''Araniella'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) first described by
R. V. Chamberlin &
Wilton Ivie in 1942.
The genus includes ''
Araniella cucurbitina'', the cucumber green spider.
Species
, the
World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...
accepted the following species:
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Araniella alpica''
(L. Koch, 1869) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Western Siberia), Iran?
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Araniella coreana''
Namkung, 2002 – Korea
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Araniella cucurbitina''
(Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, China, Korea
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Araniella displicata''
(Hentz, 1847) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Japan
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Araniella inconspicua''
(Simon, 1874) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Iran?
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Araniella jilinensis''
Yin & Zhu, 1994 – China
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Araniella levii''
Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – India
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Araniella maasdorpi''
Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – India
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Araniella maderiana''
(Kulczyński, 1905) – Canary Is., Madeira
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Araniella mithra''
Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 – Iran
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Araniella nigromaculata''
(Schenkel, 1963) – China
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Araniella nympha''
(Simon, 1889) – Pakistan, India, China
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Araniella opisthographa''
(Kulczyński, 1905) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, Iran
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Araniella plicata''
Mi & Peng, 2016 – China
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Araniella proxima''
(Kulczyński, 1885) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Turkey, Kazakhstan
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Araniella robusta''
Lee, Yoo & Kim, 2021 – Korea
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Araniella villanii''
Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 – Iran, Kazakhstan, India
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Araniella yaginumai''
Tanikawa, 1995 – Russia (South Siberia to Far East), Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan
References
Araneomorphae genera
Taxa named by Ralph Vary Chamberlin
Taxa named by Wilton Ivie
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