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Araneidae Clerck, 1758

104406  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:104406)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Chelicerata (Subphylum)
  5. Arachnida (Class)
  6. Araneae (Order)
  7. Araneidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Genus Abba Castanheira & Framenau, 2023
Genus Acacesia Simon, 1895
Genus Acantharachne Tullgren, 1910
Genus Acanthepeira Marx, 1883
Genus Acroaspis Karsch, 1878
Genus Acrosomoides Simon, 1887
Genus Actinacantha Simon, 1864
Genus Actinosoma Holmberg, 1883
Genus Aculepeira Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942
Genus Acusilas Simon, 1895
Genus Aethriscus Pocock, 1902
Genus Aethrodiscus Strand, 1913
Genus Aetrocantha Karsch, 1879
Genus Afracantha Dahl, 1914
Genus Agalenatea Archer, 1951
Genus Alenatea Song & Zhu in Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999
Genus Allocyclosa Levi, 1999
Genus Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Genus Amazonepeira Levi, 1989
Genus Anepeira Wunderlich, 2004 †
Genus Anepsion Strand, 1929
Genus Aoaraneus Tanikawa, Yamasaki & Petcharad, 2021
Genus Arachnura Vinson, 1863
Genus Araneometa Wunderlich, 1988 †
Genus Araneus Clerck, 1757
Genus Araniella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942
Genus Aranoethra Butler, 1873
Genus Argiope Audouin in Savigny, 1827
Genus Artiphex Kallal & Hormiga, 2022
Genus Artonis Thorell in Simon, 1895
Genus Aspidolasius Simon, 1888
Genus Augusta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877
Genus Austracantha Dahl, 1914
Genus Backobourkia Framenau, Dupérré, Blackledge & Vink, 2010
Genus Bararaneus Wunderlich, 2004 †
Genus Bertrana Keyserling, 1884
Genus Bijoaraneus Tanikawa, Yamasaki & Petcharad, 2021
Genus Caerostris Thorell, 1868
Genus Carepalxis Koch, 1872
Genus Celaenia Thorell, 1868
Genus Cercidia Thorell, 1869
Genus Chorizopes Pickard-Cambridge, 1871
Genus Chorizopesoides Mi & Wang, 2018
Genus Chrysometata Wunderlich, 2004 †
Genus Cladomelea Simon, 1895
Genus Clitaetra Simon, 1889
Genus Cnodalia Thorell, 1890
Genus Coelossia Simon, 1895
Genus Colaranea Court & Forster, 1988
Genus Collina Urquhart, 1891
Genus Colphepeira Archer, 1940
Genus Courtaraneus Framenau, Vink, McQuillan & Simpson, 2022
Genus Cryptaranea Court & Forster, 1988
Genus Cyclosa Menge, 1866
Genus Cyclososoma Petrunkevitch, 1958 †
Genus Cyphalonotus Simon, 1895
Genus Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1868
Genus Cyrtobill Framenau & Scharff, 2009
Genus Cyrtophora Simon, 1864
Genus Deione Thorell, 1898
Genus Deliochus Simon, 1894
Genus Dolophones Walckenaer, 1833
Genus Dubiepeira Levi, 1991
Genus Edricus Cambridge, 1890
Genus Enacrosoma Mello-Leitão, 1932
Genus Encyosaccus Simon, 1895
Genus Eoaraneus Wunderlich, 2004 †
Genus Eochorizopes Wunderlich, 2008 †
Genus Eonephila Wunderlich, 2004 †
Genus Eozygiella Wunderlich, 2004 †
Genus Epeiroides Keyserling, 1885
Genus Eriophora Simon, 1864
Genus Eriovixia Archer, 1951
Genus Eustacesia Caporiacco, 1954
Genus Eustala Simon, 1895
Genus Exechocentrus Simon, 1889
Genus Faradja Grasshoff, 1970
Genus Fossilaraneus Wunderlich, 1988 †
Genus Friula Cambridge, 1897
Genus Galaporella Levi, 2009
Genus Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Genus Gastroxya Benoit, 1962
Genus Gea Koch, 1843
Genus Gibbaranea Archer, 1951
Genus Glyptogona Simon, 1885
Genus Gnolus Simon, 1879
Genus Herennia Thorell, 1877
Genus Heterognatha Nicolet in Gay, 1849
Genus Hingstepeira Levi, 1995
Genus Hortophora Framenau & Castanheira, 2021
Genus Hypognatha Guérin-Méneville, 1839
Genus Hypsacantha Dahl, 1914
Genus Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871
Genus Ideocaira Simon, 1903
Genus Indoetra Kuntner, 2006
Genus Isoxya Simon, 1885
Genus Kaira Cambridge, 1889
Genus Kapogea Levi, 1997
Genus Kilima Grasshoff, 1970
Genus Larinia Simon, 1874
Genus Lariniaria Grasshoff, 1970
Genus Larinioides Caporiacco, 1934
Genus Lariniophora Framenau, 2011
Genus Leviana Framenau & Kuntner, 2022
Genus Leviellus Wunderlich, 2004 †
Genus Lewisepeira Levi, 1993
Genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878
Genus Luxurionephila Wunderlich, 2004 †
Genus Macracantha Simon, 1864
Genus Madacantha Emerit, 1970
Genus Mahembea
Genus Mangora Cambridge, 1889
Genus Mangrovia Framenau & Castanheira, 2022
Genus Manogea Levi, 1997
Genus Mastophora Holmberg, 1876
Genus Mecynogea Simon, 1903
Genus Megaraneus Lawrence, 1968
Genus Melychiopharis Simon, 1895
Genus Mesozygiella Penney & Ortuño, 2006 †
Genus Metazygia Cambridge, 1903
Genus Metepeira Cambridge, 1903
Genus Micrathena Sundevall, 1833
Genus Micrepeira Schenkel, 1953
Genus Micropoltys Kulczynski, 1911
Genus Milonia Thorell, 1890
Genus Miraraneus Wunderlich, 2004 †
Genus Mirometa Petrunkevitch, 1963 †
Genus Molinaranea Mello-Leitão, 1940
Genus Nemoscolus Simon, 1895
Genus Nemosinga Caporiacco, 1947
Genus Nemospiza Simon, 1903
Genus Neogea Levi, 1983
Genus Neoscona Simon, 1864
Genus Nephila Leach, 1815
Genus Nephilengys Koch, 1872
Genus Nephilingis Kuntner, 2013
Genus Nicolepeira Levi, 2001
Genus Novakiella Court & Forster in Platnick, 1993
Genus Novaranea Court & Forster, 1988
Genus Nuctenea Simon, 1864
Genus Oarces Simon, 1879
Genus Ocrepeira
Genus Ordgarius Keyserling in Koch (Keyserling), 1886
Genus Palaeonephila Wunderlich, 2004 †
Genus Palaeopachygnatha Petrunkevitch, 1922 †
Genus Paralarinia Grasshoff, 1970
Genus Paraplectana Capello, 1867
Genus Paraplectanoides Keyserling in Koch (Keyserling), 1886
Genus Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1941
Genus Paraverrucosa Mello-Leitão, 1939
Genus Parawixia Cambridge, 1903
Genus Parmatergus Emerit, 1994
Genus Pasilobus Simon, 1895
Genus Perilla Thorell, 1895
Genus Pherenice Thorell, 1900
Genus Phonognatha Simon, 1894
Genus Pitharatus Simon, 1895
Genus Plebs Joseph & Framenau, 2012
Genus Poecilarcys Simon, 1895
Genus Poecilopachys Simon, 1895
Genus Poltys Koch, 1843
Genus Popperaneus Cabra-García & Hormiga, 2020
Genus Porcataraneus Mi & Peng, 2011
Genus Pozonia Schenkel, 1953
Genus Prasonica Simon, 1895
Genus Prasonicella Grasshoff, 1971
Genus Pronoides Schenkel, 1937
Genus Pronous Keyserling, 1881
Genus Pseudartonis Simon, 1903
Genus Pseudopsyllo Strand, 1916
Genus Psyllo Thorell, 1900
Genus Pulchellaranea Poinar, 2015 †
Genus Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1865
Genus Pycnosinga Wunderlich, 1988 †
Genus Quokkaraneus Castanheira & Framenau, 2022
Genus Rubrepeira Levi, 1991
Genus Salsa Framenau & Castanheira, 2022
Genus Scoloderus Simon, 1888
Genus Sedasta Simon, 1894
Genus Singa Koch, 1836
Genus Singafrotypa Benoit, 1962
Genus Siwa Grasshoff, 1970
Genus Socca Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022
Genus Spilasma Simon, 1895
Genus Spinepeira Levi, 1995
Genus Spintharidius Simon, 1893
Genus Taczanowskia Keyserling, 1880
Genus Talthybia Thorell, 1898
Genus Tatepeira Levi, 1995
Genus Telaprocera Harmer & Framenau, 2008
Genus Testudinaria Zhang, Sun & Zhang, 1994 †
Genus Testudinaria Taczanowski, 1880
Genus Tethneus Scudder, 1890 †
Genus Thelacantha Hasselt, 1882
Genus Thorellina Berg, 1899
Genus Togacantha Dahl, 1914
Genus Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
Genus Umbonata Grasshoff, 1971
Genus Ursa Simon, 1895
Genus Verrucosa McCook, 1888
Genus Wagneriana Cambridge, 1904
Genus Witica Cambridge, 1895
Genus Wixia Cambridge, 1882
Genus Xylethrus Simon, 1895
Genus Yaginumia Archer, 1960
Genus Zealaranea Court & Forster, 1988
Genus Zilla Koch in Panzer, 1834
Genus Zygiella Cambridge, 1902

Genus Heurodes Keyserling in Koch (Keyserling), 1886 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Genus Acalanthis Gistl, 1848 accepted as Steatoda Sundevall, 1833 (Homonym)
Genus Acantharanea Strand, 1929 accepted as Acantharachne Tullgren, 1910
Genus Acrosoma Perty, 1833 accepted as Micrathena Sundevall, 1833
Genus Afraranea Archer, 1951 accepted as Neoscona Simon, 1864
Genus Agathostichus Simon, 1897 accepted as Mastophora Holmberg, 1876
Genus Agatostichus Simon, 1895 accepted as Agathostichus Simon, 1897 accepted as Mastophora Holmberg, 1876 (Incorrect original spelling)
Genus Allepeira Banks, 1932 accepted as Mecynogea Simon, 1903
Genus Amamra O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 accepted as Ocrepeira
Genus Amamrotypus Archer, 1951 accepted as Araneus Clerck, 1757
Genus Anania Thorell, 1895 accepted as Artonis Thorell in Simon, 1895
Genus Anawixia Chamberlin, 1917 accepted as Wagneriana Cambridge, 1904
Genus Anepsia Koch, 1871 accepted as Anepsion Strand, 1929
Genus Arachnoura Vinson, 1863 accepted as Arachnura Vinson, 1863 (Incorrect original spelling)
Genus Arachnura Thorell, 1869 accepted as Arachnura Vinson, 1863 (Unjustified emendation in prevailing usage)
Genus Aranaethra Pocock, 1900 accepted as Aranoethra Butler, 1873
Genus Arcys Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Arkys Walckenaer, 1836 (Unjustified emendation)
Genus Argyope Savigny in Audouin, 1826 accepted as Argiope Audouin in Savigny, 1827 (Incorrect original spelling)
Genus Argyopes Latreille in Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Argiope Audouin in Savigny, 1827 (Misspelling)
Genus Argyopes Koch, 1837 accepted as Argiope Audouin in Savigny, 1827 (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Genus Atea Koch, 1837 accepted as Araneus Clerck, 1757
Genus Atelacantha Simon, 1864 accepted as Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Genus Austrargiope Kishida, 1936 accepted as Argiope Audouin in Savigny, 1827
Genus Brachygea Caporiacco, 1947 accepted as Argiope Audouin in Savigny, 1827
Genus Bunocrania Thorell, 1878 accepted as Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Genus Caelenia Simon, 1876 accepted as Celaenia Thorell, 1868
Genus Caira Simon, 1895 accepted as Kaira Cambridge, 1889
Genus Calydna Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 accepted as Hypognatha Guérin-Méneville, 1839
Genus Cambridgepeira Archer, 1951 accepted as Araneus Clerck, 1757
Genus Carepalexis Banks, 1904 accepted as Carepalxis Koch, 1872
Genus Cathaistela Archer, 1958 accepted as Araneus Clerck, 1757
Genus Cerceis Menge, 1866 accepted as Cercidia Thorell, 1869
Genus Chaetacis Simon, 1895 accepted as Micrathena Sundevall, 1833
Genus Chaetargiope Kishida, 1936 accepted as Argiope Audouin in Savigny, 1827
Genus Chinestela Chamberlin, 1924 accepted as Neoscona Simon, 1864
Genus Chorizoopes Cambridge, 1871 accepted as Chorizopes Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (Incorrect original spelling)
Genus Chorizopes Thorell, 1895 accepted as Chorizopes Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (Unjustified emendation in prevailing usage)
Genus Clyptogona Damin, 1896 accepted as Glyptogona Simon, 1885
Genus Coerostris Butler, 1880 accepted as Caerostris Thorell, 1868
Genus Coganargiope Kishida, 1936 accepted as Argiope Audouin in Savigny, 1827
Genus Conaranea Archer, 1951 accepted as Araneus Clerck, 1757
Genus Conepeira Archer, 1951 accepted as Araneus Clerck, 1757
Genus Cubanella Pelegrin Franganillo, 1926 accepted as Neoscona Simon, 1864
Genus Cyphepeira Archer, 1951 accepted as Nuctenea Simon, 1864
Genus Cyrtogaster Keyserling, 1864 accepted as Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1868
Genus Deïone Thorell, 1898 accepted as Deione Thorell, 1898
Genus Dicrostichus Simon, 1895 accepted as Ordgarius Keyserling in Koch (Keyserling), 1886
Genus Diotherisoma Caporiacco, 1947 accepted as Bertrana Keyserling, 1884
Genus Dolophenes Walckenaer, 1833 accepted as Dolophones Walckenaer, 1833
Genus Dolophona Simon, 1864 accepted as Dolophones Walckenaer, 1833
Genus Drexelia McCook, 1892 accepted as Larinia Simon, 1874
Genus Ebaea Koch in Koch (Keyserling), 1871-72 accepted as Gea Koch, 1843
Genus Epeira Walckenaer, 1805 accepted as Araneus Clerck, 1757
Genus Epeïra Walckenaer, 1805 accepted as Epeira Walckenaer, 1805 accepted as Araneus Clerck, 1757
Genus Epeirella Mello-Leitão, 1941 accepted as Eriophora Simon, 1864
Genus Epira Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Epeira Walckenaer, 1805 accepted as Araneus Clerck, 1757
Genus Euetria Thorell, 1887 accepted as Cyrtophora Simon, 1864
Genus Euglyptila Simon, 1908 accepted as Ordgarius Keyserling in Koch (Keyserling), 1886
Genus Eurycorma Thorell, 1868 accepted as Hypognatha Guérin-Méneville, 1839
Genus Eurysoma Koch, 1839 accepted as Hypognatha Guérin-Méneville, 1839
Genus Euryzoma Hasselt, 1871 accepted as Hypognatha Guérin-Méneville, 1839
Genus Gastracantha Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Genus Gastracanthus Westwood, 1835 accepted as Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Genus Gea Berendt, 1845 † accepted as Gea Koch, 1843 (Later usage)
Genus Gea Menge in Berendt, 1854 † accepted as Gea Koch, 1843 (Later usage)
Genus Glyptocranium Simon, 1895 accepted as Mastophora Holmberg, 1876
Genus Hentzia McCook, 1894 accepted as Mecynogea Simon, 1903
Genus Heterargiope Kishida, 1936 accepted as Argiope Audouin in Savigny, 1827
Genus Heurodis Keyserling in Koch (Keyserling), 1886 accepted as Heurodes Keyserling in Koch (Keyserling), 1886
Genus Hypophthalma Taczanowski, 1873 accepted as Scoloderus Simon, 1888
Genus Ildibaha Keyserling & Marx in Keyserling, 1892 accepted as Micrathena Sundevall, 1833
Genus Inca Taczanowski, 1879 accepted as Aspidolasius Simon, 1888
Genus Isacantha Simon, 1864 accepted as Isoxya Simon, 1885
Genus Isoxia Simon, 1887 accepted as Isoxya Simon, 1885
Genus Isoxyia Simon, 1895 accepted as Isoxya Simon, 1885
Genus Lariniacantha Archer, 1951 accepted as Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Genus Larinopa Grasshoff, 1970 accepted as Larinia Simon, 1874
Genus Lobetina Simon, 1895 accepted as Prasonica Simon, 1895
Genus Macpos Mello-Leitão, 1940 accepted as Kaira Cambridge, 1889
Genus Macrocantha Simon, 1895 accepted as Macracantha Simon, 1864
Genus Madrepeira Levi, 1995 accepted as Spintharidius Simon, 1893
Genus Miranda Koch in Panzer, 1834-35 accepted as Argiope Audouin in Savigny, 1827
Genus Mutina Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 accepted as Hypognatha Guérin-Méneville, 1839
Genus Mutina Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 accepted as Hypognatha Guérin-Méneville, 1839
Genus Nanduti Mello-Leitão, 1945 accepted as Testudinaria Taczanowski, 1880
Genus Neoschoena Thorell, 1869 accepted as Neoscona Simon, 1864
Genus Neosconella Cambridge, 1903 accepted as Araneus Clerck, 1757
Genus Nephisa Latreille, 1831 accepted as Nephila Leach, 1815
Genus Notocentria Thorell, 1894 accepted as Ordgarius Keyserling in Koch (Keyserling), 1886
Genus Novakia Court & Forster, 1988 accepted as Novakiella Court & Forster in Platnick, 1993
Genus Nyctinea Thorell, 1869 accepted as Nuctenea Simon, 1864
Genus Parazygia Caporiacco, 1955 accepted as Cyclosa Menge, 1866
Genus Parazygiella Wunderlich, 2004 accepted as Zygiella Cambridge, 1902
Genus Parepeira Mello-Leitão, 1933 accepted as Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Genus Paurotylus Tullgren in Sjöstedt, 1910 accepted as Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Genus Perilia Petrunkevitch, 1928 accepted as Perilla Thorell, 1895
Genus Pickardiana Mello-Leitão, 1943 accepted as Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Genus Plectana Walckenaer, 1836 accepted as Micrathena Sundevall, 1833
Genus Pleuromma Doleschall, 1859 accepted as Poltys Koch, 1843
Genus Pronarachne Mello-Leitão, 1937 accepted as Kaira Cambridge, 1889
Genus Salassia Gétaz, 1893 (unaccepted)
Genus Salassina Simon, 1895 (unaccepted)
Genus Simonarachne Archer, 1951 (unaccepted)
Genus Singotypa Simon, 1894 (unaccepted)
Genus Spintaridius Pelegrin, 1926 (unaccepted)
Genus Stanneoclavis Butler, 1873 (unaccepted)
Genus Stroemiellus Wunderlich, 2004 (unaccepted)
Genus Subaraneus Caporiacco, 1948 (unaccepted)
Genus Subedricus Caporiacco, 1954 (unaccepted)
Genus Suzumia Nakatsudi, 1943 (unaccepted)
Genus Thaumastobella Mello-Leitão, 1945 (unaccepted)
Genus Thlaosoma Cambridge, 1869 (unaccepted)
Genus Tholia Koch in Koch, 1871 (unaccepted)
Genus Thoracites Thorell, 1898 (unaccepted)
Genus Trichocharis Simon, 1895 (unaccepted)
Genus Tukaraneus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 (unaccepted)
Genus Verrucosa Petrunkevitch, 1928 (unaccepted, Later usage)
Genus Verucosa McCook, 1888 (unaccepted, Incorrect original spelling)
Genus Vitica Simon, 1903 (unaccepted)
Genus Vixia Banks, 1910 (unaccepted)
Genus Zigana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (unaccepted)
Genus Zygia Koch in Panzer, 1834 (unaccepted)

Genus Artifex Kallal & Hormiga, 2018 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Genus Wagneria McCook, 1895 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Authority previously/elsewhere cited as Simon, 1895; confirmed as Clerck, 1758 (actual publication date: 1757) by ICZN Opinion...  
Taxonomic remark Authority previously/elsewhere cited as Simon, 1895; confirmed as Clerck, 1758 (actual publication date: 1757) by ICZN Opinion 2224, 2009 [details]
IRMNG (2021). Araneidae Clerck, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104406 on 2023-03-26
Date
action
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2012-01-29 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.  [details]   

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.  [details]   

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.  [details]   
From other sources
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Chelicerata (Subphylum) > Arachnida (Class) > Araneae (Order) > Labidognatha (Suborder) > Araneoidea (Superfamily) > Araneidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Arachnids, nonmarine (characteristic of class: Parker). Spiders, terrestrial (characteristics of order) (Parker). Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): T; stratigraphic range: Eocene (Lutetian)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority previously/elsewhere cited as Simon, 1895; confirmed as Clerck, 1758 (actual publication date: 1757) by ICZN Opinion 2224, 2009 [details]
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