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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 genera in the family

Araneidae Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", hence the English name ...

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Acacesia ''Acacesia'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. It contains six species with a mostly neotropical distribution, ranging from South America to Mexico. One species, ''A. hamata'', is found in the US as we ...

'' Simon, 1895 *'' Acantharachne'' Tullgren, 1910 *'' Acanthepeira'' Marx, 1883 *'' Acroaspis'' Karsch, 1878 *'' Acrosomoides'' Simon, 1887 *'' Actinacantha'' Simon, 1864 *'' Actinosoma'' Holmberg, 1883 *'' Aculepeira'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 *'' Acusilas'' Simon, 1895 *'' Aethriscus'' Pocock, 1902 *'' Aethrodiscus'' Strand, 1913 *'' Aetrocantha'' Karsch, 1879 *'' Afracantha'' Dahl, 1914 *'' Agalenatea'' Archer, 1951 *'' Alenatea'' Song & Zhu, 1999 *''

Allocyclosa ''Allocyclosa'' is a genus of orb weaver spiders that contains only one species, ''Allocyclosa bifurca''. It was first described in 1887 by McCook under the name ''Cyrtophora bifurca'', and was transferred to its own genus in 1999. It is the on ...

'' Levi, 1999 *''

Alpaida Alpaida (also Alpaïde, Alpaide, Alphaida, Alpoïde, Elphide, Elfide, Chalpaida; 654 – c. 714) was a Frankish noblewoman who hailed from the Liège area. She became the wife of Pippin of Herstal (635 or 640 – 16 December 714) and mother to ...

'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 *''

Amazonepeira ''Amazonepeira'' is a genus of South American Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1989. Species it contains five species: *''Amazonepeira beno'' Levi, 1994 – Ecuador, Brazil, Suriname *''Amazonepeira callar ...

'' Levi, 1989 *'' Anepsion'' Strand, 1929 *'' Arachnura'' Vinson, 1863 *''

Araneus ''Araneus'' is a genus of common orb-weaving spiders. It includes about 650 species, among which are the European garden spider and the barn spider. The genus was erected by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1757. Description Spiders of this genus pr ...

'' Clerck, 1757 *'' Araniella'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 *'' Aranoethra'' Butler, 1873 *'' Argiope'' Audouin, 1826 *''

Arkys ''Arkys'', also known as ''triangular spider'' or ''ambush spider'', is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Arkyidae, first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837. They are often small, with a triangular shaped abdom ...

'' Walckenaer, 1837 *'' Artonis'' Simon, 1895 *'' Aspidolasius'' Simon, 1887 *'' Augusta'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 *'' Austracantha'' Dahl, 1914 *'' Backobourkia'' Framenau et al., 2010 *'' Bertrana'' Keyserling, 1884 *'' Caerostris'' Thorell, 1868 *'' Carepalxis'' L. Koch, 1872 *'' Celaenia'' Thorell, 1868 *''

Cercidia ''Cercidia'' is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and bel ...

'' Thorell, 1869 *''

Chorizopes ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The origina ...

'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870 *'' Cladomelea'' Simon, 1895 *'' Cnodalia'' Thorell, 1890 *'' Coelossia'' Simon, 1895 *'' Colaranea'' Court & Forster, 1988 *'' Collina'' Urquhart, 1891 *'' Colphepeira'' Archer, 1941 *''

Cryptaranea ''Cryptaranea'' is a genus of Oceania, South Pacific Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988. Species it contains seven species, all found in New Zealand: *''Cryptaranea albolineata'' (Urquh ...

'' Court & Forster, 1988 *''

Cyclosa ''Cyclosa'', also called trashline orbweavers, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866. Widely distributed worldwide, spiders of the genus ''Cyclosa'' build relatively small orb webs with a web decoration. The w ...

'' Menge, 1866 *'' Cyphalonotus'' Simon, 1895 *'' Cyrtarachne'' Thorell, 1868 *'' Cyrtobill'' Framenau & Scharff, 2009 *''

Cyrtophora ''Cyrtophora'', the tent-web spiders, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Although they are in the "orb weaver" family, they do not build orb webs. Their tent-like, highly complex non-sticky web is sometim ...

'' Simon, 1864 *'' Deione'' Thorell, 1898 *'' Deliochus'' Simon, 1894 *''

Demadiana ''Demadiana'' is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Arkyidae, first described by Embrik Strand Embrik Strand (2 June 1876 – 3 November 1947) was an entomologist and arachnologist who classified many insect and spider ...

'' Strand, 1929 *'' Dolophones'' Walckenaer, 1837 *'' Dubiepeira'' Levi, 1991 *'' Edricus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890 *'' Enacrosoma'' Mello-Leitão, 1932 *'' Encyosaccus'' Simon, 1895 *'' Epeiroides'' Keyserling, 1885 *'' Eriophora'' Simon, 1864 *'' Eriovixia'' Archer, 1951 *'' Eustacesia'' Caporiacco, 1954 *'' Eustala'' Simon, 1895 *''

Exechocentrus ''Exechocentrus'' is a genus of Madagascan orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) first described by Eugène Simon in 1889. It is a bolas-using spider, capturing its prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather t ...

'' Simon, 1889 *'' Faradja'' Grasshoff, 1970 *'' Friula'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 *'' Galaporella'' Levi, 2009 *''

Gasteracantha ''Gasteracantha'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first named by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. Species of the genus are known as spiny-backed orb-weavers, spiny orb-weavers, or spiny spiders. The females of most species are brightly colored wi ...

'' Sundevall, 1833 *'' Gastroxya'' Benoit, 1962 *'' Gea'' C. L. Koch, 1843 *''

Gibbaranea ''Gibbaranea'' is a genus of Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1951. Species it contains thirteen species: *''Gibbaranea abscissa'' (Ferdinand Karsch, Karsch, 1879) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japa ...

'' Archer, 1951 *'' Glyptogona'' Simon, 1884 *'' Heterognatha'' Nicolet, 1849 *'' Heurodes'' Keyserling, 1886 *'' Hingstepeira'' Levi, 1995 *''

Hypognatha ''Hypognatha'' is a genus of Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by F. E. Guérin-Méneville in 1839. Species it contains thirty-eight species: *''Hypognatha alho'' Herbert Walter Levi, Levi, 1996 – Brazil *''Hypognatha belem'' Levi ...

'' Guérin, 1839 *'' Hypsacantha'' Dahl, 1914 *'' Hypsosinga'' Ausserer, 1871 *'' Ideocaira'' Simon, 1903 *'' Isoxya'' Simon, 1885 *'' Kaira'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 *'' Kapogea'' Levi, 1997 *'' Kilima'' Grasshoff, 1970 *''

Larinia ''Larinia'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1874. Species it contains fifty-eight species: *'' L. acuticauda'' Simon, 1906 – West Africa to Israel *'' L. ambo'' Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – ...

'' Simon, 1874 *'' Lariniaria'' Grasshoff, 1970 *''

Larinioides ''Larinioides'' is a genus of Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders commonly known as ''flying spiders'' and first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1934. They mostly occur in temperate climates around the northern hemisphere. The name is derived fr ...

'' Caporiacco, 1934 *'' Leviellus'' Wunderlich, 2004 *'' Lewisepeira'' Levi, 1993 *'' Lipocrea'' Thorell, 1878 *'' Macracantha'' Simon, 1864 *'' Madacantha'' Emerit, 1970 *''

Mahembea ''Mahembea'' is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, ''Mahembea hewitti''. It was first created by M. Grasshoff in 1970 to separate this species from its original genus, ''Larinia''. It has only been found in Cent ...

'' Grasshoff, 1970 *'' Mangora'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 *''

Manogea ''Manogea'' is a genus of Central America, Central and South American Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1997. it contains only three species. References

Araneidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Cen ...

'' Levi, 1997 *'' Mastophora'' Holmberg, 1876 *''

Mecynogea ''Mecynogea'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1903. The name is derived from the Greek mekyno (μηυνω), meaning "to lengthen", and "gea" (γεα), meaning "earth". Species it contains nine species in th ...

'' Simon, 1903 *'' Megaraneus'' Lawrence, 1968 *'' Melychiopharis'' Simon, 1895 *'' Metazygia'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 *''

Metepeira ''Metepeira'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1903. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μετά and the obsolete genus name '' Epeira'', denoting a genus similar to ''Epeira''. Species i ...

'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 *''

Micrathena ''Micrathena'', known as spiny orbweavers, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. ''Micrathena'' contains more than a hundred species, most of them Neotropical woodland-dwelling species. The name is der ...

'' Sundevall, 1833 *'' Micrepeira'' Schenkel, 1953 *'' Micropoltys'' Kulczy?ski, 1911 *''

Milonia ''Milonia'' is a genus of Southeast Asian Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890. Species it contains seven species: *''Milonia albula'' Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 – Singapore *'' ...

'' Thorell, 1890 *'' Molinaranea'' Mello-Leitão, 1940 *''

Nemoscolus ''Nemoscolus'' is a genus of Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Species it contains fifteen species, all found in Africa except for ''N. laurae'', found in the western Mediterranean: *''Nemoscolus affinis'' ...

'' Simon, 1895 *'' Nemosinga'' Caporiacco, 1947 *''

Nemospiza ''Nemospiza'' is a genus of Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it ...

'' Simon, 1903 *'' Neogea'' Levi, 1983 *'' Neoscona'' Simon, 1864 *'' Nicolepeira'' Levi, 2001 *'' Novakiella'' Court & Forster, 1993 *'' Novaranea'' Court & Forster, 1988 *'' Nuctenea'' Simon, 1864 *''

Ocrepeira ''Ocrepeira'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by George Marx George Marx (June 22, 1838 – January 3, 1895) was a German-born American arachnologist, scientific illustrator and physician. He was regarded as one of the foremo ...

'' Marx, 1883 *''

Ordgarius ''Ordgarius'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886. Adult females of the genus are bolas spiders, capturing their prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in ...

'' Keyserling, 1886 *'' Paralarinia'' Grasshoff, 1970 *'' Paraplectana'' Brito Capello, 1867 *'' Paraplectanoides'' Keyserling, 1886 *'' Pararaneus'' Caporiacco, 1940 *'' Parawixia'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 *'' Parazygiella'' Wunderlich, 2004 *'' Parmatergus'' Emerit, 1994 *'' Pasilobus'' Simon, 1895 *''

Perilla ''Perilla'' is a genus consisting of one major Asiatic crop species ''Perilla frutescens'' and a few wild species in nature belonging to the mint family, Lamiaceae. The genus encompasses several distinct varieties of Asian herb, seed, and veget ...

'' Thorell, 1895 *'' Pherenice'' Thorell, 1899 *'' Phonognatha'' Simon, 1894 *'' Pitharatus'' Simon, 1895 *''

Plebs In ancient Rome, the plebeians (also called plebs) were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words " commoners". Both classes were hereditary. Etymology The precise origins ...

'' Joseph & Framenau, 2012 *''

Poecilarcys ''Poecilarcys'' is a genus of African Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, ''Poecilarcys ditissimus''. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895 to hold the single species moved from the now obsolete "catch-all" genu ...

'' Simon, 1895 *'' Poecilopachys'' Simon, 1895 *'' Poltys'' C. L. Koch, 1843 *'' Porcataraneus'' Mi & Peng, 2011 *'' Pozonia'' Schenkel, 1953 *'' Prasonica'' Simon, 1895 *'' Prasonicella'' Grasshoff, 1971 *'' Pronoides'' Schenkel, 1936 *''

Pronous ''Pronous'' is a genus of South American and African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. Species it contains sixteen species: *'' Pronous affinis'' Simon, 1901 – Malaysia *'' Pronous beatus'' ( O. Pickard-Cam ...

'' Keyserling, 1881 *'' Pseudartonis'' Simon, 1903 *'' Pseudopsyllo'' Strand, 1916 *'' Psyllo'' Thorell, 1899 *'' Pycnacantha'' Blackwall, 1865 *'' Rubrepeira'' Levi, 1992 *'' Scoloderus'' Simon, 1887 *'' Sedasta'' Simon, 1894 *'' Singa'' C. L. Koch, 1836 *'' Singafrotypa'' Benoit, 1962 *'' Siwa'' Grasshoff, 1970 *'' Spilasma'' Simon, 1897 *'' Spinepeira'' Levi, 1995 *''

Spintharidius ''Spintharidius'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and ...

'' Simon, 1893 *'' Stroemiellus'' Wunderlich, 2004 *''

Taczanowskia ''Taczanowskia'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1879. Contrary to the common name of the group, spiders of the genus Taczanowskia do not build webs and are furtive hunters, deceiving their prey by pro ...

'' Keyserling, 1879 *'' Talthybia'' Thorell, 1898 *'' Tatepeira'' Levi, 1995 *'' Telaprocera'' Harmer & Framenau, 2008 *'' Testudinaria'' Taczanowski, 1879 *'' Thelacantha'' Hasselt, 1882 *'' Thorellina'' Berg, 1899 *'' Togacantha'' Dahl, 1914 *'' Umbonata'' Grasshoff, 1971 *'' Ursa'' Simon, 1895 *'' Verrucosa'' McCook, 1888 *'' Wagneriana'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 *'' Witica'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 *'' Wixia'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 *'' Xylethrus'' Simon, 1895 *'' Yaginumia'' Archer, 1960 *'' Zealaranea'' Court & Forster, 1988 *''

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'' C. L. Koch, 1834 *'' Zygiella'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902

References

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