World Spider Catalog

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

Araneus metellus (Strand, 1907)

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015022

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Described: j

Distribution: China

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany type material destroyed 1944 - (Renner, 1988b)

Taxonomic References

Aranea metella Strand, 1907k: 193 (Dj) Original description

Araneus metellus Sherwood, 2024b: 191 (type lost, immature, unidentifiable, nomen dubium)

References

Sherwood, D. (2024b). Studies on spider nomenclature – I: miscellaneous notes on unrecognisable species, new synonyms, and untenable subspecies (Araneae: Araneomorphae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(23): 189-235. doi: 10.70590/ice.2024.01.23 -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907k). Süd- und ostasiatische Spinnen. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Görlitz 25: 107-215. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-02	Taxon is nomen dubium	Sherwood, 2024b		Araneus metellus (Strand, 1907) declared a nomen dubium
2025-01-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2024b