Aculepeira

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

==Species== , this genus includes 26 species and two subspecies: Aculepeira aculifera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – USA to Guatemala Aculepeira albovittata (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Paraguay, Argentina Aculepeira angeloi Álvares, Loyola & De Maria, 2005 – Brazil Aculepeira annulipes (Lucas, 1838) – Canary Islands Aculepeira apa Levi, 1991 – Brazil, Paraguay Aculepeira armida (Audouin, 1826) – North Africa, Southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia to China A. a. orientalis (Kulczyński, 1901) – Russia (Asia), China Aculepeira azul Levi, 1991 – Panama Aculepeira busu Levi, 1991 – Hispaniola Aculepeira carbonaria (L. Koch, 1869) – Alps, southern Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe and Central Asia), Kazakhstan A. c. sinensis (Schenkel, 1953) – China Aculepeira carbonarioides (Keyserling, 1892) – Russia (Europe to Far East), Alaska, Canada, United States Aculepeira ceropegia (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Kazakhstan Aculepeira escazu Levi, 1991 – Costa Rica Aculepeira gravabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Honduras to Panama Aculepeira lapponica (Holm, 1945) – Sweden, Finland, Russia (Europe to West Siberia) Aculepeira luosangensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China Aculepeira machu Levi, 1991 – Peru Aculepeira matsudae Tanikawa, 1994 – Russia (Far East), Japan Aculepeira morenoae Rubio, Izquierdo & Piacentini, 2013 – Argentina Aculepeira packardi (Thorell, 1875) – North America, Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, China Aculepeira serpentina Guo & Zhang, 2010 – China Aculepeira sogdiana (Charitonov, 1969) – Uzbekistan Aculepeira taibaishanensis Zhu & Wang, 1995 – China Aculepeira talishia (Zawadsky, 1902) – Turkey, Iran, Caucasus to Central Asia Aculepeira travassosi (Soares & Camargo, 1948) – Mexico to Argentina Aculepeira visite Levi, 1991 – Hispaniola Aculepeira vittata (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1948) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina