Araneus

Araneus
Temporal range: Cretaceous–present
European garden spider (Araneus diadematus)
Four-spot orb-weaver (Araneus quadratus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Tribe: Araneini
Genus: Araneus
Clerck, 1757
Type species
Araneus angulatus[1]
Clerck, 1757
Species

See list.

Diversity
c. 650 species
Synonyms
  • Epeira Walckenaer, 1805
  • Atea C.L. Koch, 1837
  • Epira Agassiz, 1846 (Unj. Emend.)
  • Amamrotypus Archer, 1951
  • Cambridgepeira Archer, 1951
  • Conaranea Archer, 1951
  • Conepeira Archer, 1951
  • Cathaistela Archer, 1958
  • Neosconella F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1903

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.

  1. ^ ICZN (2009). "OPINION 2224 (Case 3371). ARANEIDAE Clerck, 1758, Araneus Clerck, 1758 and Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 (Arachnida, Araneae): proposed conservation". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 66 (2): 192–193. doi:10.21805/bzn.v66i2.a9.