Araneidae genera

Araneus is a genus of common orb-weaving spiders with more than 500 species, among which are the European garden spider and the barn spider. The genus was erected by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1757.

genus of arachnids

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 with six prominent spines on their broad, hardened, shell-like abdomens.

Neoscona, known as spotted orb-weavers and barn spiders, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders (Araneidae) with more than 100 described species. It was erected by Eugène Simon in 1895 to separate these from other araneids in the now obsolete genus Epeira.

Araniella is a genus 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.

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 web decoration in Cyclosa spiders is often linear and includes prey remains and other debris, which probably serve to camouflage the spider. However, some tropical species, including C. longicauda in Peru, construct highly complex, non-linear stabilimenta that resemble the silhouette of a much larger orb-weaving spider. This specific decoy strategy is hypothesized

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.

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

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

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

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".

Agalenatea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1951. it contains only two species: A. redii with a palearctic distribution and A. liriope, found in Ethiopia and Yemen.

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

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

Aculepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942.

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 well.

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

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.

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.

genus of arachnids

Cercidia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae). , it contained only three species.

Acanthepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by George Marx in 1883.

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

Acusilas is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Most species are found from India to Sulawesi, with A. africanus found in Africa.

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.

Eriophora is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. These spiders are found in tropical climates in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. The name is derived from Ancient Greek roots and means "wool bearing".

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

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

Deliochus is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.

Dolophones is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.

Amazonepeira is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1989.

Bertrana is a genus of Central and South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1884. It includes some of the smallest known araneid orb-weavers. Bertrana striolata females are 4.5 mm long or less. The eight eyes are in two rows. The abdomen is white on top and on the sides, with multiple hieroglyphic-like lines and bars of many different shapes and length. In females, these are red, in males, black.

Edricus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1890. it contains only two species.

Neogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1983. it contains only three species.

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.

Artonis is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. it contains only two species, A. gallana from Ethiopia and A. bituberculata from Myanmar.

Lipocrea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1878.

Alenatea is a genus of Asian orb-weaver spiders first described by D. X. Song, Ming-Sheng Zhu & J. Chen in 1999. it contains only three species.

genus of arachnids

Acantharachne is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1910.

Acroaspis is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878.

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

Enacrosoma is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1932.

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

Nicolepeira is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 2001. it contains only three species, all found in Chile.

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 a web. Males and juvenile females capture their prey directly with their legs.

Cryptaranea is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.

genus of arachnids

Taczanowskia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1879. Contrary to the common name of the family, spiders of the genus Taczanowskia do not build webs and are furtive hunters, deceiving their prey by producing sex pheromones that attract male moths, and catching their prey by using a pair of enlarged claws at the tip of their anterior legs.

Acrosomoides is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.

Nemosinga is a genus of East African orb-weaver spiders first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1947. it contains only three species, all found in Tanzania.

genus of spiders

Carepalxis is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1872. These spiders only build webs at night and break them down in the morning. C. coronata builds orb webs up to in diameter with closely woven spiral threads.

Cladomelea is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. 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 a web. Males and juvenile females capture their prey directly with their legs.

Gastroxya is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Belgian arachnologist Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1962.

Ocrepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by George Marx in 1883.

Colaranea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988 that are endemic to New Zealand.

Aranoethra is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1873. it contains only three species.

Aethriscus is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1902. The two described species are found in the DR Congo. One of them was later also found in South Africa.

Gnolus is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1879. Originally placed with the orb-weaving spiders, it was transferred to the pirate spiders in 1993, but moved back to orb-weaver family in 2012.