypognatha Guérin, 1839 (Simon, 1895a: 874)

Nanduti Mello-Leitão, 1945 = Testudinaria Taczanowski, 1879 (Levi, 2002: 562)

Neopora Simon, 1864 = Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Bonnet, 1955: 411)

Neosconella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 = Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Levi, 1973: 478)

Nothonephila Archer, 1958 = Nephila Leach, 1815 (Archer, 1958: 3, described as subgenus)

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

Novakia Court & Forster, 1988 = Novakiella Court & Forster, 1993 (Platnick, 1993c: 457, preoccupied, replacement name)

Paphlagon O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 = Pronous Keyserling, 1881 (Simon, 1895a: 863)

Parazygia Caporiacco, 1955 = Cyclosa Menge, 1866 (Levi, 1977a: 73)

Parepeira Mello-Leitão, 1933 = Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Levi, 1976: 388)

Paurotylus Tullgren, 1910 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Emerit, 1982c: 458)

Peltosoma Simon, 1870 = Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1868 (Simon, 1895a: 880)

Peniza Thorell, 1868 = Paraplectana Brito Capello, 1867 (Simon, 1895a: 880)

Physiola Simon, 1895 = Witica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 (Simon, 1898a: 207)

Pickardiana Mello-Leitão, 1943 = Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Levi, 1988: 472)

Plectana Walckenaer, 1841 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (McCook, 1894: 211)

Pleuromma Doleschall, 1859 = Poltys C. L. Koch, 1843 (Thorell, 1878b: 28, by T of the type species)

Poecilonephila Dahl, 1911 = Nephila Leach, 1815 (Dahl, 1911: 63, described as subgenus)

Polyacantha van Hasselt, 1882 = Aranoethra Butler, 1873 (Bonnet, 1958: 3749)

Pronarachne Mello-Leitão, 1937 = Kaira O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Levi, 1977b: 214)

Rhyncharachne Bradley, 1876 = Poltys C. L. Koch, 1843 (Simon, 1895a: 892)

Salassia Gétaz, 1893 = Witica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 (Simon, 1895a: 784, sub Salassina, confirmed by Levi, 1986b: 37)

Salassina Simon, 1895 = Witica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 (Levi, 1986b: 37)

Simonarachne Archer, 1951 = Eriovixia Archer, 1951 (Grasshoff, 1986: 118, contra Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 36)

Singotypa Simon, 1894 = Phonognatha Simon, 1894 (Dondale, 1966: 1170)

Stanneoclavis Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Simon, 1895a: 845)

Stroemiellus Wunderlich, 2004 = Leviellus Wunderlich, 2004 (Gregorič et al., 2015a: 240)

Subaraneus Caporiacco, 1948 = Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Levi, 1976: 388)

Subedricus Caporiacco, 1954 = Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Levi, 1976: 388)

Suzumia Kishida, 1943 = Cyrtophora Simon, 1864 (Yaginuma, 1958b: 10)

Thaumastobella Mello-Leitão, 1945 = Micrathena Sundevall, 1833 (Scharff, 1991: 155)

Thlaosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 = Celaenia Thorell, 1868 (L. Koch, 1872a: 236, by T of the type species, confirmed by Simon, 1895a: 897)

Tholia L. Koch, 1871 = Dolophones Walckenaer, 1837 (Simon, 1895a: 904)

Thoracites Thorell, 1898 = Thorellina Berg, 1899 (Berg, 1899: 77, preoccupied, replacement name)

Trichocharis Simon, 1895 = Caerostris Thorell, 1868 (Grasshoff, 1984: 727)

Tukaraneus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 = Eriovixia Archer, 1951 (Han & Zhu, 2010b: 2611)

Turckheimia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 = Cyclosa Menge, 1866 (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 491)

Vibradellus Chamberlin, 1925 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Bryant, 1933a: 178)

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

Zeugonephila Dahl, 1911 = Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 (Dahl, 1911: 276, as subgenus of Nephila)

Zigana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 = Pronous Keyserling, 1881 (Levi, 1995b: 168)

Zygia C. L. Koch, 1834 = Zygiella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902d: 15, preoccupied, replacement name)

Homonyms replaced:

Anania Thorell, 1895 -- see Artonis Simon, 1895 - in Simon, 1895a

Anepsia L. Koch, 1871 -- see Anepsion Strand, 1929

Artifex Kallal & Hormiga, 2018 -- see Artiphex Kallal & Hormiga, 2022 - in Kallal & Hormiga, 2022b

Calydna O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 -- see Mutina O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 - in O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876c

Cerceis Menge, 1866 -- see Cercidia Thorell, 1869 - in Thorell, 1869

Cyphagogus Günther, 1862 -- see Cyphonetis Thorell, 1869 - in Thorell, 1869

Cyrtogaster Keyserling, 1864 -- see Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1868 - in Thorell, 1868b

Eurysoma C. L. Koch, 1839 -- see Eurycorma Thorell, 1868 - in Thorell, 1868b

Hentzia McCook, 1894 -- see Allepeira Banks, 1932 - in Banks, Newport & Bird, 1932

Inca Taczanowski, 1879 -- see Aspidolasius Simon, 1887 - in Simon, 1887d

Novakia Court & Forster, 1988 -- see Novakiella Court & Forster, 1993

Thoracites Thorell, 1898 -- see Thorellina Berg, 1899

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

Zygia C. L. Koch, 1834 -- see Zygiella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 - in F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902d

Nomina dubia:

Collina Urquhart, 1891, type U. glabicira Urquhart, 1891 -- Framenau, 2019: 23

Heurodes Keyserling, 1886, type H. turritus Keyserling, 1886 -- Framenau, 2019: 19

Metimorpha Strand, in Bösenberg & Strand, 1906, type M. tullia Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 -- Kuntner, 2005b: 1278

Gen. Abba Castanheira & Framenau, 2023 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05924

type Araneus transversus Rainbow, 1912; gender feminine

Abba transversa (Rainbow, 1912) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015254

Araneus transversus Rainbow, 1912a: 197, f. 14 (Dm; f [f. 10-13] = Gea theridioides per Davies & Gallon, 1986: 233) Original description

Araneus transversus Davies & Gallon, 1986: 233 (Rainbow's f = Gea theridioides)

Abba transversa Castanheira & Framenau, 2023a: 76, f. 1A-D, 2A-B, 3, 4A-E (m, Df, T from Araneus)

Gen. Acacesia Simon, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01418

type Epeira foliata Hentz, 1847; gender feminine; syn of Acacesia hamata (Hentz, 1847)

In synonymy:

Acacesia alticeps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 = Acacesia tenella (L. Koch, 1871) (Glueck, 1994: 73, sub Acacesia cornigera)

Acacesia cornigera Petrunkevitch, 1925 = Acacesia tenella (L. Koch, 1871) (Framenau, Scharff & Levi, 2009: 23)

Acacesia folifera (Marx, 1890) = Acacesia hamata (Hentz, 1847) (Bryant, 1945a: 364)

Acacesia hallucinor (Petrunkevitch, 1911, T from Araneus) = Acacesia hamata (Hentz, 1847) (Bryant, 1945a: 364)

Acacesia nigrolineata (Caporiacco, 1955) = Acacesia hamata (Hentz, 1847) (Glueck, 1994: 70)

Acacesia pentagona Caporiacco, 1954 = Acacesia tenella (L. Koch, 1871) (Glueck, 1994: 73, sub Acacesia cornigera)

Acacesia spinulosa Mello-Leitão, 1948 = Acacesia tenella (L. Koch, 1871) (Glueck, 1994: 73, sub Acacesia cornigera)

Nomen dubium:

Acacesia peruviana Chamberlin, 1916: 244, pl. 18, f. 6 (f, Peru) -- Glueck, 1994: 73

Acacesia benigna Glueck, 1994 | | Peru, Bolivia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014406

Acacesia benigna Glueck, 1994: 77, f. 23-27 (Dmf) Original description

Acacesia graciosa Lise & Braul, 1996 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014408

Acacesia graciosa Lise & Braul, 1996: 180, f. 1-17 (Dmf) Original description

Acacesia hamata (Hentz, 1847) | | USA to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014409

Epeira hamata Hentz, 1847: 474, pl. 31, f. 10 (Dm) Original description

Epeira foliata Hentz, 1847: 475, pl. 31, f. 14 (Df; preoccupied by Fourcroy, 1785, see Larinioides cornutus)

Epeira foliata Emerton, 1884: 318, pl. 37, f. 6-10 (f, Dm)

Epeira folifera Marx, 1890a: 545, 593 (replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057193]

Epeira foliata McCook, 1894: 154, pl. 4, f. 7-8 (mf)

Acacesia foliata Simon, 1895a: 795

Acacesia foliata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 502, pl. 48, f. 1-2 (mf)

Araneus hallucinor Petrunkevitch, 1911: 296 (replacement name for Epeira hamata Hentz, thought preoccupied in Araneus by Araneus hamatus Clerck, now in Singa) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057194]

Acacesia foliata Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 331, f. 213-214 (mf)

Acacesia lanceolata Badcock, 1932: 20, f. 14 (Df)

Acacesia foliata Comstock, 1940: 523, f. 546 (f)

Acacesia hamata Bryant, 1945a: 364 (S of Acacesia folifera = foliata Hentz and Araneus hallucinor)

Acacesia hamata Kaston, 1948: 235, f. 705, 725-726 (m)

Acacesia folifera Camargo, 1953: 306, f. 7, 35-38, 42-44 (m)

Araneus nigrolineatus Caporiacco, 1955: 357, f. 36a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057195]

Acacesia hamata Levi, 1976: 375, f. 74-87 (mf)

Acacesia nigrolineata Levi, 1991a: 178 (T from Araneus)

Acacesia hamata Breene et al., 1993: 104, f. 157A-C (mf)

Acacesia hamata Glueck, 1994: 69, f. 1, 4-8 (mf, S of Acacesia nigrolineata)

Acacesia hamata Scharff & Coddington, 1997: 374, f. 15 (m)

Acacesia hamata Levi, 2002: 557, f. 287-290 (m)

Acacesia tenella (L. Koch, 1871) | | Mexico to Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017149

Epeira tenella L. Koch, 1871: 76, pl. 6, f. 5-6 (Dmf) Original description

Acacesia cornigera Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 117, f. 32-41 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014407]

Acacesia alticeps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 54, pl. 16, f. 140 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057192]

Acacesia spinulosa Mello-Leitão, 1948: 158, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057197]

Wixia tenella Archer, 1951a: 15 (T from Araneus)

Acacesia pentagona Caporiacco, 1954: 87, f. 15, 15a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057196]

Acacesia cornigera Glueck, 1994: 73, f. 2-3, 9-16 (mf, S of Acacesia alticeps, A. pentagona and A. spinulosa)

Acacesia tenella Framenau, Scharff & Levi, 2009: 23, f. 1A-D, 2A-E (mf, T from Wixia, S of Acacesia cornigera)

Acacesia villalobosi Glueck, 1994 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014410

Acacesia villalobosi Glueck, 1994: 79, f. 28-33 (Dmf) Original description

Acacesia yacuiensis Glueck, 1994 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014411

Acacesia yacuiensis Glueck, 1994: 75, f. 17-22 (Dmf) Original description

Gen. Acantharachne Tullgren, 1910 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03437

type Acantharachne cornuta Tullgren, 1910; gender feminine

N.B.: the replacement name Acantharanea Strand, 1929: 17 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05230] is unnecessary, as Acantharachne Tullgren, 1910 is not preoccupied by the differently-spelled Acantharachna in Echinodermata by Smith, 1878.

Acantharachne cornuta Tullgren, 1910 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014412

Acantharachne cornuta Tullgren, 1910: 171, f. 1, pl. 4, f. 124 (Df) Original description

Acantharanea cornuta Strand, 1929: 17 (superfluous generic replacement name)

Acantharachne giltayi Lessert, 1938 | | Congo, Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014413

Acantharachne giltayi Lessert, 1938: 451, f. 38-40 (Df) Original description

Acantharachne giltayi Emerit, 2000: 155, f. 17-18 (f)

Acantharachne lesserti Giltay, 1930 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014414

Acantharachne lesserti Giltay, 1930: 128, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Acantharachne madecassa Emerit, 2000 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037056

Acantharachne madecassa Emerit, 1978: 361, f. 2 (nomen nudum)

Acantharachne madecassa Emerit, 2000: 153, f. 12-13 (Df) Original description

Acantharachne milloti Emerit, 2000 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037057

Acantharachne milloti Emerit, 1978: 362, f. 3 (nomen nudum)

Acantharachne milloti Emerit, 2000: 154, f. 14-16 (Df) Original description

Acantharachne psyche Strand, 1913 | | Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014415

Acantharachne psyche Strand, 1913a: 389 (Df) Original description

Acantharachne regalis Hirst, 1926 | | Cameroon, Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014416

Acantharachne regalis Hirst, 1926: 1271, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Acantharachne seydeli Giltay, 1935 | | DR Congo, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014417

Acantharachne seydeli Giltay, 1935b: 10, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Acantharachne seydeli Dippenaar-Schoeman, Sander & Webb, 2022: 9, f. 1-9 (f habitus)

Gen. Acanthepeira Marx, 1883 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01419

type Epeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Marxia McCook, 1894: 192 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05933] (type Epeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805) by Kaston, 1938f: 259.

In synonymy:

Acanthepeira cerasiae (Walckenaer, 1841, T from Araneus) = Acanthepeira stellata (Walckenaer, 1805) (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 105, sub Marxia)

Acanthepeira iris (Walckenaer, 1841, T from Araneus) = Acanthepeira stellata (Walckenaer, 1805) (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 105, sub Marxia)

Nomina dubia:

Acanthepeira grisea (McCook, 1894: 195, pl. 13, f. 10, f, USA, originally in Marxia) -- Levi, 1976: 363

Acanthepeira moestella Roewer, 1942a: 777 (replacement name for Epeira moesta Keyserling, 1892: 108, pl. 5, f. 80, f, USA, preoccupied by Blackwall, 1865, see Cyclosa insulana) -- Levi, 1976: 363

Acanthepeira cherokee Levi, 1976 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014418

Acanthepeira cherokee Levi, 1976: 366, f. 24, 29-35, 42-43 (Dmf) Original description

Acanthepeira cherokee Breene et al., 1993: 103, f. 153A-B (mf)

Acanthepeira labidura (Mello-Leitão, 1943) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014419

Marxia labidura Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 184, f. 22 (Dm) Original description

Acanthepeira labidura Brignoli, 1983c: 255

Acanthepeira marion Levi, 1976 | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014420

Acanthepeira marion Levi, 1976: 368, f. 25, 36-41, 44 (Dmf) Original description

Acanthepeira stellata (Walckenaer, 1805) | | Canada, USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014421

Epeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805: 65 (Df) Original description

Epeira nobilis Walckenaer, 1841: 119 (Df)

Epeira cerasiae Walckenaer, 1841: 119 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057207]

Epeira iris Walckenaer, 1841: 120 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057208]

Plectana stellata Walckenaer, 1841: 171

Epeira stellata Hentz, 1850: 22, pl. 3, f. 12 (f)

Epeira stellata Keyserling, 1864: 140, pl. 6, f. 24-25 (f)

Acrosoma stellatum Butler, 1873b: 427

Acanthepeira stellata Marx, 1883: 22

Epeira stellata Emerton, 1884: 319, pl. 34, f. 17, pl. 37, f. 3-5 (f, Dm)

Cyrtarachne mexicana O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: pl. 14, f. 13 (f, nomen nudum)

Cyrtarachne dugesi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: 113 (Df)

Marxia nobilis McCook, 1894: 194, pl. 13, f. 7-9 (mf)

Marxia stellata McCook, 1894: 193, pl. 12, f. 4-5 (mf)

Araneus stellata Simon, 1895a: 801

Epeira stellata Emerton, 1902: 179, f. 419-420 (f)

Marxia stellata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 481, pl. 45, f. 21-22 (mf)

Araneus cerasiae Petrunkevitch, 1911: 285

Araneus iris Petrunkevitch, 1911: 298

Araneus stellatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 317 (T from Marxia)

Marxia stellata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 105 (S of Araneus cerasiae and A. iris)

Acanthepeira stellata Kaston, 1948: 234, f. 714-716, 734 (mf)

Acanthepeira venusta Bryant, 1950b: 175, f. 4-5 (m, misidentified)

Acanthepeira stellata Levi, 1976: 364, f. 12-23 (mf, designated as type species)

Acanthepeira stellata Levi, 1978b: 10, f. 12-14 (m)

Acanthepeira stellata Breene et al., 1993: 103, f. 152A-C (mf)

Acanthepeira stellata Levi, 2002: 538, f. 60-61, 220-221 (mf)

Acanthepeira stellata Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 41, f. 251-253 (mf)

Acanthepeira stellata Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1016, f. 20A-B, 22C,H, 24A-B, 26A, 30A, 33C, 40A-B, 47E, 51E, 54G, 58C, 62D, 64E, 75A-F, 109A-F (mf)

Acanthepeira venusta (Banks, 1896) | | USA, Cuba, Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014422

Plectana venusta Banks, 1896e: 69 (Df) Original description

Araneus venustus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 323 (assigned to subgenus Marxia)

Acanthepeira venusta Bryant, 1950b: 175, f. 1-3 (f, not m, f. 4-5, =A. stellata)

Acanthepeira venusta Levi, 1976: 369, f. 26-28, 45, 51-56 (f, Dm)

Gen. Acroaspis Karsch, 1878 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01420

type Acroaspis olorina Karsch, 1878; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Acroaspis tuberculifera Thorell, 1881 -- see Carepalxis

Acroaspis decorosa (Urquhart, 1894) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015877

Epeira decorosa Urquhart, 1894: 212 (Df) Original description

Eriophora decorosa Court & Forster, 1988: 110, f. 351, 531-538 (Dm, f, removed from S of E. pustulosa)

Acroaspis decorosa Framenau et al., 2010: 88 (T from Eriophora)

Acroaspis lancearia (Keyserling, 1887) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014967

Epeira lancearia Keyserling, 1887a: 157, pl. 13, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Acroaspis lancearia Framenau, 2019: 5, f. 1A-B (m, T from Araneus)

Acroaspis mamillana (Keyserling, 1887) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014999

Epeira mamillana Keyserling, 1887a: 154, pl. 12, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Acroaspis mamillana Framenau, 2019: 5, f. 2A-C (f, T from Araneus)

Acroaspis olorina Karsch, 1878 | | Australia (Western Australia, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014423

Acroaspis olorina Karsch, 1878c: 807 (Df) Original description

Acroaspis scutifer (Keyserling, 1886) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015187

Epeira scutifera Keyserling, 1886a: 152, pl. 12, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Acroaspis scutifer Framenau, 2019: 5, f. 2D-E (f, T from Araneus)

Gen. Acrosomoides Simon, 1887 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01421

type Gasteracantha chaperi Simon, 1887; gender masculine

N.B.: described as subgenus; removed from the synonymy of Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 by Benoit, 1962a: 45.

In synonymy:

Acrosomoides chaperi (Simon, 1887) = Acrosomoides linnaei (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 268, sub Gasteracantha)

Acrosomoides heterodoxa (Karsch, 1879) = Acrosomoides linnaei (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 268, sub Gasteracantha)

Acrosomoides inversa (Walckenaer, 1841) = Acrosomoides linnaei (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 268, sub Gasteracantha)

Acrosomoides acrosomoides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014425

Gasteracantha acrosomoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 289, pl. 27, f. 19 (Df) Original description

Acrosomoides acrosomoides Emerit, 1974: 61, f. 20-21, 22A-C, 26C (f, T from Gasteracantha)

Acrosomoides acrosomoides Emerit, 1982b: 154, f. 1

Acrosomoides linnaei (Walckenaer, 1841) | | West, Central, East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014426

Plectana linnaei Walckenaer, 1841: 163 (Df) Original description

Plectana inversa Walckenaer, 1841: 164 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065577]

Atelacantha heterodoxa Karsch, 1879a: 330 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065578]

Gasteracantha (Acrosomoides) chaperi Simon, 1887a: 266 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065579]

Gasteracantha (Acrosomoides) linnaei Dahl, 1914: 268 (S of Gasteracantha chaperi, G. heterodoxa and G. inversa)

Acrosomoides linnaei Benoit, 1962a: 45, f. 30-31 (f, T from Gasteracantha)

Acrosomoides linnaei Emerit, 1982c: 461, f. 3-4 (Dm)

Acrosomoides tetraedra (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Cameroon, Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014427

Plectana tetraedra Walckenaer, 1841: 166 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha tetraedra Dahl, 1914: 269, f. 9 (f)

Acrosomoides tetraedra Benoit, 1962a: 48, f. 33-34 (f, T from Gasteracantha)

Gen. Actinacantha Simon, 1864 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01422

type Plectana globulata Walckenaer, 1841; gender feminine

N.B.: described as a subgenus of Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833; elevated to genus by Emerit, 1974: 29.

Actinacantha globulata (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014428

Plectana globulata Walckenaer, 1841: 151 (Df) Original description

Actinacantha globulata Simon, 1864: 286

Gasteracantha globulata van Hasselt, 1882: 12

Actinacantha globulata Emerit, 1974: 29 (T from Gasteracantha)

Actinacantha globulata Tan et al., 2019a: 42, f. 1A, 5A-C (j, probabably related to Gasteracantha hasselti]

Gen. Actinosoma Holmberg, 1883 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01423

type Plectana pentacantha Walckenaer, 1841; gender neuter

Transferred to other genera:

Actinosoma heteracanthum Mello-Leitão, 1943 -- see Paraverrucosa

Actinosoma riscoi Archer, 1971 -- see Rubrepeira

Actinosoma pentacanthum (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Colombia to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014429

Plectana pentacantha Walckenaer, 1841: 170 (Df) Original description

Acrosoma stelligerum Thorell, 1859: 301 (Df)

Acrosoma pentacanthum Butler, 1873b: 428

Acrosoma pulcherrima Holmberg, 1876: 21 (Df)

Actinosoma pentacanthum Holmberg, 1883b: 237

Cyrtarachne quinquespinosa Keyserling, 1892: 55, pl. 3, f. 44 (Dmf)

Araneus pentacanthus Simon, 1895a: 819, f. 869

Actinosoma pentacanthum Levi, 1995b: 158, f. 1-12 (mf)

Actinosoma pentacanthum Levi, 2002: 538, f. 63-65, 255-256 (mf)

Actinosoma pentacanthum Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1016, f. 20C-D, 21B, 23B, 26C, 30D, 40C-D, 43A-B, 49D, 52E, 56D, 58G, 60J, 63A, 65B, 80A-F, 114A-G (mf)

Gen. Aculepeira Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01424

type Epeira aculeata Emerton, 1877; gender feminine; syn. of Aculepeira packardi (Thorell, 1875)

N.B.: All Neotropical species presumably misplaced (Marusik, Omelko & Simonov, 2020: 124).

Transferred to other genera:

Aculepeira callaria Levi, 1991 -- see Amazonepeira

Aculepeira tedgenica (Bakhvalov, 1978) -- see Neoscona

In synonymy:

Aculepeira aculeata (Emerton, 1877, removed from S of A. carbonarioides) = Aculepeira packardi (Thorell, 1875) (Levi, 1977b: 228)

Aculepeira aralis (Bakhvalov, 1981, T from Araneus) = Aculepeira armida (Audouin, 1826) (Mikhailov & Marusik, 2023: 225)

Aculepeira armida canescens (Simon, 1908) = Aculepeira armida (Audouin, 1826) (Levy, 1998a: 329)

Aculepeira armida pumila (Simon, 1929) = Aculepeira armida (Audouin, 1826) (Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025: 49)

Aculepeira charitonovi (Ermolajew, 1928) = Aculepeira carbonarioides (Keyserling, 1892) (Marusik, Tarabaev & Litovchenko, 1991: 15)

Aculepeira cutucensis (Kraus, 1955, T from Araneus) = Aculepeira travassosi (Soares & Camargo, 1948) (Levi, 1991a: 298)

Aculepeira helvola (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889, T from Metazygia) = Aculepeira aculifera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) (Levi, 1993a: 236)

Aculepeira hyperborea (Kulczyński, 1908) = Aculepeira carbonarioides (Keyserling, 1892) (Marusik, Tarabaev & Litovchenko, 1991: 15)

Aculepeira karabagi (Karol, 1965, T from Araneus) = Aculepeira talishia (Zawadsky, 1902) (Levi, 1977b: 236, sub A. noseki)

Aculepeira kariae (Roewer, 1942, attributed to Strand, 1920, T from Araneus) = Aculepeira talishia (Zawadsky, 1902) (Levi, 1977b: 236, sub A. noseki)

Aculepeira lencoranicus (Bakhvalov, 1983, T from Araneus) = Aculepeira talishia (Zawadsky, 1902) (Marusik, 1985b: 137)

Aculepeira melloi (Brignoli, 1983, T from Araneus) = Aculepeira albovittata (Mello-Leitão, 1941) (Levi, 1991a: 303)

Aculepeira noseki (Strand, 1907) = Aculepeira talishia (Zawadsky, 1902) (Marusik, 1985b: 137)

Aculepeira sargi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889, T from Araneus) = Aculepeira aculifera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) (Levi, 1991a: 304)

Aculepeira septentrionalis (Kulczyński, 1908, T from Araneus) = Aculepeira packardi (Thorell, 1875) (Levi, 1977b: 228)

Aculepeira sericina (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Aculepeira armida (Audouin, 1826) (Breitling et al., 2016b: 52)

Aculepeira vachoni (Karol, 1964, T from Araneus) = Aculepeira ceropegia (Walckenaer, 1802) (Levi, 1977b: 234)

Aculepeira vegae (Holm, 1970, T from Araneus) = Aculepeira carbonarioides (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi, 1977b: 230)

Aculepeira verae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 = Aculepeira packardi (Thorell, 1875) (Levi, 1977b: 228)

Aculepeira victoria (Thorell, 1870) = Aculepeira armida (Audouin, 1826) (Drensky, 1943: 244, sub Araneus)

Nomen dubium:

Aculepeira carbonaria fulva Franganillo, 1913: 128 (f, Spain, originally in Epeira) -- Breitling et al., 2016b: 51

Aculepeira aculifera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | | USA to Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014430

Epeira aculifera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 29, pl. 7, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Epeira helvola O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 24, pl. 5, f. 1-2 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058434]

Epeira sargi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 28, pl. 6, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058441]

Epeira sargi Keyserling, 1892: 123, pl. 6, f. 91 (f)

Epeira aculifera Keyserling, 1892: 207, pl. 10, f. 153 (f)

Epeira helvola Keyserling, 1893: 221, pl. 11, f. 164 (mf)

Aranea sargi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 511, pl. 49, f. 2 (f)

Aranea aculifera F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 512, pl. 49, f. 5 (f)

Aranea helvola F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 513, pl. 49, f. 10 (mf)

Araneus aculiferus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 277

Araneus helvolus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 296

Araneus sargi Petrunkevitch, 1911: 314

Metazygia helvola Levi, 1991a: 179 (T from Araneus)

Aculepeira aculifera Levi, 1991a: 304, f. 566-577 (f, T from Araneus, S of Araneus sargi)

Aculepeira aculifera Levi, 1993a: 236, f. 28 (m, S of Metazygia helvola)

Aculepeira albovittata (Mello-Leitão, 1941) | | Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014431

Neosconella albovittata Mello-Leitão, 1941f: 214, f. 20 (Df; preoccupied in Araneus by Westring, 1851, see Hypsosinga albovittata) Original description

Araneus melloi Brignoli, 1983c: 263 (replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058439]

Aculepeira albovittata Levi, 1991a: 303, f. 560-563 (f, T from Araneus, S of Araneus melloi)

Aculepeira angeloi Álvares, Loyola & De Maria, 2005 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040005

Aculepeira angeloi Álvares, Loyola & De Maria, 2005: 55, f. 1-3 (Dmf) Original description

Aculepeira annulipes (Lucas, 1838) | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014707

Epeira annulipes Lucas, 1838: 41, pl. 6, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Aranea annulipes Roewer, 1942a: 782

Aculepeira annulipes Schmidt, 1990b: 25 (T from Araneus)

Aculepeira apa Levi, 1991 | | Brazil, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014432

Aculepeira apa Levi, 1991a: 302, f. 557-559 (Df) Original description

Aculepeira apa Pamplona, Bonaldo & Pantoja, 2025: 79, f. 12A-D, 13A-D, 14A-C (Dm, f)

Aculepeira armida (Audouin, 1826) | | North Africa, Southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia to China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014433

Epeira armida Audouin, 1826: 337, pl. 2, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Epeira hirsuta Hahn, 1831a: 13, f. 9 (Df)

Epeira armida Walckenaer, 1841: 52 (Dm)

Miranda exornata C. L. Koch, 1844: 156, f. 952 (Df)

Miranda hirsuta C. L. Koch, 1847: 75, f. 1550 (f)

Epeira victoria Thorell, 1870a: 25 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058446]

Epeira armida Kulczyński, 1901b: 331, pl. 12, f. 17 (f)

Araneus armida canescens Simon, 1908a: 432 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058431]

Epeira sericea Franganillo, 1918b: 121 (Df; preoccupied by Latreille, 1806, see Argiope lobata)

Araneus armida Simon, 1929: 691, 761, f. 1067-1068 (mf)

Araneus armida pumilus Simon, 1929: 691, 762 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014435]

Aranea sericina Roewer, 1942a: 791 (replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015196]

Aranea armida Drensky, 1943: 244, f. 19 (f, S of Araneus victoria)

Araneus victoria Azheganova, 1968: 80, f. 154, 172 (mf)

Araneus armidus Brignoli, 1968d: 90, f. 1-3 (mf)

Araneus victoria Miller, 1971: 209, pl. XXXIX, f. 15-16 (f)

Araneus victoria Loksa, 1972: 95, f. 87E-F (mf)

Aculepeira armida Levi, 1977b: 236, f. 208-217 (mf, T from Araneus)

Araneus aralis Bakhvalov, 1981a: 137, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014715]

Araneus victoria Zhang, 1987: 73, f. 56.1-2 (f)

Araneus victoria Mcheidze, 1997: 270, f. 599-600 (mf)

Aculepeira armida Levy, 1998a: 329, f. 68-79 (mf, S of Aculepeira armida canescens)

Aculepeira armida Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 230, f. 131J, 145G (f)

Aculepeira armida Iorio & Herbrecht, 2016: 69, f. 1-4, 9-12 (mf)

Aculepeira armida Breitling et al., 2016b: 52 (S of Araneus sericinus)

Aculepeira armida Pintilioaie & Urák, 2022b: 30, f. 2A, 3A, 4a-c (f)

Aculepeira armida Mikhailov & Marusik, 2023: 225 (S of Araneus aralis)

Aculepeira armida Morano, 2023: 74, f. 2-5 (mf)

Aculepeira armida Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025: 49 (S of Aculepeira armida pumila)

Aculepeira armida orientalis (Kulczyński, 1901) | | Russia (Asia), China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014434

Epeira victoria orientalis Kulczyński, 1901b: 330, pl. 12, f. 16 (Df) Original description

Araneus victoria orientalis Zhang, 1987: 74, f. 57.1-2 (f)

Aculepeira armida orientalis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 230, f. 131K, 145H (f)

Aculepeira azul Levi, 1991 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014436

Aculepeira azul Levi, 1991a: 306, f. 589-591 (Df) Original description

Aculepeira busu Levi, 1991 | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014437

Aculepeira busu Levi, 1991a: 308, f. 596-599 (Df) Original description

Aculepeira carbonaria (L. Koch, 1869) | | Alps, southern Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe and Central Asia), Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014438

Epeira carbonaria L. Koch, 1869: 58 (Dm) Original description

Epeira carbonaria Simon, 1874a: 92 (Df)

Epeira carbonaria Kulczyński, 1901b: 332, pl. 12, f. 18-19 (mf)

Araneus carbonarius Lessert, 1910b: 326, f. 177-178 (mf)

Araneus carbonarius Simon, 1929: 690, 761, f. 1066 (mf)

Aculepeira carbonaria Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 75 (T from Araneus)

Aranea carbonaria Drensky, 1943: 244, f. 19 (f)

Aculepeira carbonaria Levi, 1977b: 234, f. 198-207 (mf)

Aculepeira carbonaria Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 70, f. 160 (mf)

Aculepeira carbonaria Thaler, 1991b: 50, f. 19, 22 (m)

Aculepeira carbonaria Kunt, Yagmur & Tezcan, 2008: 57, f. 2A-B (f)

Aculepeira carbonaria sinensis (Schenkel, 1953) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014440

Araneus carbonarius sinensis Schenkel, 1953b: 49, f. 23a-c (Dmf) Original description

Aculepeira carbonaria sinensis Brignoli, 1983c: 255

Araneus victoria Hu & Li, 1987a: 327, f. 9.1-4, 10.1-2 (mf; misidentified per Hu, 2001: 435, contra Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 230, who listed it under Aculepeira armida)

Aculepeira carbonaria sinensis Hu & Wu, 1989: 81, f. 60.1-9 (mf)

Aculepeira carbonaria sinensis Yin et al., 1997d: 103, f. 30a-i (mf)

Aculepeira carbonaria sinensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 230, f. 131L-N, 132F-G, 145I (mf)

Aculepeira carbonaria sinensis Hu, 2001: 435, f. 280.1-7 (mf)

Aculepeira carbonaria sinensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 181, f. 106A-F (mf)

Aculepeira carbonaria sinensis Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 96, f. 65A-G (mf)

Aculepeira carbonarioides (Keyserling, 1892) | | Russia (Europe to Far East), Alaska, Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014441

Epeira carbonaria Emerton, 1884: 315, pl. 33, f. 18, pl. 36, f. 18-19 (mf; misidentified per Levi, 1977b: 230)

Epeira carbonarioides Keyserling, 1892: 206, pl. 10, f. 152 (Df) Original description

Epeira carbonarioides McCook, 1894: 158, pl. 5, f. 9 (f, Dm)

Epeira carbonaria Emerton, 1894: 405, pl. 1, f. 4b, d (mf; misidentified per Levi, 1977b: 230)

Araneus hyperboreus Kulczyński, 1908b: 45, pl. 2, f. 58 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058435]

Aranea charitonovi Ermolajev, 1928a: 209, f. 1-3 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058432]

Araneus vegae Holm, 1970: 198, f. 25-27, 29-31 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058444]

Aculepeira charitonovi Levi, 1977b: 230 (T from Araneus)

Aculepeira hyperborea Levi, 1977b: 230 (T from Araneus)

Aculepeira carbonarioides Levi, 1977b: 230, f. 162-173, 182-186 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus vegae)

Aculepeira carbonoides Coddington, 1990: 14, f. 58 (m)

Aculepeira carbonarioides Marusik, Tarabaev & Litovchenko, 1991: 15 (S of Aculepeira charitonovi and A. hyperborea)

Aculepeira carbonoides Scharff & Coddington, 1997: 374, f. 12 (m)

Aculepeira carbonarioides Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 42, f. 254-256 (mf)

Aculepeira carbonarioides Dondale et al., 2003: 179, f. 387-394 (mf)

Aculepeira ceropegia (Walckenaer, 1802) | | Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014442

Aranea ceropegia Walckenaer, 1802: 199 (Df) Original description

Epeira ceropegia Walckenaer, 1805: 33

Epeira sclopetaria Hahn, 1834: 46, f. 131 (mf; misidentified per Wiehle, 1931: 100)

Miranda ceropegia C. L. Koch, 1838b: 51, f. 370 (f, Dm)

Epeira ceropegia Blackwall, 1864a: 347, pl. 25, f. 250 (mf)

Miranda ceropegia Menge, 1866: 72, pl. 11, f. 17 (mf)

Epeira ceropegia Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 132, pl. 5, f. 19 (mf)

Epeira ceropegia Bösenberg, 1901: 32, pl. 2, f. 16 (mf)

Epeira ceropegia Kulczyński, 1901b: 332, pl. 12, f. 20 (m)

Araneus ceropegius Lessert, 1910b: 324

Araneus ceropegia Simon, 1929: 688, 761, f. 1064, 1065 (mf)

Aranea ceropegia Wiehle, 1931: 100, f. 151-155 (mf)

Aranea ceropegia Drensky, 1943: 244, f. 19 (mf)

Araneus ceropegius Locket & Millidge, 1953: 138, f. 91A-C (mf)

Aranea ceropegia Zamaraev, 1964: 356, f. 51-52 (f)

Araneus vachoni Karol, 1964: 188, f. 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058443]

Araneus ceropegius Tystshenko, 1971: 196, f. 585 (f)

Araneus ceropegius Loksa, 1972: 94, f. 86, 87A-D (mf)

Araneus ceropegius Bakhvalov, 1974: 109, f. 39-42 (mf; probably misidentified, per Komnenov, 2014: 98)

Araneus ceropegius Palmgren, 1974a: 30, f. 12l-o (mf)

Aculepeira ceropegia Punda, 1975b: 30, f. 34-36 (mf)

Aculepeira ceropegia Levi, 1977b: 234, f. 175, 187-197 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus vachoni)

Aculepeira ceropegia Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 70, f. 159 (mf)

Aculepeira ceropegia Thaler, 1991b: 50, f. 18, 21 (m)

Aculepeira ceropegia Roberts, 1995: 324, f. (mf)

Araneus ceropegius Mcheidze, 1997: 269, f. 597-598 (f)

Aculepeira ceropegia Roberts, 1998: 337, f. (mf)

Aculepeira ceropegia Blick & Nentwig, 2003: 38, f. 5-8 (f)

Aculepeira ceropegia Almquist, 2006: 133, f. 146a-h (mf)

Aculepeira ceropegia Pintilioaie & Urák, 2022b: 41, f. 2B, 3B, 4d-f (f)

Aculepeira ceropegia Morano, 2023: 75, f. 6-7 (mf)

Aculepeira escazu Levi, 1991 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014443

Aculepeira escazu Levi, 1991a: 306, f. 585-588 (Df) Original description

Aculepeira gravabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | | Honduras to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014444

Epeira gravabilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 33, pl. 5, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Epeira gravabilis Keyserling, 1892: 122, pl. 6, f. 90 (f)

Araneus gravabilis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 295

Aculepeira gravabilis Levi, 1991a: 304, f. 578-584 (Tf from Araneus)

Aculepeira lapponica (Holm, 1945) | | Sweden, Finland, Russia (Europe to West Siberia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014969

Aranea lapponica Holm, 1945b: 61, f. 20a-b (Df) Original description

Araneus lapponicus Palmgren, 1974a: 30, f. 12p-t (f, Dm)

Araneus lapponicus Brignoli, 1983c: 257

Aculepeira lapponica Blick & Nentwig, 2003: 39, f. 1, 3 (Tmf from Araneus)

Aculepeira lapponica Almquist, 2006: 133, f. 147a-c (f)

Aculepeira luosangensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014445

Araneus ceropegius Hu & Li, 1987b: 262, f. 9.1-5 (mf, misidentified)

Aculepeira luosangensis Yin et al., 1990: 10, f. 17-26 (Dmf) Original description

Aculepeira luosangensis Yin et al., 1997d: 104, f. 31a-j (mf)

Aculepeira luosangensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 230, f. 131O-Q, 132H-I, 145J (mf)

Aculepeira luosangensis Hu, 2001: 436, f. 281.1-8 (mf)

Aculepeira machu Levi, 1991 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014446

Aculepeira machu Levi, 1991a: 302, f. 553-556 (Df) Original description

Aculepeira matsudae Tanikawa, 1994 | | Russia (Far East), Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014447

Aculepeira matsudae Tanikawa, 1994c: 180, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Aculepeira matsudae Tanikawa, 2007c: 74, f. 209, 631-632 (mf)

Aculepeira matsudae Tanikawa, 2009: 450, f. 210-211 (mf)

Aculepeira matsudae Marusik, Omelko & Simonov, 2020: 125, f. 1-18 (mf)

Aculepeira morenoae Rubio, Izquierdo & Piacentini, 2013 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045725

Aculepeira morenoae Rubio, Izquierdo & Piacentini, 2013: 549, f. 1-30 (Dmf) Original description

Aculepeira packardi (Thorell, 1875) | | North America, Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014448

Epeira packardii Thorell, 1875d: 490 (Dm) Original description

Epeira aculeata Emerton, 1877: 528 (Df; preoccupied by Latreille, 1806, see Micrathena spinosa) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058430]

Epeira carbonaria Keyserling, 1892: 204, pl. 9, f. 151 (mf; misidentified per Levi, 1977b: 228)

Epeira carbonaria McCook, 1894: 157, pl. 6, f. 1-2 (mf; misidentified per Levi, 1977b: 228)

Epeira aculeata Emerton, 1894: 405, pl. 1, f. 4 (f, Dm)

Araneus septentrionalis Kulczyński, 1908b: 47, pl. 2, f. 57 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058442]

Araneus aculeatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 277

Araneus septentrionalis Schenkel, 1930b: 24, f. 9a-b (Dm)

Aculepeira packardi Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 75 (removed from S of A. carbonaria)

Aculepeira verae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942a: 75, f. 215-216 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058445]

Aculepeira verae Levi & Field, 1954: 448, f. 26, 28 (mf)

Aculepeira packardi Holm, 1970: 201, f. 28 (m)

Aculepeira packardi Levi, 1977b: 228, f. 148-161, 174, 176-181 (mf, S of Aculeperia aculeata, A. verae and Araneus septentrionalis)

Aculepeira packardi Yin et al., 1990: 12, f. 27-34 (mf)

Aculepeira packardi Yin et al., 1997d: 106, f. 32a-i (mf)

Aculepeira packardi Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 230, f. 132A-C, J-K. 145K (mf)

Aculepeira packardi Hu, 2001: 438, f. 282.1-8 (mf)

Aculepeira packardi Levi, 2002: 543, f. 130-131, 199 (mf)

Aculepeira packardi Blick & Nentwig, 2003: 39, f. 2, 4 (f)

Aculepeira packardi Dondale et al., 2003: 177, f. 378-386 (mf)

Aculepeira serpentina Guo & Zhang, 2010 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043753

Aculepeira serpentina Guo & Zhang, 2010: 261, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Aculepeira sogdiana (Charitonov, 1969) | | Uzbekistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015204

Araneus sogdianus Charitonov, 1969: 79, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Aculepeira sogdiana Mikhailov, 1997c: 112 (T from Araneus)

Aculepeira sogdiana Mikhailov & Marusik, 2023: 226 (T from Araneus confirmed)

Aculepeira taibaishanensis Zhu & Wang, 1995 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014449

Aculeperia taibaishanensis Zhu & Wang, 1995a: 165, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Aculepeira taibaishanensis Yin et al., 1997d: 107, f. 33a-e (mf)

Aculepeira taibaishanensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 230, f. 132D-E, L-M, 145L (mf)

Aculepeira talishia (Zawadsky, 1902) | | Turkey, Iran, Caucasus to Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014450

Epeira talishia Zawadsky, 1902: 4 (D) Original description

Araneus similis Nosek, 1905b: 131 (Dmf; preoccupied by Keyserling, 1885, see Araneus guttatus)

Aranea noseki Strand, 1907m: 396 (replacement name for A. similis) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058440]

Aranea kariae Roewer, 1942a: 788 (lapsus for A. noseki) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058437]

Araneus karabagi Karol, 1965: 111, f. 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058436]

Aculepeira noseki Levi, 1977b: 236, f. 218-225 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus karabagi and A. kariae)

Araneus lencoranicus Bakhvalov, 1983: 93, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058438]

Aculepeira talishia Marusik, 1985b: 137 (T from Araneus, S of Araneus lencoranicus and A. noseki = similis)

Aculepeira talishia Thaler, 1991b: 50, f. 20, 23 (m)

Aculepeira talishia Seropian, Otto & Bulbulashvili, 2023: 148, f. 13-15, Suppl.: 4 f. (f)

Aculepeira travassosi (Soares & Camargo, 1948) | | Mexico to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014451

Neosconella travassosi Soares & Camargo, 1948a: 377, f. 33-34 (Df) Original description

Neosconella cutucensis Kraus, 1955b: 23, f. 67-69 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058433]

Araneus cutucensis Brignoli, 1983c: 262

Araneus travassosi Brignoli, 1983c: 263

Aculepeira travassosi Levi, 1991a: 298, f. 543-547 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus cutucensis)

Aculepeira travassosi Levi, 2002: 543, f. 128-129 (f)

Aculepeira travassosi Dierkens, 2012a: 24, f. 1, 33 (f)

Aculepeira visite Levi, 1991 | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014452

Parawixia darlingtoni Bryant, 1945a: 382, f. 21 (f only, not male holotype)

Aculepeira visite Levi, 1991a: 307, f. 592-595 (Df) Original description

Aculepeira vittata (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1948) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014453

Metepeira vittata Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1948: 17, f. 26-27 (Df) Original description

Aculepeira vittata Levi, 1991a: 300, f. 548-552 (Tf from Metepeira, Dm)

Gen. Acusilas Simon, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01425

type Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:

Acusilas rufoniger Franganillo, 1930 -- see Leucauge

Acusilas rufoniger maculatus Franganillo, 1930 -- see Leucauge

In synonymy:

Acusilas gentingensis Murphy & Murphy, 1983 = Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895 (Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 18)

Acusilas vicitrus (Sherriffs, 1928) = Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895 (Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018c: 391)

Nomen nudum:

Acusilas indicus Sebastian, Sudhikumar, Mathew & Samson, in Sebastian & Peter, 2009: 122, 436, pl. 12 (mf, India) -- Sebastian & Peter, 2009, description is invalid as no deposition of the types is stated, see ICZN Article 16.4.2

Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895 | | Sierra Leone, Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon, Tanzania, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014454

Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895a: 785, f. 849 (Df) Original description

Acusilas africanus Murphy & Murphy, 1983b: 119, f. 7-8 (f)

Acusilas africanus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 15, f. 9A-C, 12B, 13B, 15A-B, 16A-E, 17A-B (f, Dm)

Acusilas africanus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 7, p. 6: 1 unnumbered f., p. 7: 6 unnumbered f. (f)

Acusilas callidus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041729

Acusilas callidus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 25, f. 27, 28A-B (Df) Original description

Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895 | | India, China to Indonesia (Moluccas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014455

Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895a: 785 (Df) Original description

Phonognatha vicitra Sherriffs, 1928: 183, f. 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014069]

Acusilas coccineus Uyemura, 1939b: 142, f. a-f (f)

Acusilas coccineus Yaginuma, 1960: 59, f. 58 (f)

Acusilas coccineus Namkung, 1964: 37, f. 23 (f)

Acusilas coccineus Yaginuma, 1971: 59, f. 58 (f)

Acusilas coccineus Murphy & Murphy, 1983b: 117, f. 3-6 (f)

Acusilas gentingensis Murphy & Murphy, 1983b: 122, f. 18-20 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014457]

Acusilas coccineus Hu, 1984: 88, f. 78.1-2 (f)

Acusilas coccineus Yaginuma, 1986a: 116, f. 61.2 (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Chikuni, 1989b: 75, f. 40 (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Chen & Zhang, 1991: 112, f. 106.1-3 (f)

Acusilas coccineus Yin et al., 1997d: 109, f. 35a-d (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 230, f. 133A-D, 145M (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Namkung, 2002: 256, f. 19.18a-b (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Kim & Kim, 2002: 177, f. 1, 70-71, 156-157 (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Namkung, 2003: 257, f. 19.17a-b (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Shin, 2007: 163, f. 11A-H (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Tanikawa, 2007c: 90, f. 279-281, 746-747 (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 176, f. 17B-D (m)

Acusilas coccineus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 18, f. 7A-B, 10A-D, 11A-B, 12A, 13A, 18A-B, 19A-E, 20A-B, 21A-B (mf, S of Acusilas gentingensis)

Acusilas coccineus Tanikawa, 2009: 461, f. 317-318 (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Yin et al., 2012: 587, f. 282a-d (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Kim & Lee, 2012b: 12, f. 3A-C, pl. 1 (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 41, 4 f. (mf)

Acusilas coccineus Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 11, f. 48-52, 176 (f)

Acusilas coccineus Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018c: 391, f. 1A-E, 2A-G (mf, S of Phonognatha vicitra)

Acusilas dahoneus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014456

Acusilas dahoneus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 584, f. 363a-e (Df) Original description

Acusilas dahoneus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 22, f. 22, 23A-B (f)

Acusilas lepidus (Thorell, 1898) | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014458

Argiope lepida Thorell, 1898: 337 (Dm) Original description

Acusilas lepidus Levi, 1983: 260 (T from Argiope)

Acusilas lepidus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 23 (probably misplaced in this genus)

Acusilas lepidus Levi & Santos, 2013: 222, f. 1 (m)

Acusilas malaccensis J. Murphy & F. Murphy, 1983 | | China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014459

Acusilas malaccensis Murphy & Murphy, 1983b: 119, f. 9-17 (Dmf) Original description

Acusilas malaccensis Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 24, f. 4-5, 6A-B, 8A-B, 24A-B, 25A-F, 26A-B (mf)

Acusilas spiralis Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041730

Acusilas spiralis Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 28, f. 29, 30A-B (Dm) Original description

Acusilas tongi Mi & Li, 2021 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053580

Acusilas tongi Mi & Li, 2021b: 51, f. 1A-C, 2A-H, 20A (Dmf) Original description

Acusilas vei Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041731

Acusilas vei Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 29, f. 31, 32A-B (Dm) Original description

Acusilas vilei Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041732

Acusilas vilei Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 30, f. 33, 34A-B (Dm) Original description

Gen. Aethriscus Pocock, 1902 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01427

type Aethriscus olivaceus Pocock, 1902; gender masculine

Aethriscus olivaceus Pocock, 1902 | | DR Congo, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014462

Aethriscus olivaceus Pocock, 1902b: 329 (Df) Original description

Aethriscus olivaceus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 9, p. 8: 1 unnumbered f., p. 9: 2 unnumbered f. (f habitus)

Aethriscus pani Lessert, 1930 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014463

Aethriscus pani Lessert, 1930: 663, f. 33-34 (Df) Original description

Gen. Aethrodiscus Strand, 1913 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01428

type Aethrodiscus transversalis Strand, 1913; gender masculine

Aethrodiscus transversalis Strand, 1913 | | Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014464

Aethrodiscus transversalis Strand, 1913a: 387 (Df) Original description

Gen. Aetrocantha Karsch, 1879 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01429

type Aetrocantha falkensteini Karsch, 1879; gender feminine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 by Benoit, 1962a: 43; not a senior synonym of Paurotylus Tullgren, 1910 (Emerit, 1982c: 458, contra Benoit, 1964a: 47).

In synonymy:

Aetrocantha galeata (Simon, 1887, T from Isoxya) = Aetrocantha falkensteini Karsch, 1879 (Benoit, 1964a: 47)

Aetrocantha falkensteini Karsch, 1879 | | West, Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014465

Aetrocantha falkensteinii Karsch, 1879a: 332 (Df) Original description

Isoxia falkensteini Simon, 1887a: 268

Isoxia galeata Simon, 1887a: 269, pl. 6, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057826]

Gasteracantha galeata Simon, 1895a: 843, f. 891 (f)

Gasteracantha galeata Simon, 1907d: 301 (Dm)

Gasteracantha falkensteini Dahl, 1914: 255

Isoxya galeata Benoit, 1962a: 23, f. 16 (T from Gasteracantha)

Aetrocantha falkensteini Benoit, 1962a: 43, f. 28-29 (f, T from Gasteracantha)

Aetrocantha falkensteini Benoit, 1964a: 47 (S of Isoxya galeata and Paurotylus depressus [rejected by Emerit, 1982c: 458, see Gasteracantha milvoides])

Aetrocantha falkensteini Emerit, 1982c: 459, f. 1-3, pl. 1, f. 1B, pl. 2 (m)

Gen. Afracantha Dahl, 1914 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01430

type Afracantha batesi Dahl, 1914; gender feminine; syn. of Afracantha camerunensis (Thorell, 1899)

N.B.: described as a subgenus of Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833; elevated to genus by Emerit, 1974: 29.

In synonymy:

Afracantha batesi (Pocock, 1900, T from Gasteracantha) = Afracantha camerunensis (Thorell, 1899) (Benoit, 1962a: 25, sub Isoxya )

Afracantha camerunensis (Thorell, 1899) | | Cameroon, DR Congo, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014466

Gasteracantha brevispina camerunensis Thorell, 1899: 65 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha batesi Pocock, 1900g: 858, pl. 56, f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060880]

Gasteracantha (Afracantha) batesi Dahl, 1914: 252, f. 7 (f, S of Gasteracantha brevispina camerunensis)

Isoxya camerunensis Benoit, 1962a: 25, f. 18 (f, T from Gasteracantha, removed from S of Gasteracantha batesi, rejecting Dahl, 1914: 252, S of Gasteracantha batesi)

Afracantha camerunensis Emerit, 1974: 29 (T from Isoxya)

Gasteracantha camerunensis Levi, 1996b: 143, f. 313-321 (f)

Afracantha camerunensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 11, p. 10: 4 unnumbered f., p. 11: 7 unnumbered f. f (f)

Gen. Agalenatea Archer, 1951 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01431

type Araneus redii Scopoli, 1763; gender feminine

N.B.: considered valid by Grasshoff, 1976: 149; considered a junior synonym of Anetes Menge, 1850: 71 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05995] (type A. coeletron Menge, 1850) by Bonnet, 1955: 325 (sub Araneus, by synonymy of the type species; the genus name Anetes was supressed by Simon, 1895a: 952); Breitling, 2019b: 23 discusses Agalenatea might be a subgenus of Araneus (based mainly on COI, see FAQ 7).

Transferred to other genera:

Agalenatea angulopicta (Schenkel, 1953) -- see Alenatea

Agalenatea arcopicta (Schenkel, 1953) -- see Alenatea

Agalenatea davidi (Schenkel, 1963) -- see Alenatea

Agalenatea fuscocolorata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Alenatea

In synonymy:

Agalenatea aldrovandi (Scopoli, 1763, T from Aranea) = Agalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763) (Simon, 1874a: 90, sub Epeira)

Agalenatea biocellata (Canestrini, 1868, T from Epeira) = Agalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763) (Simon, 1929: 761, sub Araneus)

Agalenatea coeletron (Menge, 1850) = Agalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763) (Bonnet, 1955: 326, sub Araneus)

Agalenatea cratera (Walckenaer, 1802, T from Aranea) = Agalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763) (Thorell, 1870a: 18, sub Epeira sollers)

Agalenatea modesta (Simon, 1890, T from Neoscona) = Agalenatea liriope (L. Koch, 1875) (Grasshoff & van Harten, 2007: 155)

Agalenatea modestella (Strand, 1907) = Agalenatea liriope (L. Koch, 1875) (Roewer, 1942a: 811, sub Aranea)

Agalenatea myabora (Walckenaer, 1802) = Agalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763) (Simon, 1929: 761, sub Araneus)

Agalenatea solers (Walckenaer, 1805) = Agalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763) (Simon, 1874a: 90, sub Epeira)

Agalenatea liriope (L. Koch, 1875) | | Ethiopia, Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014988

Epeira liriope L. Koch, 1875b: 19, pl. 2, f. 3 (Dm) Original description

Epeira modesta Simon, 1890a: 104 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016723]

Aranea modestella Strand, 1907m: 422 (superfluous replacement name, see Araneus thorelli) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061437]

Aranea modesta Roewer, 1942a: 811 (S of Aranea modestella)

Neoscona modesta Levy, 1998a: 338 (T from Araneus)

Agalenatea liriope Grasshoff & van Harten, 2007: 155 (T from Araneus, S of Neoscona modesta; N.B.: see note under Araneus cardioceros)

Agalenatea redii (Scopoli, 1763) | | Azores, Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014467

Aranea redii Scopoli, 1763: 394 (D) Original description

Aranea aldrovandi Scopoli, 1763: 394 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061438]

Aranea cratera Walckenaer, 1802: 197 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061439]

Aranea myabora Walckenaer, 1802: 198 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066490]

Aranea cratera Panzer, 1804: 66, pl. 49, f. 5 (f)

Epeira cratera Walckenaer, 1805: 59

Epeira solers Walckenaer, 1805: 60 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061440]

Epeira myabora Walckenaer, 1805: 59

Epeira agalena Hahn, 1834: 29, f. 115 (f; misidentified per Thorell, 1870a: 18)

Epeira cratera Walckenaer, 1841: 35 (Dm)

Epeira solers Walckenaer, 1841: 41 (Df)

Atea sclopetaria C. L. Koch, 1844: 134, f. 934-935 (mf; misidentified per Thorell, 1870a: 18)

Anetes coeletron Menge, 1850: 71 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058153]

Epeira sollers Westring, 1861: 41 (Dm)

Epeira solers Blackwall, 1864a: 336, pl. 24, f. 243 (mf)

Epeira solers Menge, 1866: 63, pl. 9, f. 11 (mf)

Epeira biocellata Canestrini, 1868a: 173 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061442]

Epeira biocellata Canestrini, 1868c: 201 (Dm)

Epeira sollers Thorell, 1870a: 18 (S of Aranea cratera)

Epeira redii Simon, 1874a: 90 (mf, S of Aranea aldrovandi and Epeira solers)

Epeira redii Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 131, pl. 5, f. 17 (mf)

Araneus coeletron Simon, 1895a: 952 (supression of the genus name Anetes)

Epeira redii Becker, 1896: (2): 29, pl. 6, f. 2 (mf)

Epeira redii Bösenberg, 1901: 38, pl. 2, f. 24 (mf)

Araneus redii Lessert, 1910b: 323

Araneus redii Fedotov, 1912a: 84, f. 29-30 (mf)

Araneus redii Simon, 1929: 688, 761, f. 1050, 1064 (mf, S of Epeira biocellata and E. myabora [removed from S of Araneus triguttatus, rejecting Simon, 1874a: 88])

Aranea redii Wiehle, 1931: 97, f. 146-150 (mf)

Aranea redii Drensky, 1943: 243, f. 21 (mf)

Agalenatea redii Archer, 1951c: 1, f. 1 (m, T from Araneus)

Araneus redii Locket & Millidge, 1953: 139, f. 93A-C (mf)

Araneus redii Bonnet, 1955: 326 (S of Araneus coeletron)

Aranea redii Zamaraev, 1964: 357, f. 58-60 (mf)

Araneus redii Azheganova, 1968: 79, f. 162, 169 (mf)

Araneus redii Tystshenko, 1971: 196, f. 579, 587 (f)

Araneus redii Miller, 1971: 210, pl. XXXIX, f. 5-6 (mf)

Araneus redii Loksa, 1972: 80, f. 70A-D (mf)

Araneus redii Bakhvalov, 1974: 111, f. 76-80 (mf)

Agalenatea redii Punda, 1975b: 31, f. 37-38 (f)

Agalenatea redii Roberts, 1985: 214, f. 96a (mf)

Araneus redii Hu & Wu, 1989: 93, f. 69.1-3 (f)

Agalenatea redii Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 70, f. 161 (mf)

Agalenatea redii Roberts, 1995: 325, f. (mf)

Araneus redii Mcheidze, 1997: 273, f. 613-616 (mf)

Agalenatea redii Yin et al., 1997d: 115, f. 40a-c (f)

Agalenatea redii Roberts, 1998: 338, f. (mf)

Agalenatea redii Levy, 1998a: 333, f. 88-95 (mf)

Agalenatea redii Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 230, f. 133E-F, 145N (f)

Agalenatea redii Almquist, 2006: 135, f. 148a-k (mf)

Agalenatea redii Morano, 2023: 76, f. 8-12 (mf)

Gen. Alenatea Song & Zhu, 1999 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01434

type Aranea fuscocolorata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Alenatea angulopicta (Schenkel, 1953) = Alenatea fuscocolorata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Ma & Tu, 1987: 52, sub Neoscona)

Alenatea arcopicta (Schenkel, 1953) = Alenatea fuscocolorata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Ma & Tu, 1987: 51, sub Neoscona)

Alenatea davidi (Schenkel, 1963) = Alenatea fuscocolorata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Ma & Tu, 1987: 52, sub Neoscona)

Alenatea fuscocoloratoides (Namkung, 2002) = Alenatea acusiseta (Zhu & Song, 1994) (Namkung, 2003: 255, sub Araneus)

Alenatea acusiseta (Zhu & Song, 1994) | | China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014661

Araneus acusisetus Zhu & Song in Zhu et al., 1994: 27, f. 2A-C (Dm) Original description

Araneus acusisetus Yin et al., 1997d: 143, f. 58a-c (m)

Araneus acusisetus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 236, f. 134K-L, 146K (m)

Araneus acusisetus Tanikawa, 2001b: 83, f. 73-74, 77-78 (m, Df)

Araneus fuscocoloratoides Namkung, 2002: 254, 620, f. 19.16a-b (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061283]

Araneus acusisetus Namkung, 2003: 255, f. 19.15a-b (mf, S of Araneus fuscocoloratoides)

Araneus acusisetus Tanikawa, 2007c: 82, f. 238-239, 679-680 (mf)

Araneus acusisetus Tanikawa, 2009: 455, f. 255-256 (mf)

Araneus acusisetus Kim & Lee, 2012b: 17, f. 6A-C (mf)

Alenatea acusiseta Marusik et al., 2020: 493 (T from Araneus)

Alenatea fuscocolorata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | | Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014476

Aranea fuscocolorata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 224, pl. 4, f. 29, pl. 12, f. 298 (Dmf) Original description

Aranea fuscocolorata Strand, 1918: 95, pl. 2, f. 25-26 (f)

Araneus fuscoloratus Nakatsudi, 1942a: 306, f. 12-14 (f)

Araneus arcopictus Schenkel, 1953b: 50, f. 25a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061281]

Araneus angulopictus Schenkel, 1953b: 53, f. 26a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061280]

Neoscona fuscocolorata Yaginuma, 1955a: 19, pl. I, f. 6, 14 (mf, T from Araneus)

Catheistela fuscocolorata Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 36 (lapsus, T from Neoscona)

Agalenatea angulopicta Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 37 (T from Araneus)

Agalenatea arcopicta Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 37 (T from Araneus)

Araneus fuscocoloratus Yaginuma, 1960: 52, f. 48 (f)

Araneus davidi Schenkel, 1963: 172, f. 100a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061282]

Araneus fuscocoloratus Lee, 1966: 39, f. 10h-i (f)

Araneus fuscocoloratus Yaginuma, 1971: 52, f. 48 (f)

Araneus angulopictus Hu, 1984: 89, f. 80.1-2 (f)

Neoscona fuscocolorata Hu, 1984: 93, f. 86.1-2 (mf)

Araneus arcopictus Zhu & Shi, 1985: 69, f. 56a-e (f, Dm)

Araneus fuscocoloratus Grasshoff, 1986: 118 (T from Neoscona)

Neoscona fuscolorata Yaginuma, 1986a: 105, f. 55.9 (f)

Araneus fuscocoloratus Yaginuma, 1986c: 187, f. 1B, D (mf)

Neoscona angulopictus Zhang, 1987: 83, f. 67.1-2 (f)

Neoscona fuscocolorata Zhang, 1987: 85, f. 69.1-5 (mf)

Neoscona fuscocolorata Ma & Tu, 1987: 51, f. 1 (mf, S of Neoscona angulopicta, N. arcopicta and N. davidi)

Araneus fuscocoloratus Chikuni, 1989b: 70, f. 27 (mf)

Agalenatea arcopicta Yin et al., 1997d: 112, f. 37a-c (f)

Agalenatea davidi Yin et al., 1997d: 113, f. 38a-b (f, T from Araneus)

Agalenatea fuscocolorata Yin et al., 1997d: 113, f. 39a-g (mf, T from Araneus)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 235, f. 6B, 133H-K, 146A-B (mf, T from Agalenatea)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 183, f. 107A-G (mf)

Araneus fuscoloratus Namkung, 2002: 253, f. 19.15a-b (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Kim & Kim, 2002: 178, f. 2, 72-73, 158 (mf)

Alenatea fuscocoloratus Namkung, 2003: 256, f. 19.16a-b (mf, lapsus)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Shin, 2007: 166, f. 12A-G (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Tanikawa, 2007c: 77, f. 213, 637-638 (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Tanikawa, 2009: 455, f. 253-254 (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 196, f. 137A-G (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Yin et al., 2012: 588, f. 283a-g (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Kim & Lee, 2012b: 13, f. 4A-C (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Marusik et al., 2020: 490, f. 1-4, 9-10, 13-15, 19-21, 25-26 (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 99, f. 66A-D (mf)

Alenatea fuscocolorata Suzuki et al., 2025: 51, f. 9A (m)

Alenatea touxie Song & Zhu, 1999 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014477

Agalenatea angulopicta Yin et al., 1997d: 111, f. 36a-d (f; misidentified per Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 235)

Alenatea touxie Song & Zhu in Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 235 (Df) Original description

Alenatea touxie Yin et al., 2012: 590, f. 284a-d (f)

Alenatea touxie Marusik et al., 2020: 493 (possible S of Alenatea wangi)

Alenatea wangi Zhu & Song, 1999 | | China, Russia (Far East) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014478

Alenatea wangi Zhu & Song in Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 235, f. 133L-N (Df) Original description

Alenatea touxie Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 185, f. 108A-C (f; misidentified per Marusik et al., 2020: 492)

Alenatea cf. wangi Simonov, 2020: 115, f. 2a-d (f)

Alenatea wangi Marusik et al., 2020: 492, f. 5-8, 11-12, 16-18, 22-24, 27-28 (Dm, f)

Gen. Allocyclosa Levi, 1999 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01435

type Cyrtophora bifurca McCook, 1887; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Allocyclosa furcata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898, T from Cyclosa) = Allocyclosa bifurca (McCook, 1887) (Levi, 1999: 304)

Allocyclosa bifurca (McCook, 1887) | | USA to Panama, Turks & Caicos, Cuba, Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014479

Cyrtophora bifurca McCook, 1887: 342 (Dmf) Original description

Cyclosa fissicauda O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 49, pl. 8, f. 7 (Dj)

Cyclosa fissicauda Keyserling, 1893: 274, pl. 14, f. 203 (f)

Cyclosa bifurca McCook, 1894: 1: 128, 2: 189, 372, 376, 3: 227, pl. 17, f. 9-10 (mf)

Larinia fissicauda Simon, 1895a: 790

Cyclosa furcata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 247, pl. 31, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055704]

Cyclosa furcata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 494, pl. 47, f. 6 (f)

Cyclosa fissicauda F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 495, pl. 47, f. 8 (f)

Cyclosa bifurca Levi, 1977a: 86, f. 78-89 (mf)

Allocyclosa bifurca Levi, 1999: 304, f. 3-22 (mf, T from Cyclosa, S of Cyclosa furcata)

Allocyclosa bifurca Levi, 2002: 538, f. 58-59, 273-274 (mf)

Gen. Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01436

type Alpaida conica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889; gender feminine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Araneus Clerck, 1757 and considered a senior synonym of Parepeira Mello-Leitão, 1933b: 41 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05287] (type Epeira albostriata Keyserling, 1865 = Alpaida leucogramma (White, 1841)) (contra Archer, 1951a: 42, who considered that name a junior synonym of Cercidia by transfer of type species), Subaraneus Caporiacco, 1948a: 661 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05289] (type Epeira veniliae Keyserling, 1865), Lariniacantha Archer, 1951a: 15 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05286] (type Epeira grayi Blackwall, 1863) and Subedricus Caporiacco, 1954: 84 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05290] (type Epeira nigropustulata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 = Alpaida truncata (Keyserling, 1865)) by Levi, 1976: 388, and of Pickardiana Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 192 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05288] (type Epeira truncata Keyserling, 1865) by Levi, 1988: 472 (by transfer of type species, contra Archer, 1951a: 20, who considered that name a junior synonym of Verrucosa).

Transferred to other genera:

Alpaida calix (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Metazygia

Alpaida duodecimguttata (Keyserling, 1879) -- see Spilasma

Alpaida erythromela (Holmberg, 1876) -- see Mecynogea

Alpaida mammifera (Tullgren, 1902) -- see Molinaranea

Alpaida maura (Hentz, 1847) -- see Metazygia

Alpaida montecarlo Levi, 1988 -- see Larinia

Alpaida riscoi (Archer, 1971) -- see Rubrepeira

Alpaida rubronigra (Mello-Leitão, 1939) -- see Rubrepeira

In synonymy:

Alpaida aestimabilis (Keyserling, 1892, T from Araneus) = Alpaida championi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) (Levi, 1988: 454)

Alpaida albonotata (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Epeiroides) = Alpaida truncata (Keyserling, 1865) (Levi, 1988: 472)

Alpaida albostriata (Keyserling, 1865) = Alpaida leucogramma (White, 1841) (Levi, 1988: 391)

Alpaida albostriata columbiana (Strand, 1915) = Alpaida leucogramma (White, 1841) (Levi, 1988: 391)

Alpaida albotaeniata (Mello-Leitão, 1942, T from Wixia) = Alpaida rubellula (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi, 1988: 395)

Alpaida borellii (Simon, 1897, T from Araneus) = Alpaida veniliae (Keyserling, 1865) (Levi, 1988: 402)

Alpaida carteri (Badcock, 1932, T from Araneus) = Alpaida alticeps (Keyserling, 1879) (Levi, 1988: 415)

Alpaida caxias Levi, 1988 = Alpaida tijuca Levi, 1988 (Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2018: 339)

Alpaida citrinella (Roewer, 1942, T from Metepeira) = Alpaida citrina (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi, 1988: 418)

Alpaida coniformis (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Alpaida conica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Levi, 1988: 462)

Alpaida cylindrica (Taczanowski, 1878, T from Epeira) = Alpaida truncata (Keyserling, 1865) (Simon, 1895a: 811, sub Araneus)

Alpaida deliciosa (Keyserling, 1893, T from Araneus) = Alpaida carminea (Taczanowski, 1878) (Levi, 1988: 406)

Alpaida designata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936, T from Araneus) = Alpaida bicornuta (Taczanowski, 1878) (Levi, 1988: 387)

Alpaida elegantissima (Taczanowski, 1878, T from Epeira) = Alpaida truncata (Keyserling, 1865) (Simon, 1895a: 811, sub Araneus)

Alpaida ensifer (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Edricus) = Alpaida truncata (Keyserling, 1865) (Caporiacco, 1954: 85, sub Subedricus nigropustulatus)

Alpaida fissifasciata (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Wixia) = Alpaida bicornuta (Taczanowski, 1878) (Levi, 1988: 387)

Alpaida goeldii (Karsch, 1886) = Alpaida alticeps (Keyserling, 1879) (Simon, 1891c: 10, sub Epeira)

Alpaida inexplicabilis (Badcock, 1932, T from Araneus) = Alpaida rubellula (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi, 1988: 395)

Alpaida lanei Levi, 1988 = Alpaida atomaria (Simon, 1895) (Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2018: 335)

Alpaida multipunctata (Simon, 1895, T from Araneus) = Alpaida tabula (Simon, 1895) (Levi, 1988: 404)

Alpaida mutata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936, T from Araneus) = Alpaida truncata (Keyserling, 1865) (Levi, 1988: 472)

Alpaida nigropunctata (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Wixia) = Alpaida rubellula (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi, 1988: 395)

Alpaida nigropunctata (Taczanowski, 1878, T from Araneus) = Alpaida calotypa (Chamberlin, 1916) (Levi, 1988: 461)

Alpaida nigropunctatula (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Alpaida calotypa (Chamberlin, 1916) (Levi, 1988: 461)

Alpaida nigropustulata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893) = Alpaida truncata (Keyserling, 1865) (Levi, 1988: 472)

Alpaida ocellifera (Mello-Leitão, 1945) = Alpaida quadrilorata (Simon, 1897) (Levi, 1988: 467)

Alpaida octomaculata (Mello-Leitão, 1945) = Alpaida quadrilorata (Simon, 1897) (Levi, 1988: 467)

Alpaida pantherina (Taczanowski, 1873, T from Araneus) = Alpaida veniliae (Keyserling, 1865) (Levi, 1988: 402)

Alpaida rhodomelas (Taczanowski, 1878, T from Araneus) = Alpaida acuta (Keyserling, 1865) (Levi, 1988: 450)

Alpaida roemeri (Strand, 1908) = Alpaida navicula (L. Koch, 1871) (Framenau, Scharff & Levi, 2009: 25)

Alpaida spinigera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889, T from Wixia) = Alpaida bicornuta (Taczanowski, 1878) (Levi, 1988: 387)

Alpaida taczanowskii (Simon, 1897, T from Araneus) = Alpaida delicata (Keyserling, 1892) (Levi, 1988: 458)

Alpaida trisignata (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Alpaida trilineata (Taczanowski, 1878) (Levi, 1988: 445)

Alpaida undulata (Bertkau, 1880) = Alpaida alticeps (Keyserling, 1879) (Simon, 1891c: 10, sub Epeira)

Alpaida unguiformis (Keyserling, 1893, T from Metazygia) = Alpaida veniliae (Keyserling, 1865) (Levi, 1988: 402)

Alpaida veles (Keyserling, 1879, T from Epeira) = Alpaida grayi (Blackwall, 1863) (Petrunkevitch, 1911: 295, sub Araneus)

Alpaida wiedenmeyeri (Schenkel, 1953, T from Metepeira) = Alpaida veniliae (Keyserling, 1865) (Levi, 1988: 402)

Alpaida xavantina Levi, 1988 = Alpaida moka Levi, 1988 (Poeta & Lise, 2015: 399)

Alpaida acuta (Keyserling, 1865) | | Panama to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014480

Epeira acuta Keyserling, 1865: 816, pl. 18, f. 13-14 (Df) Original description

Epeira rhodomelas Taczanowski, 1878b: 147, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062218]

Epeira acuta Keyserling, 1893: 228, pl. 11, f. 169 (f)

Araneus acutus Simon, 1897e: 2

Araneus rhodomelas Petrunkevitch, 1911: 312

Wixia acuta Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 261 (T from Araneus)

Alpaida acuta Levi, 1988: 450, f. 421-426 (Dm, f, T from Wixia, S of Araneus rhodomelas)

Alpaida acuta Levi, 2002: 545, f. 175-177 (f)

Alpaida albocincta (Mello-Leitão, 1945) | | Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014481

Epeirella albocincta Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 236 (Dj) Original description

Alpaida albocincta Levi, 1988: 466, f. 525-529 (Dmf, T from Epeirella)

Alpaida almada Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014482

Alpaida almada Levi, 1988: 482, f. 635-639 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida almada Levi, 2002: 547, f. 189-190 (m)

Alpaida alticeps (Keyserling, 1879) | | Brazil, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014483

Epeira alticeps Keyserling, 1879: 311, pl. 4, f. 13 (Df) Original description

Epeira undulata Bertkau, 1880a: 89, pl. 2, f. 32 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062224]

Epeira göldii Karsch, 1886b: 92, pl. 3, f. 9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062225]

Epeira alticeps Simon, 1891c: 10 (S of Epeira goeldii and E. undulata)

Epeira alticeps Keyserling, 1892: 203, pl. 9, f. 150 (f)

Araneus alticeps Petrunkevitch, 1911: 278

Araneus carteri Badcock, 1932: 25, f. 17 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062202]

Verrucosa alticeps Roewer, 1942a: 879

Alpaida alticeps Levi, 1976: 358 (T from Verrucosa)

Alpaida alticeps Levi, 1988: 415, f. 182-187 (mf, S of Araneus carteri)

Alpaida alto Levi, 1988 | | Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014484

Alpaida alto Levi, 1988: 434, f. 320-323 (Df) Original description

Alpaida alvarengai Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014485

Alpaida alvarengai Levi, 1988: 407, f. 128-133 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida amambay Levi, 1988 | | Colombia, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014486

Alpaida amambay Levi, 1988: 429, f. 274-277 (Df) Original description

Alpaida anchicaya Levi, 1988 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014487

Alpaida anchicaya Levi, 1988: 474, f. 587-592 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida angra Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014488

Alpaida angra Levi, 1988: 468, f. 537-540 (Df) Original description

Alpaida antonio Levi, 1988 | | Brazil, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014489

Alpaida antonio Levi, 1988: 446, f. 392-395 (Df; m f. 396-397 see Alpaida pretiosa) Original description

Alpaida antonio Dierkens, 2014b: 15, f. 1, 38 (f)

Alpaida arvoredo Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044647

Alpaida hoffmanni Levi, 1988: 400, f. 95-96 (m; misidentified per Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 263)

Alpaida arvoredo Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 263, f. 3-7 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida atomaria (Simon, 1895) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014490

Salassina atomaria Simon, 1895a: 781 (Df) Original description

Edricus atomarius Petrunkevitch, 1911: 337

Alpaida atomaria Levi, 1988: 458, f. 479-482 (f, T from Edricus)

Alpaida lanei Levi, 1988: 412, f. 170-171 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014542]

Alpaida atomaria Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2018: 335, f. 9A-H, 10A-E (mf, S of Alpaida lanei)

Alpaida audiberti Dierkens, 2014 | | French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046664

Alpaida monzon audiberti Dierkens, 2014b: 17, f. 11-12, 43 (Df) Original description

Alpaida audiberti Sherwood, 2024b: 218 (elevated from subspecies of Alpaida monzon)

Alpaida banos Levi, 1988 | | Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014491

Alpaida banos Levi, 1988: 428, f. 261-266 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida banos Dierkens, 2014b: 15, f. 2, 27 (m)

Alpaida batman Baptista, Castanheira & Schinelli, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064342

Alpaida batman Baptista, Castanheira & Schinelli in Baptista et al., 2025: 81, f. 1A-E, 2A-D (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida biasii Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014492

Alpaida biasii Levi, 1988: 422, f. 231-233 (Df) Original description

Alpaida bicornuta (Taczanowski, 1878) | | Costa Rica to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014493

Epeira bicornuta Taczanowski, 1878b: 168, pl. 2, f. 18 (Dmf) Original description

Epeira spinigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 43, pl. 5, f. 9-10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062219]

Epeira spinigera Keyserling, 1892: 131, pl. 7, f. 97 (f)

Epeira spinigera McCook, 1894: 191, pl. 14, f. 3-4 (f)

Araneus bicornutus Simon, 1895a: 818

Aranea spinigera F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 515, pl. 49, f. 16 (f)

Araneus spiniger Petrunkevitch, 1911: 317

Araneus designatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 51, pl. 14, f. 126-127 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062206]

Wixia fissifasciata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 244, f. 27 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062208]

Wixia spinigera Caporiacco, 1948a: 654 (T from Araneus)

Alpaida bicornuta Levi, 1988: 387, f. 9, 11-18 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus designatus, Wixia fissifasciata and W. spinigera)

Alpaida bicornuta Dierkens, 2014b: 16, f. 3-4, 28, 39 (mf)

Alpaida bischoffi Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014494

Alpaida bischoffi Levi, 1988: 424, f. 234-238 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida boa Levi, 1988 | | Brazil, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014495

Alpaida boa Levi, 1988: 447, f. 408-409 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida boa Dierkens, 2014b: 16, f. 5, 29 (m)

Alpaida boraceia Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014496

Alpaida boraceia Levi, 1988: 436, f. 328-329 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida cachimbo Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014497

Alpaida cachimbo Levi, 1988: 400, f. 90-91 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida cali Levi, 1988 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014498

Alpaida cali Levi, 1988: 477, f. 611-616 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida calotypa (Chamberlin, 1916) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014499

Epeira nigropunctata Taczanowski, 1878b: 167, pl. 2, f. 17 (Dmf; preoccupied by L. Koch, 1871, see Araneus nigropunctatus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062226]

Araneus nigropunctatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 306

Araneus calotypa Chamberlin, 1916: 256, pl. 19, f. 4 (Dmf) Original description

Aranea nigropunctatula Roewer, 1942a: 848 (replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062213]

Alpaida calotypa Levi, 1988: 461, f. 501-505 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus nigropunctatulus and A. nigropunctatus)

Alpaida canela Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014500

Alpaida canela Levi, 1988: 421, f. 216-218 (Df) Original description

Alpaida canoa Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014501

Alpaida canoa Levi, 1988: 439, f. 348-353 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida capixaba Baptista, Castanheira & Schinelli, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064343

Alpaida capixaba Baptista, Castanheira & Schinelli in Baptista et al., 2025: 83, f. 3A-E, 4A-E (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida caramba Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044648

Alpaida caramba Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 263, f. 8-12 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida carminea (Taczanowski, 1878) | | Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014502

Epeira carminea Taczanowski, 1878b: 163, pl. 2, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Epeira deliciosa Keyserling, 1893: 234, pl. 11, f. 274 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062205]

Araneus deliciosus Simon, 1897e: 2

Araneus carmineus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 284

Parepeira carminea Mello-Leitão, 1942a: 429, f. 1 (f, T from Araneus)

Alpaida carminea Levi, 1988: 406, f. 122-127 (mf, S of Araneus deliciosus)

Alpaida carminea Luna-Sarmiento & Sabogal-González, 2023: 140, f. 4E-F (f)

Alpaida chaco Levi, 1988 | | Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014504

Alpaida chaco Levi, 1988: 408, f. 140-142 (Df) Original description

Alpaida championi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | | Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014505

Epeira championi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 42, pl. 5, f. 12-13 (Dmf) Original description

Epeira aestimabilis Keyserling, 1892: 181, pl. 9, f. 133 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062196]

Aranea championi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 517, pl. 50, f. 1-2 (mf)

Araneus aestimabilis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 277

Araneus championi Petrunkevitch, 1911: 285

Alpaida championi Levi, 1988: 454, f. 446-451 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus aestimabilis)

Alpaida championi Levi, 2002: 545, f. 182-184 (f)

Alpaida chapada Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014506

Alpaida chapada Levi, 1988: 402, f. 97-100 (Df) Original description

Alpaida chickeringi Levi, 1988 | | Panama to Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014507

Alpaida chickeringi Levi, 1988: 480, f. 628-634 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida cisneros Levi, 1988 | | Colombia, Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014508

Alpaida cisneros Levi, 1988: 476, f. 599-602 (Df) Original description

Alpaida cisneros Poeta & Lise, 2015: 398, f. 5-6 (Dm)

Alpaida citrina (Keyserling, 1892) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014509

Epeira citrina Keyserling, 1892: 88, pl. 4, f. 66 (Df; not preoccupied in Araneus by Fourcroy, 1785, see Misumena vatia) Original description

Araneus citrinus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 285

Aranea citrinella Roewer, 1942a: 839 (superfluous replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062203]

Metepeira citrina Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 187 (T from Araneus)

Alpaida citrina Levi, 1988: 418, f. 204-206 (f, T from Metepeira, S of Metepeira citrinella)

Alpaida citrina Rodrigues & Mendonça, 2011: 61, f. 1-4 (Dm)

Alpaida clarindoi Nogueira & Dias, 2015 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048410

Alpaida clarindoi Nogueira & Dias, 2015: 416, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida coati Baptista, Castanheira, do Prado & Assunção-Oliveira, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064344

Alpaida coati Baptista, Castanheira, Prado & Assunção-Oliveira in Baptista et al., 2025: 85, f. 5A-E, 6A-D (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida conica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014510

Alpaida conica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 53, pl. 4, f. 3 (Df; would be preoccupied in Araneus by Pallas, 1772, see Cyclosa conica) Original description

Alpaida conica Keyserling, 1893: 281, pl. 14, f. 207 (f)

Aranea conica F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 519

Araneus conicus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 286

Aranea coniformis Roewer, 1942a: 839 (superfluous replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062204]

Alpaida conica Levi, 1988: 462, f. 506-511 (Dm, f, T from Araneus, S of Araneus coniformis)

Alpaida constant Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014511

Alpaida constant Levi, 1988: 402, f. 101-102 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida coroico Levi, 1988 | | Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014512

Alpaida coroico Levi, 1988: 392, f. 39-43 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida costai Levi, 1988 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014513

Alpaida costai Levi, 1988: 464, f. 515-518 (Df) Original description

Alpaida cuiaba Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014514

Alpaida cuiaba Levi, 1988: 399, f. 86-89 (Df) Original description

Alpaida cuyabeno Levi, 1988 | | Colombia, Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014515

Alpaida cuyabeno Levi, 1988: 428, f. 267-270 (Df) Original description

Alpaida darlingtoni Levi, 1988 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014516

Alpaida darlingtoni Levi, 1988: 468, f. 541-546 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida deborae Levi, 1988 | | Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014517

Alpaida deborae Levi, 1988: 442, f. 364-366 (Df) Original description

Alpaida deborae Dierkens, 2014b: 16, f. 6, 40 (f)

Alpaida delicata (Keyserling, 1892) | | Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014518

Epeira delicata Keyserling, 1892: 183, pl. 9, f. 135 (Dmf) Original description

Araneus taczanowskii Simon, 1897b: 473 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062220]

Araneus delicatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 288

Alpaida delicata Levi, 1988: 458, f. 472-478 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus taczanowskii)

Alpaida delicata Dierkens, 2014b: 17, f. 7-8, 30, 41 (mf)

Alpaida delicata Saturnino, Rodrigues & Bonaldo, 2015: 244, f. 10-13 (m)

Alpaida delicata Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1014, f. 18G-H, 22G, 26B, 30B, 32A, 33A, 44A-B, 46F, 49F, 52G, 56F, 61B, 63B, 65D, 82A-D, 103A, 116A-F (mf)

Alpaida dominica Levi, 1988 | | Lesser Antilles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014519

Alpaida dominica Levi, 1988: 410, f. 147-153 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida eberhardi Levi, 1988 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014520

Alpaida eberhardi Levi, 1988: 470, f. 555-558 (Df) Original description

Alpaida elegantula (Archer, 1965) | | Martinique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014521

Lariniacantha elegantula Archer, 1965b: 132, f. 8-9 (Df) Original description

Alpaida elegantula Brignoli, 1983c: 256

Alpaida elegantula Levi, 1988: 410, f. 143-146 (f)

Alpaida elegantula Sánchez-Ruiz & Maréchal, 2020: 48, f. 1-9 (Dm, f)

Alpaida ericae Levi, 1988 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014522

Alpaida ericae Levi, 1988: 460, f. 486-490 (Df) Original description

Alpaida erythrothorax (Taczanowski, 1873) | | French Guiana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014523

Singa erythrothorax Taczanowski, 1873: 126 (Df; m see Alpaida leucogramma) Original description

Araneus erythrothorax Petrunkevitch, 1911: 291

Alpaida erythrothorax Levi, 1972a: 231 (T from Singa)

Alpaida erythrothorax Levi, 1988: 444, f. 376-378 (f)

Alpaida gallardoi Levi, 1988 | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014524

Alpaida gallardoi Levi, 1988: 432, f. 300-305 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida gracia Levi, 1988 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014525

Alpaida gracia Levi, 1988: 464, f. 512-514 (Df) Original description

Alpaida graphica (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | | Mexico to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014526

Epeira graphica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 22, pl. 7, f. 16 (Dm) Original description

Epeira graphica Keyserling, 1892: 121, pl. 6, f. 89 (m)

Aranea graphica F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 518, pl. 51, f. 2 (m)

Araneus graphicus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 294

Metazygia graphica Caporiacco, 1948a: 661 (Df, T from Araneus)

Alpaida graphica Levi, 1988: 453, f. 435-439 (mf, T from Metazygia)

Alpaida grayi (Blackwall, 1863) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014527

Epeira grayii Blackwall, 1863a: 34 (Dmf) Original description

Epeira veles Keyserling, 1879: 310, pl. 4, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062229]

Araneus grayi Simon, 1897e: 1

Araneus grayii Petrunkevitch, 1911: 295 (S of Epeira veles)

Wixia grayi Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 251 (T from Araneus)

Lariniacantha grayi Archer, 1951a: 15, f. 38-40 (mf, T from Wixia)

Alpaida grayi Levi, 1976: 388

Alpaida grayi Levi, 1988: 394, f. 10, 44-49 (mf)

Alpaida grayi Levi, 2002: 557, f. 291-292 (m)

Alpaida guimaraes Levi, 1988 | | Guyana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014528

Alpaida guimaraes Levi, 1988: 390, f. 19-22 (Df; m f. 23-24 see Alpaida tupinamba) Original description

Alpaida guimaraes Pamplona, Bonaldo & Pantoja, 2025: 65, f. 1A-D, 2A-D, 3A-C (Dm, f)

Alpaida gurupi Levi, 1988 | | Colombia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014529

Alpaida gurupi Levi, 1988: 429, f. 278-279 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida gurupi Saturnino, Rodrigues & Bonaldo, 2015: 248, f. 22-24 (Df)

Alpaida guto Abrahim & Bonaldo, 2008 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042274

Alpaida guto Abrahim & Bonaldo, 2008: 398, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida haligera (Archer, 1971) | | Peru, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014530

Lariniacantha haligera Archer, 1971: 159, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Alpaida haligera Brignoli, 1983c: 256

Alpaida haligera Levi, 1988: 426, f. 257-260 (f)

Alpaida hartliebi Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014531

Alpaida hartliebi Levi, 1988: 430, f. 294-297 (Df) Original description

Alpaida hoffmanni Levi, 1988 | | Brazil, Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014532

Alpaida hoffmanni Levi, 1988: 400, f. 92-94 (Df; m f. 95-96 see Alpaida arvoredo) Original description

Alpaida hoffmanni Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 262, f. 1-2 (Dm)

Alpaida holmbergi Levi, 1988 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014533

Alpaida holmbergi Levi, 1988: 408, f. 134-137 (Df) Original description

Alpaida iguazu Levi, 1988 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014534

Alpaida iguazu Levi, 1988: 436, f. 330-335 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida imperatrix Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050249

Alpaida tijuca Levi, 1988: 438, f. 340-341 (m; misidentified per Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2018: 323)

Alpaida imperatrix Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2018: 323, f. 1A-E, 2A-D (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida imperialis Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050250

Alpaida imperialis Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2018: 326, f. 3A-E, 4A-E (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida iquitos Levi, 1988 | | Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014535

Alpaida iquitos Levi, 1988: 416, f. 194-197 (Df) Original description

Alpaida iquitos Dierkens, 2014b: 17, f. 9, 42 (f)

Alpaida iquitos Saturnino, Rodrigues & Bonaldo, 2015: 248, f. 18-21 (Dm)

Alpaida itacolomi Santos & Santos, 2010 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042906

Alpaida itacolomi Santos & Santos, 2010: 62, f. 1-2, 5-7 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida itapua Levi, 1988 | | Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014536

Alpaida itapua Levi, 1988: 433, f. 310-312 (Df) Original description

Alpaida itauba Levi, 1988 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014537

Alpaida itauba Levi, 1988: 445, f. 386-391 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida jacaranda Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014538

Alpaida jacaranda Levi, 1988: 432, f. 298-299 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida jequitiba Baptista, Castanheira & Oliveira, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064345

Alpaida jequitiba Baptista, Castanheira & Oliveira in Baptista et al., 2025: 87, f. 7A-D (Df) Original description

Alpaida kartabo Levi, 1988 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014539

Alpaida kartabo Levi, 1988: 399, f. 80-83 (Df) Original description

Alpaida kayapo Pamplona, Bonaldo & Pantoja, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066052

Alpaida kayapo Pamplona, Bonaldo & Pantoja, 2025: 74, f. 9A-D, 10A-E, 11A-C (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida keyserlingi Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014540

Alpaida keyserlingi Levi, 1988: 398, f. 69-74 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida kochalkai Levi, 1988 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014541

Alpaida kochalkai Levi, 1988: 416, f. 191-193 (Df) Original description

Alpaida kochalkai Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 264, f. 13-14 (Dm)

Alpaida latro (Fabricius, 1775) | | Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014543

Aranea latro Fabricius, 1775: 412 (D) Original description

Aranea latro Olivier, 1789: 233 (D)

Epeira latro Walckenaer, 1841: 113 (Df)

Miranda latro C. L. Koch, 1844: 158, f. 933 (Dm)

Epeira latro Keyserling, 1878a: 574, pl. 14, f. 3 (f)

Epeira latro Keyserling, 1892: 197, pl. 9, f. 146 (f)

Araneus latro Petrunkevitch, 1911: 299

Drexellia latro Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 177 (T from Araneus, lapsus)

Lariniacantha latro Archer, 1951a: 15 (T from Araneus)

Alpaida latro Levi, 1988: 414, f. 175-181 (mf)

Alpaida leucogramma (White, 1841) | | Panama to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014544

Epeira (Singa) leucogramma White, 1841: 474 (Df) Original description

Epeira albostriata Keyserling, 1865: 815, pl. 19, f. 27-28 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062198]

Singa erythrothorax Taczanowski, 1873: 126 (m; misidentified per Levi, 1988: 444)

Epeira albostriata Keyserling, 1893: 258, pl. 13, f. 193 (f, Dm)

Aranea albostriata Tullgren, 1905: 34, pl. 5, f. 11 (f)

Araneus leucogrammus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 301

Aranea albostriata columbiana Strand, 1916b: 110 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062199]

Parepeira albostriata Mello-Leitão, 1933b: 41

Parepeira albostriata Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 321 (S of Mecynogea erythromela; revalidated by Levi, 1997: 224)

Cercidia albostriata Archer, 1951a: 42 (T from Parepeira)

Alpaida leucogramma Levi, 1972a: 231 (T from Singa)

Lariniacantha albostriata Levi, 1975b: 113 (T from Cercidia)

Alpaida leucogramma Levi, 1988: 391, f. 1-6, 32-38 (mf, S of Alpaida albostriata and A. albostriata columbiana)

Alpaida leucogramma Levi, 2002: 545, f. 178-181 (f)

Alpaida leucogramma Dierkens, 2014b: 17, f. 10, 31 (m)

Alpaida levii Saturnino, Rodrigues & Bonaldo, 2015 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047877

Alpaida levii Saturnino, Rodrigues & Bonaldo, 2015: 242, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida linhares Baptista, Castanheira & Wermelinger-Moreira, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064346

Alpaida linhares Baptista, Castanheira & Wermelinger-Moreira in Baptista et al., 2025: 88, f. 8A-D (Df) Original description

Alpaida lomba Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014545

Alpaida lomba Levi, 1988: 421, f. 219-222 (Df) Original description

Alpaida lomba Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 264, f. 15-16 (Dm)

Alpaida losamigos Deza & Andía, 2014 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047055

Alpaida losamigos Deza & Andía, 2014: 68, f. 1-9 (Df) Original description

Alpaida lubinae Levi, 1988 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014546

Alpaida lubinae Levi, 1988: 442, f. 367-373 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida machala Levi, 1988 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014547

Alpaida machala Levi, 1988: 470, f. 559-563 (Df) Original description

Alpaida machala Poeta & Lise, 2015: 397, f. 3-4 (Dm)

Alpaida madeira Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014548

Alpaida madeira Levi, 1988: 468, f. 547-550 (Df) Original description

Alpaida manicata Levi, 1988 | | Colombia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014549

Araneus manicatus Simon, 1895a: 822 (nomen nudum)

Alpaida manicata Levi, 1988: 420, f. 210-215 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida marista Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050251

Alpaida marista Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2018: 329, f. 5A-E, 6A-E (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida marmorata (Taczanowski, 1873) | | Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014550

Singa marmorata Taczanowski, 1873: 125 (Df) Original description

Araneus marmorata Petrunkevitch, 1911: 301

Alpaida marmorata Levi, 1972a: 231 (T from Singa)

Alpaida marmorata Levi, 1988: 429, f. 280-288 (f)

Alpaida marta Levi, 1988 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014551

Alpaida marta Levi, 1988: 478, f. 623-627 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida mato Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014552

Alpaida mato Levi, 1988: 422, f. 228-230 (Df) Original description

Alpaida mendensis Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050252

Alpaida mendensis Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2018: 332, f. 7A-E, 8A-E (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida moata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) | | Panama, Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014553

Araneus moatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 47, pl. 14, f. 125 (Df) Original description

Alpaida moata Levi, 1988: 448, f. 415-420 (Dm, f, T from Araneus)

Alpaida moka Levi, 1988 | | Peru, Brazil, Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014554

Alpaida moka Levi, 1988: 426, f. 253-256 (Df) Original description

Alpaida xavantina Levi, 1988: 455, f. 452-457 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014612]

Alpaida moka Poeta & Lise, 2015: 399 (S of Alpaida xavantina)

Alpaida monzon Levi, 1988 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014555

Alpaida monzon Levi, 1988: 398, f. 75-79 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida morro Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014556

Alpaida morro Levi, 1988: 412, f. 166-169 (Df) Original description

Alpaida muco Levi, 1988 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014557

Alpaida muco Levi, 1988: 466, f. 519-522 (Df) Original description

Alpaida murtinho Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014558

Alpaida murtinho Levi, 1988: 399, f. 84-85 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida nadleri Levi, 1988 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014559

Alpaida nadleri Levi, 1988: 474, f. 583-586 (Df) Original description

Alpaida nancho Levi, 1988 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014560

Alpaida nancho Levi, 1988: 456, f. 468-471 (Df) Original description

Alpaida narino Levi, 1988 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014561

Alpaida narino Levi, 1988: 428, f. 271-273 (Df) Original description

Alpaida natal Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014562

Alpaida natal Levi, 1988: 422, f. 226-227 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida navicula (L. Koch, 1871) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015049

Epeira navicula L. Koch, 1871: 102, pl. 8, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Aranea roemeri Strand, 1908c: 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014575]

Alpaida roemeri Levi, 1988: 469, f. 551-554 (f, T from Araneus)

Alpaida navicula Framenau, Scharff & Levi, 2009: 25, f. 3A-B (f, T from Araneus, S of Alpaida roemeri)

Alpaida negro Levi, 1988 | | Colombia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014563

Alpaida negro Levi, 1988: 448, f. 410-414 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida nigrofrenata (Simon, 1895) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014564

Araneus nigrofrenatus Simon, 1895a: 816 (Df) Original description

Alpaida nigrofrenata Levi, 1988: 421, f. 223-225 (f, T from Araneus)

Alpaida nigrofrenata Poeta & Lise, 2015: 397, f. 1-2 (Dm)

Alpaida niveosigillata (Mello-Leitão, 1941) | | Colombia, Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014565

Singa niveosigillata Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 260, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Alpaida niveosigillata Levi, 1972a: 231 (T from Singa)

Alpaida niveosagillata Levi, 1988: 446, f. 398-403 (f, Dm)

Alpaida nonoai Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014566

Alpaida nonoai Levi, 1988: 478, f. 617-622 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida octolobata Levi, 1988 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014567

Alpaida octolobata Levi, 1988: 460, f. 483-485 (Df) Original description

Alpaida octolobata Rodrigues & Mendonça, 2011: 61, f. 5-8 (Dm)

Alpaida octolobata Carvalho & Gasnier, 2019: CB15, f. 35-36 (f)

Alpaida oliverioi (Soares & Camargo, 1948) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014568

Cyclosa oliverioi Soares & Camargo, 1948a: 369, f. 22 (Dm; pedipalps lost per Levi, 1999: 310) Original description

Alpaida oliverioi Levi, 1999: 310 (T from Cyclosa)

Alpaida orgaos Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014569

Alpaida orgaos Levi, 1988: 424, f. 239-242 (Df) Original description

Alpaida oyapockensis Dierkens, 2014 | | French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046665

Alpaida oyapockensis Dierkens, 2014b: 19, f. 13-14, 44 (Df) Original description

Alpaida pedro Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014570

Alpaida pedro Levi, 1988: 425, f. 246-252 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida penca Deza & Andía, 2014 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047056

Alpaida penca Deza & Andía, 2014: 69, f. 10-33 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida picchu Levi, 1988 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014571

Alpaida picchu Levi, 1988: 433, f. 313-316 (Df) Original description

Alpaida pretiosa Baptista, Castanheira & Wermelinger-Moreira, 2025 | | Brazil, Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064347

Alpaida antonio Levi, 1988: 446, f. 396-397 (m; misidentified per Baptista et al., 2025: 90)

Alpaida pretiosa Baptista, Castanheira & Wermelinger-Moreira in Baptista et al., 2025: 90, f. 9A-E, 10A-D (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida quadrilorata (Simon, 1897) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014572

Araneus quadriloratus Simon, 1897e: 5 (Df) Original description

Cercidia octomaculata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 236, f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062216]

Parepeira ocellifera Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 241, f. 19 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062215]

Alpaida octomaculata Levi, 1975b: 113 (T from Cercidia)

Alpaida ocellifera Brignoli, 1983c: 256

Alpaida quadrilorata Levi, 1988: 467, f. 530-536 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Alpaida ocellifera and A. octomaculata)

Alpaida queremal Levi, 1988 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014573

Alpaida queremal Levi, 1988: 470, f. 564-569 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida regua Baptista, Castanheira, Schinelli & Assunção-Oliveira, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064348

Alpaida regua Baptista, Castanheira, Schinelli & Assunção-Oliveira in Baptista et al., 2025: 91, f. 12A-E, 13A-D, 14A-D (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida rioja Levi, 1988 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014574

Alpaida rioja Levi, 1988: 406, f. 116-121 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida rosa Levi, 1988 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014576

Alpaida rosa Levi, 1988: 461, f. 495-500 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida rossi Levi, 1988 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014577

Alpaida rossi Levi, 1988: 447, f. 404-407 (Df) Original description

Alpaida rostratula (Keyserling, 1892) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014578

Epeira rostratula Keyserling, 1892: 82, pl. 4, f. 62 (Dm) Original description

Araneus rostratulus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 313

Wixia rostratula Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 196 (T from Araneus)

Alpaida rostratula Levi, 1988: 394, f. 50-56 (m, Df, T from Wixia)

Alpaida rubellula (Keyserling, 1892) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014579

Epeira rubellula Keyserling, 1892: 81, pl. 4, f. 61 (Df) Original description

Araneus rubellulus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 313

Araneus inexplicabilis Badcock, 1932: 23, f. 16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062209]

Wixia nigropunctata Mello-Leitão, 1941f: 214, f. 21-22 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062212]

Wixia albotaeniata Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 403, f. 25-26 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062200]

Wixia rubellula Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 196 (T from Araneus)

Alpaida rubellula Levi, 1988: 395, f. 57-62 (Dm, f, T from Wixia, S of Araneus inexplicabilis, Wixia albotaeniata and W. nigropunctata)

Alpaida sandrei (Simon, 1895) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014580

Araneus sandrei Simon, 1895a: 816 (Df) Original description

Alpaida sandrei Levi, 1988: 420, f. 207-209 (f, T from Araneus)

Alpaida santosi Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014581

Alpaida santosi Levi, 1988: 408, f. 138-139 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida schneblei Levi, 1988 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014582

Alpaida schneblei Levi, 1988: 477, f. 603-604 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida scriba (Mello-Leitão, 1940) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014583

Drexelia scriba Mello-Leitão, 1940d: 203 (Df) Original description

Alpaida scriba Levi, 1988: 416, f. 188-190 (f, T from Drexelia)

Alpaida scriba Buckup & Meyer, 1993: 353, f. 1-3 (Dm)

Alpaida septemmammata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | | Mexico to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014584

Epeira septem-mammata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 42, pl. 7, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Epeira septemmammata Keyserling, 1892: 89, pl. 4, f. 67 (f)

Aranea septemmammata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 514, pl. 49, f. 15 (f)

Araneus septemmammatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 315

Alpaida septemmammata Levi, 1988: 452, f. 427-434 (Dm, f, T from Araneus)

Alpaida septemmammata Dierkens, 2014b: 21, f. 15, 32 (m)

Alpaida septemmammata Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1015, f. 19E, 30C, 50A, 52H, 56G, 58H, 61A, 65C, 81A-F, 117A-G (mf)

Alpaida serrana Baptista, Castanheira & Oliveira, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064349

Alpaida serrana Baptista, Castanheira & Oliveira in Baptista et al., 2025: 93, f. 15A-D (Df) Original description

Alpaida sevilla Levi, 1988 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014585

Alpaida sevilla Levi, 1988: 434, f. 317-319 (Df) Original description

Alpaida silencio Levi, 1988 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014586

Alpaida silencio Levi, 1988: 477, f. 605-610 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida simla Levi, 1988 | | Trinidad, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014587

Alpaida simla Levi, 1988: 430, f. 289-293 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida sobradinho Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014588

Alpaida sobradinho Levi, 1988: 433, f. 306-309 (Df) Original description

Alpaida sooretama Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064350

Alpaida sooretama Baptista, Castanheira & Prado in Baptista et al., 2025: 95, f. 16A-D (Df) Original description

Alpaida sulphurea (Taczanowski, 1873) | | French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014589

Nephila sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873: 148 (Df) Original description

Alpaida sulphurea Levi, 1988: 482, f. 640-643 (f, removed from S of Nephila clavipes cornuta, rejecting Dahl, 1912a: 46)

Alpaida sumare Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014590

Alpaida sumare Levi, 1988: 425, f. 243-245 (Df) Original description

Alpaida tabula (Simon, 1895) | | Guyana to Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014591

Araneus tabula Simon, 1895a: 815, f. 867 (Df) Original description

Araneus multipunctatus Simon, 1895a: 815 (nomen nudum) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062210]

Wixia tabula Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 261 (T from Araneus)

Aranea multipunctata Roewer, 1942a: 847 (erroneously listed as valid)

Alpaida tabula Levi, 1988: 404, f. 110-115 (Dm, f, T from Wixia, S of Araneus multipunctatus)

Alpaida tabula Dierkens, 2014b: 21, f. 16, 45 (f)

Alpaida taquara Castanheira & Baptista, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064351

Alpaida taquara Castanheira & Baptista in Baptista et al., 2025: 96, f. 17A-D (Df) Original description

Alpaida tayos Levi, 1988 | | Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014592

Alpaida tayos Levi, 1988: 456, f. 458-467 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida tayos Dierkens, 2014b: 21, f. 17-18, 33, 46 (mf)

Alpaida tayos Luna-Sarmiento & Sabogal-González, 2023: 140, f. 4G-H (f)

Alpaida teresinha Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2013 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046223

Alpaida teresinha Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2013: 325, f. 1-2, 5-7 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida thaxteri Levi, 1988 | | Trinidad urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014593

Alpaida thaxteri Levi, 1988: 436, f. 324-327 (Df) Original description

Alpaida tijuca Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014594

Alpaida caxias Levi, 1988: 439, f. 346-347 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014503]

Alpaida tijuca Levi, 1988: 438, f. 336-339 (Df; m f. 340-341 see Alpaida imperatrix) Original description

Alpaida tijuca Baptista, Castanheira & do Prado, 2018: 339, f. 11A-E, 12A-D (mf, S of Alpaida caxias)

Alpaida toninho Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2013 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046224

Alpaida toninho Braga-Pereira & Santos, 2013: 325, f. 3-4, 8-16 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida tonze Santos & Santos, 2010 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042907

Alpaida tonze Santos & Santos, 2010: 64, f. 3-4, 8-10 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida trilineata (Taczanowski, 1878) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014595

Epeira trilineata Taczanowski, 1878b: 162, pl. 2, f. 13 (Dmf; would be preoccupied sub Aranea by Linnaeus, 1767, see Stemonyphantes lineatus) Original description

Araneus trilineatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 320

Aranea trisignata Roewer, 1942a: 854 (superfluous replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062221]

Alpaida trilineata Levi, 1988: 445, f. 381-385 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus trisignatus)

Alpaida trispinosa (Keyserling, 1892) | | Panama to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014596

Epeira grayi Keyserling, 1865: 809, pl. 18, f. 9-10 (f; misidentified per Levi, 1988: 396)

Epeira trispinosa Keyserling, 1892: 78, pl. 4, f. 59 (Dmf) Original description

Epeira grayi Keyserling, 1892: 79, pl. 4, f. 60 (f; misidentified per Petrunkevitch, 1911: 320)

Araneus trispinosus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 320

Wixia trispinosa Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 196 (T from Araneus)

Alpaida trispinosa Levi, 1988: 396, f. 63-68 (mf, T from Wixia)

Alpaida trispinosa Levi, 2002: 538, f. 72-74 (f)

Alpaida truncata (Keyserling, 1865) | | Mexico to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014597

Epeira truncata Keyserling, 1865: 807, pl. 19, f. 21-22 (Df) Original description

Epeira elegantissima Taczanowski, 1878b: 170, pl. 2, f. 19 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062227]

Epeira cylindrica Taczanowski, 1878b: 171, pl. 2, f. 20-21 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062228]

Epeira nigropustulata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: 111, pl. 15, f. 5 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062214]

Araneus truncatus Simon, 1895a: 811 (S of Epeira cylindrica and E. elegantissima)

Aranea nigropustulata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 516, pl. 49, f. 22 (j)

Araneus nigropustulatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 306

Edricus truncatus Mello-Leitão, 1933b: 36

Araneus mutatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 46, pl. 14, f. 128-129 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062211]

Pickardiana truncata Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 192 (T from Edricus)

Epeiroides albonotatus Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 237 (Df; j per Levi, 1988: 472) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062197]

Edricus ensifer Caporiacco, 1947a: 25 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062207]

Edricus ensifer Caporiacco, 1948a: 658, f. 66 (m)

Subaraneus nigropustulatus Caporiacco, 1948a: 662 (Df, T from Araneus)

Edricus truncata Schenkel, 1953a: 23, f. 21a-c (m)

Subedricus nigropustulatus Caporiacco, 1954: 85 (T from Subaraneus, S of Edricus ensifer)

Alpaida nigropustulata Levi, 1976: 388

Alpaida truncata Levi, 1988: 472, f. 570-578 (mf, S of Alpaida nigropustulata, Araneus mutatus and Epeiroides albonotatus)

Alpaida truncata Levi, 2002: 538, f. 75-77, 260-261 (mf)

Alpaida truncata Dierkens, 2014b: 22, f. 19-20, 34, 47 (mf)

Alpaida truncata Saturnino, Rodrigues & Bonaldo, 2015: 246, f. 14-17 (m)

Alpaida truncata obscura (Caporiacco, 1948) | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014598

Subaraneus nigropustulatus obscurus Caporiacco, 1948a: 662 (Df) Original description

Subedricus nigropustulatus obscurus Caporiacco, 1954: 85 (T from Subaraneus)

Alpaida nigropustulata obscura Brignoli, 1983c: 256

Alpaida truncata sexmaculata (Caporiacco, 1948) | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014599

Subaraneus nigropustulatus sexmaculatus Caporiacco, 1948a: 662 (Df) Original description

Subedricus nigropustulatus sexmaculatus Caporiacco, 1954: 85 (T from Subaraneus)

Alpaida nigropustulata sexmaculata Brignoli, 1983c: 256

Alpaida tukano Pamplona, Bonaldo & Pantoja, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066051

Alpaida tukano Pamplona, Bonaldo & Pantoja, 2025: 71, f. 6A-D, 7A-D, 8A-C (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida tullgreni (Caporiacco, 1955) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014600

Parawixia tullgreni Caporiacco, 1955: 348, f. 31a-c (Dm) Original description

Alpaida tullgreni Levi, 1992b: 8 (T from Parawixia)

Alpaida tullgreni Levi, 1993a: 234, f. 26-27 (m)

Alpaida tuonabo (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014601

Araneus tuonabo Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 50, pl. 14, f. 130 (Df) Original description

Alpaida tuonabo Levi, 1988: 474, f. 593-598 (Dm, f, T from Araneus)

Alpaida tupinamba Pamplona, Bonaldo & Pantoja, 2025 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066050

Alpaida guimaraes Levi, 1988: 390, f. 23-24 (m; misidentified per Pamplona, Bonaldo & Pantoja, 2025: 65)

Alpaida tupinamba Pamplona, Bonaldo & Pantoja, 2025: 68, f. 4A-D, 5 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida turrigera (Schenkel, 1953) | | Venezuela, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017139

Wagneriana turrigera Schenkel, 1953a: 24, f. 22a-b (Dj; adult f per Levi, 1991b: 413) Original description

Wagneriana turrigera Levi, 1991b: 413, f. 200-204 (f)

Wagneriana turrigera Carvalho & Gasnier, 2019: CB17, f. 47-48 (f)

Alpaida turrigera Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1119 (T from Wagneriana)

Alpaida uropygialis (Mello-Leitão, 1944) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017141

Paraverrucosa uropygialis Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 334 (Dm) Original description

Wagneriana uropygialis Levi, 1991b: 394, f. 103-104 (m, T from Paraverrucosa)

Alpaida uropygialis Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020: 1117, f. 135A-E (m, T from Wagneriana)

Alpaida urucuca Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014602

Alpaida urucuca Levi, 1988: 454, f. 440-445 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida utcuyacu Levi, 1988 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014603

Alpaida utcuyacu Levi, 1988: 390, f. 25-31 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida utiariti Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014604

Alpaida utiariti Levi, 1988: 466, f. 523-524 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida vanzolinii Levi, 1988 | | Peru, Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014605

Alpaida vanzolinii Levi, 1988: 411, f. 160-165 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida variabilis (Keyserling, 1864) | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014606

Epeira variabilis Keyserling, 1864: 126, pl. 6, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description

Epeira variabilis Keyserling, 1893: 249, pl. 12, f. 185 (f, Dm)

Araneus variabilis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 322

Neoscona variabilis Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 257 (T from Araneus)

Alpaida variabilis Levi, 1988: 418, f. 198-203 (mf, T from Neoscona)

Alpaida venger Castanheira & Baptista, 2015 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048142

Alpaida venger Castanheira & Baptista, 2015: 372, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida veniliae (Keyserling, 1865) | | Panama to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014607

Epeira veniliae Keyserling, 1865: 817, pl. 19, f. 23-24 (Dmf) Original description

Epeira pantherina Taczanowski, 1873: 132 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062217]

Epeira unguiformis Keyserling, 1893: 237, pl. 11, f. 177 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062222]

Epeira veniliae Keyserling, 1893: 256, pl. 13, f. 191 (mf)

Araneus borellii Simon, 1897e: 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062201]

Aranea veniliae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 516, pl. 49, f. 23-24 (mf)

Aranea borelli Tullgren, 1905: 32, pl. 4, f. 10 (f, Dm)

Araneus pantherinus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 308

Araneus unguiformis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 322

Araneus veniliae Petrunkevitch, 1911: 323

Neoscona borelli Mello-Leitão, 1933b: 40

Metazygia unguiformis Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 187 (T from Araneus)

Subaraneus veniliae Caporiacco, 1948a: 661 (T from Araneus)

Lariniacantha veniliae Archer, 1951a: 15 (T from Subaraneus)

Metepeira wiedenmeyeri Schenkel, 1953a: 22, f. 20 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062223]

Alpaida veniliae Levi, 1976: 388

Alpaida veniliae Levi, 1988: 402, f. 103-109 (mf, S of Araneus borellii, A. pantherinus, Metazygia unguiformis and Metepeira wiedenmeyeri)

Alpaida veniliae Dierkens, 2014b: 22, f. 21-22, 35, 48 (mf)

Alpaida vera Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014608

Alpaida vera Levi, 1988: 444, f. 379-380 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida versicolor (Keyserling, 1877) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014609

Cercidia versicolor Keyserling, 1877b: 86, pl. 3, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Cercidia versicolor Keyserling, 1892: 38, pl. 2, f. 33 (f, Dm)

Araneus versicolor Petrunkevitch, 1911: 324

Alpaida versicolor Levi, 1988: 411, f. 154-159 (Tmf from Cercidia)

Alpaida wenzeli (Simon, 1898) | | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014610

Araneus wenzeli Simon, 1898i: 874 (Df) Original description

Alpaida wenzeli Levi, 1988: 438, f. 342-345 (f, T from Araneus)

Alpaida weyrauchi Levi, 1988 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014611

Alpaida weyrauchi Levi, 1988: 440, f. 360-363 (Df) Original description

Alpaida yanayacu Saturnino, Rodrigues & Bonaldo, 2015 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047878

Alpaida yanayacu Saturnino, Rodrigues & Bonaldo, 2015: 250, f. 25-28 (Df) Original description

Alpaida yotoco Levi, 1988 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014613

Alpaida yotoco Levi, 1988: 473, f. 579-582 (Df) Original description

Alpaida yucuma Levi, 1988 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014614

Alpaida yucuma Levi, 1988: 460, f. 491-494 (Df) Original description

Alpaida yungas Levi, 1988 | | Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014615

Alpaida yungas Levi, 1988: 444, f. 374-375 (Dm) Original description

Alpaida yuto Levi, 1988 | | Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014616

Alpaida yuto Levi, 1988: 440, f. 354-359 (Dmf) Original description

Gen. Amazonepeira Levi, 1989 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01437

A. Levi, 1989: 97, type A. herrera Levi, 1989.

Amazonepeira beno Levi, 1994 | | Ecuador, Brazil, Suriname urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014617

Amazonepeira beno Levi, 1994: 238, f. 48-52 (Dmf) Original description

Amazonepeira beno Levi, 2002: 544, f. 142-143 (f)

Amazonepeira callaria (Levi, 1991) | | Peru, Bolivia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014618

Aculepeira callaria Levi, 1991a: 303, f. 564-565 (Dm) Original description

Amazonepeira callaria Levi, 1994: 236, f. 28-40 (Tm from Aculepeira, Df; N.B.: m from Ecuador of Levi, 1991 belongs to A. masaka)

Amazonepeira herrera Levi, 1989 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014619

Amazonepeira herrera Levi, 1989: 98, f. 56-60 (Dmf) Original description

Amazonepeira herrera Levi, 1994: 235, f. 15-23 (mf)

Amazonepeira herrera Levi, 2002: 559, f. 309 (m)

Amazonepeira manaus Levi, 1994 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014620

Amazonepeira manaus Levi, 1994: 236, f. 24-27 (Df) Original description

Amazonepeira masaka Levi, 1994 | | Ecuador, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014621

Amazonepeira masaka Levi, 1994: 237, f. 41-47 (Dmf) Original description

Amazonepeira masaka Levi, 2002: 547, f. 198 (m)

Gen. Anepsion Strand, 1929 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01438

type Epeira rhomboides L. Koch, 1867; gender neuter

N.B.: replacement name for Anepsia L. Koch, 1871: 45 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05229], preoccupied in Diptera by Gistel, 1848.

In synonymy:

Anepsion japonicum Yaginuma, 1962 = Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Chotwong et al., 2013: 92, sub Anepsion japonicum (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906))

Anepsion japonicum (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) = Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Tanikawa & Yamasaki, 2019: 11)

Anepsion keralensis (Jose, 2011) = Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Malamel et al., 2015b: 479)

Anepsion buchi Chrysanthus, 1969 | | New Guinea, Solomon Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014622

Anepsion buchi Chrysanthus, 1969: 35, f. 13-14 (Df) Original description

Anepsion buchi Chrysanthus, 1971: 34, f. 67-68 (f)

Anepsion depressum (Thorell, 1877) | | China, Myanmar to Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014623

Paraplectana depressa Thorell, 1877b: 353 (Df) Original description

Anepsia depressa Simon, 1895a: 868, f. 930

Anepsion depressum Chrysanthus, 1961a: 466, f. 13-17 (f)

Anepsion depressum Chrysanthus, 1969: 32, f. 3-5 (Dm)

Anepsion depressum Zhu et al., 1994: 26, f. 1A-C (f)

Anepsion depressum Yin et al., 1997d: 116, f. 41a-c (f)

Anepsion depressum Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 236, f. 133O-P, 146C (f)

Anepsion depressum Chotwong et al., 2013: 91, f. 2-4, 9-11 (mf)