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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.

Species

Cross Orbweaver

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyAraneidae
Observations150,313
Observations recorded347,330

鬼蛛屬(學名:Araneus),是圓蛛科的一個屬。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,584
With media
126
Family
Araneidae
Collections
INDRE-SSA, UAM, DMNS, MCZ, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UNM
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Thailand, Guatemala, Chile, Spain, France, Trinidad And Tobago

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Named after
Arachne
Image
Araneus diadematus2.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Araneus
Commons category
Araneus
topic's main category
Category:Araneus
Commons gallery
Araneus
taxon common name
オニグモ属
taxon author citation
Clerck, 1757
taxonomic type
Araneus angulatus
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Taxonomic history
  • In popular culture
  • Venom
  • Species
  • References
  • External links

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.

==Description==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Araneus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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