Araneidae

family of araneomorph spiders

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

Zygiella is a genus of orb-weaver spiders that can be found globally. They are notable for their webs having a missing sector with it having only a single tread.

genus of arachnids

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

Arachnura, also known as drag-tailed spider, scorpion-tailed spider and scorpion spider, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders that was first described by Auguste Vinson in 1863. They are distributed across Australasia, Southern and Eastern Asia with one species from Africa.

species of arachnid

Larinioides is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1934. They mostly occur in temperate climates around the northern hemisphere. The name is derived from the related araneid spider genus Larinia, with the meaning "like Larinia".

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

Gibbaranea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1951.

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

Larinia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1874.

genus of arachnids

species of arachnid

Cyrtarachne is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1868.

species of arachnid

genus of arachnids

Kapogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1997.

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

Paraplectana is a genus of Asian and African orb-weaver spiders first described by F. de Brito Capello in 1867.

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 derived from the Greek "micro", meaning "small", and the goddess Athena.

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

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 original name was "Chorizoopes", but the emendation Chorizopes by Tamerlan Thorell is now protected by usage.

Kilima is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by M. Grasshoff in 1970. it contains three species.

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".

Parmatergus is a genus of East African orb-weaver spiders first described by M. Emerit in 1994. it contains only three species, all found in Madagascar.

tribe of spiders

species of arachnid

Nuctenea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Its most familiar member is the Walnut Orb-Weaver Spider, N. umbratica.

genus of arachnids

species of arachnid

Hypsosinga is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871, with a wide global distribution.

Celaenia is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1868.

species of spider

Glyptogona is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. it contains only two species.

species of arachnid

Poecilopachys is a genus of Australasian orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.

Singafrotypa is an African genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1962.

Metazygia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1904. They physically resemble members of Nuctenea, but they do not have fine setae on the carapace.

species of arachnid

Phonognatha is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. It was originally placed with the long-jawed orb weavers, and was moved to Araneidae in 2008.

Anepsion is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Embrik Strand in 1929.