World Spider Catalog

Genus: Araneus Clerck, 1757 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Araneus matsumotoi Suzuki & Tanikawa, 2021

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053500

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Described:

Distribution: Japan

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan m (20952) - (Suzuki & Tanikawa, 2021)
Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan 4m 4f (20953-20960) - (Suzuki & Tanikawa, 2021)

Taxonomic References

Araneus matsumotoi Suzuki & Tanikawa, 2021: 592, f. 2-15 (Dmf) Original description

Araneus matsumotoi Suzuki & Tanikawa, 2022: 1, f. 1 (mf)

Araneus matsumotoi Yanagisawa, Yanagisawa & Ogita, 2025: 38, f. 1A-D (f)

Araneus matsumotoi Suzuki et al., 2025: 51, f. 9D-E (f)

References

Suzuki, Y. & Tanikawa, A. (2021). A new species of the genus Araneus (Araneae: Araneidae) from Japan. Zootaxa 5052(4): 591-596. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.9 -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y. & Tanikawa, A. (2022). [Introducing Araneus matsumotoi, a new species of the genus]. Kishidaia 120: 1. -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y., Hino, Y., Hirotsu, K., Tsuji, Y. & Bando, H. (2025). Checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, based on literature and newly collected specimens. Bulletin of the Tokushima Prefecture Museum 35: 1-84. -- Show included taxa

Yanagisawa, S., Yanagisawa, M. & Ogita, S. (2025). First record of Araneus matsumotoi in Shiga Pref., Japan. Kishidaia 126: 38-39. -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2025-07-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Suzuki et al., 2025
2025-07-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Yanagisawa, Yanagisawa & Ogita, 2025
2022-04-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Suzuki & Tanikawa, 2022
2021-10-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Suzuki & Tanikawa, 2021
2021-10-19	New species inserted	Suzuki & Tanikawa, 2021