List of Araneidae species: N-Z
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This page lists all described species of the spider family Araneidae as of December 13, 2009, that start with letters N through Z.
Simon, 1864
Simon, 1864
Keyserling, 1886
Simon, 1894
Simon, 1895
C. L. Koch, 1843
Simon, 1887
Hasselt, 1882
F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902
Nemoscolus
Nemoscolus Simon, 1895- Nemoscolus affinis Lessert, 1933 — Congo
- Nemoscolus caudifer Strand, 1906 — West Africa
- Nemoscolus cotti Lessert, 1933 — Mozambique
- Nemoscolus elongatus Lawrence, 1947 — South Africa
- Nemoscolus kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1947 — Uganda
- Nemoscolus lateplagiatis Simon, 1907 — Guinea-Bissau
- Nemoscolus laurae (Simon, 1868) — Western Mediterranean
- Nemoscolus niger Caporiacco, 1936 — Libya
- Nemoscolus obscurus Simon, 1897 — South Africa
- Nemoscolus rectifrons Roewer, 1961 — Senegal
- Nemoscolus semilugens Denis, 1966 — Libya
- Nemoscolus tubicola (Simon, 1887) — South Africa
- Nemoscolus turricola Berland, 1933 — Mali
- Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Simon, 1897 — South Africa
- Nemoscolus waterloti Berland, 1920 — Madagascar
Nemosinga
Nemosinga Caporiacco, 1947- Nemosinga atra Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania
- Nemosinga atra bimaculata Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania
- Nemosinga strandi Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania
Nemospiza
Nemospiza Simon, 1903- Nemospiza conspicillata Simon, 1903 — South Africa
Neoarchemorus
Neoarchemorus Mascord, 1968- Neoarchemorus speechleyi Mascord, 1968 — New South Wales
Neogea
Neogea Levi, 1983- Neogea egregia (Kulczynski, 1911) — New Guinea
- Neogea nocticolor (Thorell, 1887) — India to Sumatra
- Neogea yunnanensis Yin et al., 1990 — China
Neoscona
NeosconaNeoscona
Neoscona is a genus of spider in the family Araneidae with a mostly pantropical distribution. One species, N. adianta, has a palearctic distribution, and several species occur in North America....
Simon, 1864
- Neoscona achine (Simon, 1906) — India, China
- Neoscona adiantaNeoscona adiantaNeoscona adianta is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It has a Palaearctic distribution.This is an attractive species, the brown to red abdomen marked with a series of black-bordered white or cream triangles. The female has a body length of around 9 mm, the male being...
(Walckenaer, 1802) — Palearctic- Neoscona adianta persecta (Schenkel, 1936) — China
- Neoscona alberti (Strand, 1913) — Central, Southern Africa
- Neoscona albertoi Barrion-Dupo, 2008 — Philippines
- Neoscona aldinei Barrion-Dupo, 2008 — Philippines
- Neoscona amamiensis Tanikawa, 1998 — Japan
- Neoscona ampoyae Barrion-Dupo, 2008 — Philippines
- Neoscona angulatula (Schenkel, 1937) — Madagascar, Aldabra, Kenya
- Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer, 1842) — North, Central America, West Indies
- Neoscona bengalensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 — India
- Neoscona bihumpi Patel, 1988 — India
- Neoscona biswasi Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 — India
- Neoscona blondeli (Simon, 1886) — Africa
- Neoscona bomdilaensis Biswas & Biswas, 2006 — India
- Neoscona bucheti (Lessert, 1930) — Congo
- Neoscona bucheti avakubiensis (Lessert, 1930) — Congo
- Neoscona bucheti flexuosa (Lessert, 1930) — Congo, Yemen
- Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) — France, Turkey
- Neoscona cereolella (Strand, 1907) — Congo, East Africa, Madagascar
- Neoscona cereolella setaceola (Strand, 1913) — Central Africa
- Neoscona cheesmanae (Berland, 1938) — New Hebrides
- Neoscona chiarinii (Pavesi, 1883) — West, Central, East Africa
- Neoscona chrysanthusi Tikader & Bal, 1981 — Bhutan
- Neoscona cruciferaNeoscona cruciferaNeoscona crucifera is an orb-weaver spider in the family Araneidae. It is found in the United States from Maine to Florida in the east, to Minnesota in the Midwest, to Arizona in the southwest, and in Mexico...
(Lucas, 1838) — North America, Canary Islands, Madeira, Hawaii - Neoscona dhruvai Patel & Nigam, 1994 — India
- Neoscona dhumani Patel & Reddy, 1993 — India
- Neoscona domiciliorumNeoscona domiciliorumNeoscona domiciliorum, commonly known as the spotted orbweaver or redfemured spotted orbweaver, is a spider in the family Araneidae. The specific epithet domiciliorum means "of dwellings" in Latin and refers to the fact that this species is often found living on buildings...
(Hentz, 1847) — USA - Neoscona dostinikea Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
- Neoscona dyali Gajbe, 2004 — India
- Neoscona facundoi Barrion-Dupo, 2008 — Philippines
- Neoscona goliath (Benoit, 1963) — Ivory Coast
- Neoscona hirta (C. L. Koch, 1844) — Central, Southern Africa
- Neoscona holmi (Schenkel, 1953) — China, Korea
- Neoscona jinghongensis Yin et al., 1990 — China
- Neoscona kisangani Grasshoff, 1986 — Congo
- Neoscona kivuensis Grasshoff, 1986 — Congo
- Neoscona kunmingensis Yin et al., 1990 — China
- Neoscona lactea (Saito, 1933) — Taiwan
- Neoscona leucaspis (Schenkel, 1963) — China
- Neoscona lipana Barrion-Dupo, 2008 — Philippines
- Neoscona lotan Levy, 2007 — Israel
- Neoscona maculaticeps (L. Koch, 1871) — Japan, Samoa
- Neoscona marcanoi Levi, 1993 — Hispaniola
- Neoscona melloteei (Simon, 1895) — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
- Neoscona menghaiensis Yin et al., 1990 — China
- Neoscona molemensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 — Bangladesh, India to Philippines, Indonesia
- Neoscona moreli (Vinson, 1863) — Cuba to Argentina, Africa to Seychelles
- Neoscona mukerjei Tikader, 1980 — India
- Neoscona multiplicans (Chamberlin, 1924) — China, Korea, Japan
- Neoscona murthyi Patel & Reddy, 1990 — India
- Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875) — Cosmotropical
- Neoscona novella (Simon, 1907) — Bioko
- Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) — USA to Peru, Galapagos Islands
- Neoscona odites (Simon, 1906) — India
- Neoscona oriemindoroana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
- Neoscona orientalis (Urquhart, 1887) — New Zealand
- Neoscona orizabensis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1904 — Mexico
- Neoscona parambikulamensis Patel, 2003 — India
- Neoscona pavida (Simon, 1906) — India, Pakistan, China
- Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879) — West, Central Africa
- Neoscona platnicki Gajbe & Gajbe, 2001 — India
- Neoscona plebeja (L. Koch, 1871) — Fiji, Tonga, Funafuti, Rapa
- Neoscona polyspinipes Yin et al., 1990 — China
- Neoscona pratensis (Hentz, 1847) — USA, Canada
- Neoscona pseudonautica Yin et al., 1990 — China, Korea
- Neoscona pseudoscylla (Schenkel, 1953) — China
- Neoscona punctigeraNeoscona punctigeraNeoscona adianta is a species of spider found in Asia that hunts at night. N. adianta builds spiral shaped webs and may lure prey with awe-inspiring spots on its abdomen.-Source:...
(Doleschall, 1857) — Réunion to Japan - Neoscona quadrigibbosa Grasshoff, 1986 — Central, Southern Africa
- Neoscona quincasea Roberts, 1983 — Central, Southern Africa, Aldabra
- Neoscona rapta (Thorell, 1899) — Africa
- Neoscona raydakensis Saha et al., 1995 — India
- Neoscona rufipalpis (Lucas, 1858) — Africa, St. Helena, Cape Verde Islands, Yemen
- Neoscona rufipalpis buettnerana (Strand, 1908) — Cameroon, Togo
- Neoscona sanghi Gajbe, 2004 — India
- Neoscona sanjivani Gajbe, 2004 — India
- Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879) — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
- Neoscona scylloides (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
- Neoscona semilunaris (Karsch, 1879) — China, Korea, Japan
- Neoscona shillongensis Tikader & Bal, 1981 — India, China
- Neoscona simoni Grasshoff, 1986 — Central Africa
- Neoscona sinhagadensis (Tikader, 1975) — India, China
- Neoscona sodom Levy, 1998 — Israel
- Neoscona stanleyi (Lessert, 1930) — Congo
- Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837) — Old World
- Neoscona subfusca alboplagiata Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania
- Neoscona subfusca pallidior Thorell, 1899 — Bioko
- Neoscona subpullata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) — China, Korea, Japan
- Neoscona tedgenica (Bakhvalov, 1978) — Central Asia
- Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1842) — India, China to Pacific Islands
- Neoscona theisi carbonaria (Simon, 1909) — Vietnam
- Neoscona theisi feisiana (Strand, 1911) — Caroline Islands
- Neoscona theisi savesi (Simon, 1880) — New Caledonia
- Neoscona theisi theisiella (Tullgren, 1910) — West, Central, East Africa, Yemen
- Neoscona theisi triangulifera (Thorell, 1878) — New Guinea
- Neoscona tianmenensis Yin et al., 1990 — China, Korea
- Neoscona triangula (Keyserling, 1864) — Cape Verde to India
- Neoscona triangula mensamontella (Strand, 1907) — Madagascar
- Neoscona triramusa Yin & Zhao, 1994 — China
- Neoscona ujavalai Reddy & Patel, 1992 — India
- Neoscona usbonga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
- Neoscona utahana (Chamberlin, 1919) — USA, Mexico
- Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865) — Africa to Philippines, New Guinea
- Neoscona xishanensis Yin et al., 1990 — China
- Neoscona yadongensis Yin et al., 1990 — China
- Neoscona yptinika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
Nicolepeira
Nicolepeira Levi, 2001- Nicolepeira bicaudata (Nicolet, 1849) — Chile
- Nicolepeira flavifrons (Nicolet, 1849) — Chile
- Nicolepeira transversalis (Nicolet, 1849) — Chile
Novakiella
Novakiella Court & Forster, 1993- Novakiella trituberculosa (Roewer, 1942) — Australia, New Zealand
Novaranea
Novaranea Court & Forster, 1988- Novaranea queribunda (Keyserling, 1887) — New Zealand
Nuctenea
NucteneaNuctenea
The spider genus Nuctenea belongs to the Araneidae family. Its most familiar member is the Walnut Orb-Weaver Spider, N. umbratica.-Species:* Nuctenea cedrorum — Algeria* Nuctenea silvicultrix The spider genus Nuctenea belongs to the Araneidae family. Its most familiar member is the Walnut...
Simon, 1864
- Nuctenea cedrorum (Simon, 1929) — Algeria
- Nuctenea silvicultrix (C. L. Koch, 1835) — Palearctic
- Nuctenea umbraticaNuctenea umbraticaThe Walnut Orb-Weaver Spider is a spider of the Araneidae family.-Description:The walnut orb-weaver spider is very wide and flattened, with a leathery skin. Its color ranges from red brown and grey brown to black with a dark, yellowish to yellow-greenish leaf-like fleckled marking on its...
(Clerck, 1757) — Europe to Azerbaijan- Nuctenea umbratica nigricans (Franganillo, 1909) — Portugal
- Nuctenea umbratica obscura (Franganillo, 1909) — Portugal
Ocrepeira
Ocrepeira Marx, 1883- Ocrepeira abiseo Levi, 1993 — Peru
- Ocrepeira albopunctata (Taczanowski, 1879) — Peru, Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana
- Ocrepeira anta Levi, 1993 — Colombia
- Ocrepeira aragua Levi, 1993 — Venezuela
- Ocrepeira arturi Levi, 1993 — Panama
- Ocrepeira atuncela Levi, 1993 — Colombia
- Ocrepeira barbara Levi, 1993 — Peru
- Ocrepeira bispinosa (Mello-Leitão, 1945) — Brazil
- Ocrepeira branta Levi, 1993 — Jamaica
- Ocrepeira camaca Levi, 1993 — Brazil
- Ocrepeira comaina Levi, 1993 — Peru
- Ocrepeira covillei Levi, 1993 — Costa Rica, Trinidad to Bolivia
- Ocrepeira cuy Levi, 1993 — Peru
- Ocrepeira darlingtoni (Bryant, 1945) — Hispaniola
- Ocrepeira duocypha (Chamberlin, 1916) — Peru
- Ocrepeira ectypa (Walckenaer, 1842) — USA
- Ocrepeira fiebrigi (Dahl, 1906) — Brazil, Paraguay
- Ocrepeira galianoae Levi, 1993 — Brazil, Argentina
- Ocrepeira georgia (Levi, 1976) — USA
- Ocrepeira gima Levi, 1993 — Brazil
- Ocrepeira globosa (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1904) — USA, Mexico
- Ocrepeira gnomo (Mello-Leitão, 1943) — Brazil
- Ocrepeira gulielmi Levi, 1993 — Colombia, Ecuador
- Ocrepeira heredia Levi, 1993 — Costa Rica
- Ocrepeira herrera Levi, 1993 — Ecuador, Peru
- Ocrepeira hirsuta (Mello-Leitão, 1942) — Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Ocrepeira hondura Levi, 1993 — Costa Rica
- Ocrepeira incerta (Bryant, 1936) — Cuba
- Ocrepeira ituango Levi, 1993 — Colombia
- Ocrepeira jacara Levi, 1993 — Brazil
- Ocrepeira jamora Levi, 1993 — Ecuador
- Ocrepeira klossi Levi, 1993 — Brazil
- Ocrepeira lapeza Levi, 1993 — Colombia
- Ocrepeira lisei Levi, 1993 — Brazil
- Ocrepeira lurida (Mello-Leitão, 1943) — Bolivia, Argentina
- Ocrepeira macaiba Levi, 1993 — Brazil
- Ocrepeira macintyrei Levi, 1993 — Ecuador
- Ocrepeira magdalena Levi, 1993 — Colombia
- Ocrepeira malleri Levi, 1993 — Brazil
- Ocrepeira maltana Levi, 1993 — Peru
- Ocrepeira maraca Levi, 1993 — Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil
- Ocrepeira mastophoroides (Mello-Leitão, 1942) — Argentina
- Ocrepeira molle Levi, 1993 — Bolivia, Argentina
- Ocrepeira pedregal Levi, 1993 — Mexico, Nicaragua
- Ocrepeira pinhal Levi, 1993 — Brazil
- Ocrepeira pista Levi, 1993 — Peru
- Ocrepeira planada Levi, 1993 — Colombia, Ecuador
- Ocrepeira potosi Levi, 1993 — Mexico
- Ocrepeira redempta (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) — USA to Honduras
- Ocrepeira redondo Levi, 1993 — Colombia
- Ocrepeira rufa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) — Mexico to Costa Rica
- Ocrepeira saladito Levi, 1993 — Colombia
- Ocrepeira serrallesi (Bryant, 1947) — West Indies
- Ocrepeira sorota Levi, 1993 — Bolivia
- Ocrepeira steineri Levi, 1993 — Venezuela
- Ocrepeira subrufa (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1904) — Mexico to Panama
- Ocrepeira tinajillas Levi, 1993 — Colombia, Ecuador
- Ocrepeira tumida (Keyserling, 1865) — Colombia, Ecuador
- Ocrepeira tungurahua Levi, 1993 — Ecuador
- Ocrepeira valderramai Levi, 1993 — Colombia
- Ocrepeira venustula (Keyserling, 1879) — Colombia to Chile
- Ocrepeira verecunda (Keyserling, 1865) — Colombia
- Ocrepeira viejo Levi, 1993 — Costa Rica to Peru
- Ocrepeira willisi Levi, 1993 — Panama
- Ocrepeira yaelae Levi, 1993 — Ecuador
- Ocrepeira yucatan Levi, 1993 — Mexico
Ordgarius
OrdgariusOrdgarius
Ordgarius is a genus of Australasian bolas spiders in the family Araneidae. Ordgar or Ordgarius is also an Anglo-Saxon masculine personal name .-Species:...
Keyserling, 1886
- Ordgarius acanthonotus (Simon, 1909) — Vietnam
- Ordgarius bicolor Pocock, 1899 — New Britain
- Ordgarius clypeatus Simon, 1897 — Amboina
- Ordgarius ephippiatus Thorell, 1898 — Myanmar
- Ordgarius furcatus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1877) — New South Wales
- Ordgarius furcatus distinctus (Rainbow, 1900) — New South Wales
- Ordgarius hexaspinus Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2004 — India
- Ordgarius hobsoni (O. P.-Cambridge, 1877) — India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan
- Ordgarius magnificusOrdgarius magnificusOrdgarius magnificus, the Magnificent spider, is a bolas spider in the family Araneidae. It is endemic to forests along the Australian east coast.-Description:Females are up to 14mm long and almost as wide; males reach only 2mm...
(Rainbow, 1897) — Queensland, New South Wales - Ordgarius monstrosus Keyserling, 1886 — Queensland
- Ordgarius pustulosus Thorell, 1897 — Java
- Ordgarius sexspinosus (Thorell, 1894) — India to Japan, Indonesia
Paralarinia
Paralarinia Grasshoff, 1970- Paralarinia agnata Grasshoff, 1970 — Congo
- Paralarinia bartelsi (Lessert, 1933) — South Africa
- Paralarinia denisi (Lessert, 1938) — Congo
- Paralarinia incerta (Tullgren, 1910) — Central, East Africa
Paraplectana
Paraplectana Brito Capello, 1867- Paraplectana coccinella (Thorell, 1890) — Myanmar, Nias Islands
- Paraplectana duodecimmaculata Simon, 1897 — Java
- Paraplectana hemisphaerica (C. L. Koch, 1844) — Sierra Leone
- Paraplectana japonica Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — Japan
- Paraplectana kittenbergeri Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania
- Paraplectana multimaculata Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon, East Africa
- Paraplectana sakaguchii Uyemura, 1938 — China, Japan
- Paraplectana thorntoni (Blackwall, 1865) — Central Africa, Yemen
- Paraplectana thorntoni occidentalis Strand, 1916 — West, Central Africa
- Paraplectana tsushimensis Yamaguchi, 1960 — China, Taiwan, Japan
- Paraplectana walleri (Blackwall, 1865) — West, Central Africa, Madagascar
- Paraplectana walleri ashantensis Strand, 1907 — Ghana
Paraplectanoides
Paraplectanoides Keyserling, 1886- Paraplectanoides ceruleus Simon, 1908 — Western Australia
- Paraplectanoides crassipes Keyserling, 1886 — Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania
- Paraplectanoides kochi (O. P.-Cambridge, 1877) — Queensland
Pararaneus
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1940- Pararaneus cyrtoscapus (Pocock, 1898) — Central, East, Southern Africa, Socotra
- Pararaneus perforatus (Thorell, 1899) — Central, East, Southern Africa
- Pararaneus pseudostriatus (Strand, 1908) — Central, East Africa
- Pararaneus spectator (Karsch, 1885) — Africa, Middle East
- Pararaneus uncivulva (Strand, 1907) — Madagascar
Parawixia
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1904- Parawixia acapulco Levi, 1992 — Mexico
- Parawixia audax (Blackwall, 1863) — Colombia to Argentina
- Parawixia barbacoas Levi, 1992 — Colombia, Ecuador
- Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) — Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
- Parawixia casa Levi, 1992 — Colombia
- Parawixia chubut Levi, 2001 — Chile, Argentina
- Parawixia dehaani (Doleschall, 1859) — India to Philippines, New Guinea
- Parawixia dehaani octopunctigera (Strand, 1911) — New Ireland
- Parawixia dehaani pygituberculata (Strand, 1911) — New Ireland, Sulawesi
- Parawixia dehaani quadripunctigera (Strand, 1911) — Aru Islands
- Parawixia destricta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) — Mexico to Panama
- Parawixia divisoria Levi, 1992 — Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia
- Parawixia guatemalensis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) — Mexico, Guatemala
- Parawixia honesta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1899) — Mexico
- Parawixia hoxaea (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) — Guatemala to Panama
- Parawixia hypocrita (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) — Guatemala to Brazil
- Parawixia inopinata Camargo, 1950 — Brazil
- Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) — Trinidad to Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana
- Parawixia maldonado Levi, 1992 — Peru
- Parawixia matiapa Levi, 1992 — Trinidad, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
- Parawixia monticola (Keyserling, 1892) — Brazil
- Parawixia nesophila Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 — Costa Rica, Panama
- Parawixia ouro Levi, 1992 — Peru, Brazil
- Parawixia porvenir Levi, 1992 — Colombia
- Parawixia rigida (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) — Guatemala to Panama
- Parawixia rimosa (Keyserling, 1892) — Costa Rica to Bolivia
- Parawixia tarapoa Levi, 1992 — Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
- Parawixia tomba Levi, 1992 — Peru, Brazil
- Parawixia tredecimnotata F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1904 — Mexico to Belize, Greater Antilles
- Parawixia undulata (Keyserling, 1892) — Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
- Parawixia velutina (Taczanowski, 1878) — Colombia to Argentina
Parazygiella
Parazygiella Wunderlich, 2004- Parazygiella carpenteri (Archer, 1951) — USA
- Parazygiella dispar (Kulczynski, 1885) — Holarctic
- Parazygiella montana (C. L. Koch, 1834) — Palearctic
Parmatergus
Parmatergus Emerit, 1994- Parmatergus coccinelloides Emerit, 1994 — Madagascar
- Parmatergus coccinelloides ambrae Emerit, 1994 — Madagascar
- Parmatergus lens Emerit, 1994 — Madagascar
Pasilobus
Pasilobus Simon, 1895- Pasilobus antongilensis Emerit, 2000 — Madagascar
- Pasilobus bufoninus (Simon, 1867) — Taiwan, Java, Moluccas
- Pasilobus capuroni Emerit, 2000 — Madagascar
- Pasilobus conohumeralis (Hasselt, 1894) — Sumatra, Java
- Pasilobus hupingensis Yin, Bao & Kim, 2001 — China, Japan
- Pasilobus insignis O. P.-Cambridge, 1908 — West Africa
- Pasilobus kotigeharus Tikader, 1963 — India
- Pasilobus laevis Lessert, 1930 — Congo
- Pasilobus lunatus Simon, 1897 — Java, Sulawesi
- Pasilobus mammatus Pocock, 1898 — Solomon Islands
- Pasilobus mammosus (Pocock, 1899) — West Africa
- Pasilobus nigrohumeralis (Hasselt, 1882) — Sumatra
Perilla
Perilla Thorell, 1895- Perilla teres Thorell, 1895 — Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia
Pherenice
Pherenice Thorell, 1899- Pherenice tristis Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
Phonognatha
PhonognathaPhonognatha
Phonognatha is a genus of spider. A small genus of seven species of the family Araneidae, it was previously placed in Tetragnathidae.The type species Phonognatha graeffei , is a common Australian spider found in urban areas as well as woodlands in the North-eastern, Eastern and Southern states.The...
Simon, 1894
- Phonognatha graeffeiPhonognatha graeffeiPhonognatha graeffei, referred to as the Leaf curling spider, is a common Australian spider found in urban areas as well as woodlands in the North-eastern, Eastern and Southern states. A small member of the Araneidae family, the orb-weavers, it was previously placed in Tetragnathidae.They are...
(Keyserling, 1865) — Australia- Phonognatha graeffei neocaledonica Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
- Phonognatha guanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
- Phonognatha joannae Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
- Phonognatha melania (L. Koch, 1871) — Australia, Tasmania
- Phonognatha melanopyga (L. Koch, 1871) — Australia, Tasmania
- Phonognatha pallida (Dalmas, 1917) — Western Australia
- Phonognatha vicitra Sherriffs, 1928 — India
Pitharatus
Pitharatus Simon, 1895- Pitharatus junghuhni (Doleschall, 1859) — Malaysia, Java, Sulawesi
Poecilarcys
Poecilarcys Simon, 1895- Poecilarcys ditissimus (Simon, 1885) — Tunisia
Poecilopachys
PoecilopachysPoecilopachys
Poecilopachys is an orb weaver genus from the Australasian region.-Species:* Poecilopachys australasia — Queensland, New South Wales, Samoa* Poecilopachys jenningsi — New Hebrides...
Simon, 1895
- Poecilopachys australasiaPoecilopachys australasia-Introduction:An immigrant from Australia, these nocturnal spiders have been recorded in New Zealand since the early 1970s. The common name is the Two spined Spider. The female is about 8 mm in length and when mature has two spines or horns...
(Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) — Queensland, New South Wales, Samoa - Poecilopachys jenningsi (Rainbow, 1899) — New Hebrides
- Poecilopachys minutissima Chrysanthus, 1971 — New Ireland
- Poecilopachys speciosa (L. Koch, 1872) — Queensland
- Poecilopachys verrucosa (L. Koch, 1871) — New Guinea, Queensland, Samoa
Poltys
PoltysPoltys
Poltys is a mythical king and eponym of the Thracian city of Poltyobria , featured in Apollodorus's account of the story of the hero Heracles . Poltys and his brother Sarpedon are given as sons of the sea-god Poseidon...
C. L. Koch, 1843
- Poltys acuminatus Thorell, 1898 — Myanmar
- Poltys apiculatus Thorell, 1892 — Singapore
- Poltys baculiger Simon, 1907 — Gabon
- Poltys bhabanii (Tikader, 1970) — India
- Poltys bhavnagarensis Patel, 1988 — India
- Poltys caelatus Simon, 1907 — Sierra Leone, Gabon, São Tomé
- Poltys columnaris Thorell, 1890 — Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Japan
- Poltys corticosus Pocock, 1898 — East Africa
- Poltys dubius (Walckenaer, 1842) — Vietnam
- Poltys elevatus Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
- Poltys fornicatus Simon, 1907 — Principe
- Poltys frenchi Hogg, 1899 — New Guinea, Moluccas, Queensland
- Poltys furcifer Simon, 1881 — Zanzibar, South Africa
- Poltys godrejii Bastawade & Khandal, 2006 — India
- Poltys grayi Smith, 2006 — Lord Howe Islands
- Poltys horridus Locket, 1980 — Comoro Islands
- Poltys idae (Ausserer, 1871) — Borneo
- Poltys illepidus C. L. Koch, 1843 — Thailand to Australia, Lord Howe Islands, Norfolk Islands
- Poltys jujorum Smith, 2006 — Queensland
- Poltys kochi Keyserling, 1864 — Mauritius, Madagascar
- Poltys laciniosus Keyserling, 1886 — Australia
- Poltys longitergus Hogg, 1919 — Sumatra
- Poltys millidgei Smith, 2006 — Western Australia, Northern Territory, Bali, Sumbawa
- Poltys monstrosus Simon, 1897 — Sierra Leone
- Poltys mouhoti (Günther, 1862) — Vietnam
- Poltys nagpurensis Tikader, 1982 — India
- Poltys nigrinus Saito, 1933 — Taiwan
- Poltys noblei Smith, 2006 — Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria
- Poltys pannuceus Thorell, 1895 — Myanmar
- Poltys pogonias Thorell, 1891 — Nicobar Islands
- Poltys raphanus Thorell, 1898 — Myanmar
- Poltys rehmanii Bastawade & Khandal, 2006 — India
- Poltys reuteri Lenz, 1886 — Madagascar
- Poltys squarrosus Thorell, 1898 — Myanmar
- Poltys stygius Thorell, 1898 — Myanmar to Queensland
- Poltys timmeh Smith, 2006 — New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands
- Poltys turriger Simon, 1897 — Vietnam
- Poltys turritus Thorell, 1898 — Myanmar
- Poltys unguifer Simon, 1909 — Vietnam
- Poltys vesicularis Simon, 1889 — Madagascar
Pozonia
Pozonia Schenkel, 1953- Pozonia andujari Alayón, 2007 — Hispaniola
- Pozonia bacillifera (Simon, 1897) — Trinidad to Paraguay
- Pozonia dromedaria (O. P.-Cambridge, 1893) — Mexico to Panama
- Pozonia nigroventris (Bryant, 1936) — Mexico to Panama, Cuba, Jamaica
Prasonica
Prasonica Simon, 1895- Prasonica affinis Strand, 1906 — Algeria
- Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895 — Congo, Madagascar, Yemen
- Prasonica anarillea Roberts, 1983 — Aldabra
- Prasonica hamata Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
- Prasonica insolens (Simon, 1909) — India, Vietnam, Java
- Prasonica nigrotaeniata (Simon, 1909) — West, Central, East Africa
- Prasonica olivacea Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
- Prasonica opaciceps (Simon, 1895) — New Guinea
- Prasonica plagiata (Dalmas, 1917) — New Zealand
- Prasonica seriata Simon, 1895 — Africa, Madagascar
Prasonicella
Prasonicella Grasshoff, 1971- Prasonicella cavipalpis Grasshoff, 1971 — Madagascar
- Prasonicella marsa Roberts, 1983 — Aldabra
Pronoides
Pronoides Schenkel, 1936- Pronoides ampliabdominis Song, Zhang & Zhu, 2006 — China
- Pronoides brunneus Schenkel, 1936 — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
Pronous
Pronous Keyserling, 1881- Pronous affinis Simon, 1901 — Malaysia
- Pronous beatus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1893) — Mexico to Costa Rica
- Pronous colon Levi, 1995 — Costa Rica
- Pronous felipe Levi, 1995 — Mexico
- Pronous golfito Levi, 1995 — Costa Rica
- Pronous intus Levi, 1995 — Costa Rica to Brazil
- Pronous lancetilla Levi, 1995 — Honduras
- Pronous nigripes Caporiacco, 1947 — Guyana
- Pronous pance Levi, 1995 — Colombia
- Pronous peje Levi, 1995 — Costa Rica, Panama
- Pronous quintana Levi, 1995 — Mexico
- Pronous shanus Levi, 1995 — Panama
- Pronous tetralobus Simon, 1895 — Madagascar
- Pronous tuberculifer Keyserling, 1881 — Colombia to Argentina
- Pronous valle Levi, 1995 — Colombia
- Pronous wixoides (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) — Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
Pseudartonis
Pseudartonis Simon, 1903- Pseudartonis flavonigra Caporiacco, 1947 — Ethiopia
- Pseudartonis lobata Simon, 1909 — East Africa
- Pseudartonis occidentalis Simon, 1903 — Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon
- Pseudartonis semicoccinea Simon, 1907 — São Tomé
Pseudopsyllo
Pseudopsyllo Strand, 1916- Pseudopsyllo scutigera Strand, 1916 — Cameroon
Psyllo
Psyllo Thorell, 1899- Psyllo nitida Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon, Congo
Pycnacantha
Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1865- Pycnacantha dinteri Meise, 1932 — Namibia
- Pycnacantha echinotes Meise, 1932 — Cameroon
- Pycnacantha fuscosa Simon, 1903 — Madagascar
- Pycnacantha tribulus (Fabricius, 1781) — Central, South Africa
Rubrepeira
Rubrepeira Levi, 1992- Rubrepeira rubronigra (Mello-Leitão, 1939) — Mexico to Brazil, Guyana
Scoloderus
ScoloderusScoloderus
Scoloderus is a genus of orb-weaving spider of the family Araneidae which feed largely on nocturnal moths. Scoloderus spiders make a "ladder" type nest with vertical extensions of sticky orbs above and below the circumference of the primary orb. When a moth strikes the web, it slides down the...
Simon, 1887
- Scoloderus ackerlyi Traw, 1996 — Belize
- Scoloderus cordatus (Taczanowski, 1879) — Mexico to Argentina
- Scoloderus gibber (O. P.-Cambridge, 1898) — Mexico to Argentina
- Scoloderus nigriceps (O. P.-Cambridge, 1895) — USA, Mexico, Bahama Islands, Cuba, Jamaica
- Scoloderus tuberculifer (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) — USA to Argentina
Sedasta
Sedasta Simon, 1894- Sedasta ferox Simon, 1894 — West Africa
Singa
Singa C. L. Koch, 1836- Singa albobivittata Caporiacco, 1947 — Tanzania
- Singa albodorsata Kauri, 1950 — South Africa
- Singa alpigena Yin, Wang & Li, 1983 — China
- Singa alpigenoides Song & Zhu, 1992 — China
- Singa ammophila Levy, 2007 — Israel
- Singa aussereri Thorell, 1873 — Europe
- Singa bifasciata Schenkel, 1936 — China
- Singa chota Tikader, 1970 — India
- Singa concinna Karsch, 1884 — São Tomé
- Singa cruciformis Yin, Peng & Wang, 1994 — China
- Singa cyanea (Worley, 1928) — USA
- Singa eugeni Levi, 1972 — USA
- Singa haddooensis Tikader, 1977 — Andaman Islands
- Singa hamata (Clerck, 1757) — Palearctic
- Singa hamata melanocephala C. L. Koch, 1836 — Europe
- Singa hilira Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
- Singa kansuensis Schenkel, 1936 — China
- Singa keyserlingi McCook, 1894 — USA, Canada
- Singa lawrencei (Lessert, 1930) — Congo
- Singa leucoplagiata (Simon, 1899) — Sumatra
- Singa lucina (Audouin, 1826) — Mediterranean to Central Asia
- Singa lucina eburnea (Simon, 1929) — Algeria, Tunisia
- Singa myrrhea (Simon, 1895) — India
- Singa neta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) — Mediterranean
- Singa nitidula C. L. Koch, 1844 — Palearctic
- Singa perpolita (Thorell, 1892) — Singapore
- Singa semiatra L. Koch, 1867 — Mediterranean, Ukraine
- Singa simoniana Costa, 1885 — Sardinia
- Singa theodori (Thorell, 1894) — Java
Singafrotypa
Singafrotypa Benoit, 1962- Singafrotypa acanthopus (Simon, 1907) — Bioko, Ivory Coast, Congo
- Singafrotypa mandela Kuntner & Hormiga, 2002 — South Africa
- Singafrotypa okavango Kuntner & Hormiga, 2002 — Botswana
Siwa
Siwa Grasshoff, 1970- Siwa atomaria (O. P.-Cambridge, 1876) — Egypt, Israel
- Siwa dufouri (Simon, 1874) — Western Mediterranean
Spilasma
Spilasma Simon, 1897- Spilasma baptistai Levi, 1995 — Brazil
- Spilasma duodecimguttata (Keyserling, 1879) — Honduras to Bolivia, Brazil
- Spilasma utaca Levi, 1995 — Peru
Spinepeira
Spinepeira Levi, 1995- Spinepeira schlingeri Levi, 1995 — Peru
Spintharidius
Spintharidius Simon, 1893- Spintharidius rhomboidalis Simon, 1893 — Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay
- Spintharidius viridis Franganillo, 1926 — Cuba
Stroemiellus
Stroemiellus Wunderlich, 2004- Stroemiellus stroemi (Thorell, 1870) — Palearctic
Taczanowskia
Taczanowskia Keyserling, 1879- Taczanowskia mirabilis Simon, 1897 — Bolivia, Brazil
- Taczanowskia sextuberculata Keyserling, 1892 — Colombia, Brazil
- Taczanowskia striata Keyserling, 1879 — Peru, Brazil, Argentina
- Taczanowskia trilobata Simon, 1897 — Brazil
Talthybia
Talthybia Thorell, 1898- Talthybia depressa Thorell, 1898 — China, Myanmar
Tatepeira
Tatepeira Levi, 1995- Tatepeira carrolli Levi, 1995 — Colombia
- Tatepeira itu Levi, 1995 — Brazil
- Tatepeira stadelmani Levi, 1995 — Honduras
- Tatepeira tatarendensis (Tullgren, 1905) — Colombia to Bolivia, Bolivia
Telaprocera
Telaprocera Harmer & Framenau, 2008- Telaprocera joanae Harmer & Framenau, 2008 — Queensland to Victoria
- Telaprocera maudae Harmer & Framenau, 2008 — Queensland, New South Wales
Testudinaria
Testudinaria Taczanowski, 1879- Testudinaria bonaldoi Levi, 2005 — Brazil
- Testudinaria debsmithi Levi, 2005 — Suriname to Peru, Bolivia
- Testudinaria elegans Taczanowski, 1879 — Panama to Peru
- Testudinaria geometrica Taczanowski, 1879 — Panama to Peru, Brazil
- Testudinaria gravatai Levi, 2005 — Brazil
- Testudinaria lemniscata (Simon, 1893) — Brazil
- Testudinaria quadripunctata Taczanowski, 1879 — Venezuela to Brazil, Bolivia
- Testudinaria rosea (Mello-Leitão, 1945) — Argentina
- Testudinaria unipunctata (Simon, 1893) — Brazil
Thelacantha
ThelacanthaThelacantha
Thelacantha is a spider genus of the Araneidae family with only one described species, T. brevispina. The species is closely related to Gasteracantha, and was synonymized with it in 1859, but revalidated in 1974.-Distribution:...
Hasselt, 1882
- Thelacantha brevispina (Doleschall, 1857) — Madagascar, India to Philippines, Australia
Thorellina
Thorellina Berg, 1899- Thorellina acuminata (Thorell, 1898) — Myanmar
- Thorellina anepsia (Kulczynski, 1911) — New Guinea
Togacantha
Togacantha Dahl, 1914- Togacantha nordviei (Strand, 1913) — West, Central, East Africa
Tukaraneus
Tukaraneus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995- Tukaraneus mahabaeus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
- Tukaraneus palawanensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
- Tukaraneus patulisus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
Umbonata
Umbonata Grasshoff, 1971- Umbonata spinosissima (Tullgren, 1910) — Tanzania
Ursa
Ursa Simon, 1895- Ursa flavovittata Simon, 1909 — Vietnam
- Ursa lunula (Nicolet, 1849) — Chile
- Ursa pulchra Simon, 1895 — Brazil
- Ursa turbinata Simon, 1895 — South Africa
- Ursa vittigera Simon, 1895 — Sri Lanka
Verrucosa
Verrucosa McCook, 1888- Verrucosa arenata (Walckenaer, 1842) — USA to Panama, Greater Antilles
- Verrucosa dimastophora Mello-Leitão, 1940 — Brazil
- Verrucosa furcifera (Keyserling, 1886) — Queensland
- Verrucosa lampra (Soares & Camargo, 1948) — Brazil
- Verrucosa meridionalis (Keyserling, 1892) — Brazil, Paraguay
- Verrucosa septemmammata Caporiacco, 1954 — French Guiana
- Verrucosa undecimvariolata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) — Central America
- Verrucosa zebra (Keyserling, 1892) — Brazil
Wagneriana
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1904- Wagneriana acrosomoides (Mello-Leitão, 1939) — Colombia to Brazil
- Wagneriana alma Levi, 1991 — Brazil
- Wagneriana atuna Levi, 1991 — Costa Rica to Paraguay
- Wagneriana bamba Levi, 1991 — Peru
- Wagneriana carimagua Levi, 1991 — Colombia
- Wagneriana carinata F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1904 — Guatemala
- Wagneriana cobella Levi, 1991 — Colombia, Venezuela
- Wagneriana eldorado Levi, 1991 — Argentina
- Wagneriana eupalaestra (Mello-Leitão, 1943) — Brazil, Argentina
- Wagneriana gavensis (Camargo, 1950) — Brazil
- Wagneriana grandicornis Mello-Leitão, 1935 — Costa Rica, Brazil
- Wagneriana hassleri Levi, 1991 — Brazil, Guyana
- Wagneriana heteracantha (Mello-Leitão, 1943) — Brazil, Argentina
- Wagneriana huanca Levi, 1991 — Peru
- Wagneriana iguape Levi, 1991 — Brazil, Paraguay
- Wagneriana jacaza Levi, 1991 — Brazil
- Wagneriana janeiro Levi, 1991 — Brazil
- Wagneriana jelskii (Taczanowski, 1873) — Trinidad to Bolivia
- Wagneriana juquia Levi, 1991 — Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Wagneriana lechuza Levi, 1991 — Peru, Brazil
- Wagneriana levii Pinto-da-Rocha & Buckup, 1995 — Brazil
- Wagneriana madrejon Levi, 1991 — Paraguay
- Wagneriana maseta Levi, 1991 — Colombia to Ecuador and Brazil
- Wagneriana neblina Levi, 1991 — Venezuela
- Wagneriana neglecta (Mello-Leitão, 1939) — Trinidad to Argentina
- Wagneriana pakitza Levi, 1991 — Peru
- Wagneriana roraima Levi, 1991 — Brazil
- Wagneriana silvae Levi, 1991 — Peru, Bolivia
- Wagneriana spicata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) — Mexico to Costa Rica
- Wagneriana taboga Levi, 1991 — Panama to Venezuela
- Wagneriana taim Levi, 1991 — Brazil
- Wagneriana tauricornis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) — USA to Peru
- Wagneriana tayos Levi, 1991 — Colombia to Peru
- Wagneriana transitoria (C. L. Koch, 1839) — Venezuela to Argentina
- Wagneriana turrigera Schenkel, 1953 — Venezuela
- Wagneriana undecimtuberculata (Keyserling, 1865) — Panama to Peru
- Wagneriana uropygialis (Mello-Leitão, 1944) — Argentina
- Wagneriana uzaga Levi, 1991 — Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Wagneriana vegas Levi, 1991 — Cuba, Hispaniola
- Wagneriana vermiculata Mello-Leitão, 1949 — Brazil
- Wagneriana yacuma Levi, 1991 — Brazil, Bolivia
Witica
Witica O. P.-Cambridge, 1895- Witica alobatus (Franganillo, 1931) — Cuba
- Witica cayanus (Taczanowski, 1873) — Northern South America
- Witica crassicaudus (Keyserling, 1865) — Mexico to Peru
Wixia
Wixia O. P.-Cambridge, 1882- Wixia abdominalis O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 — Brazil, Guyana, Bolivia
Xylethrus
Xylethrus Simon, 1895- Xylethrus ameda Levi, 1996 — Brazil
- Xylethrus anomid Levi, 1996 — Peru, Brazil
- Xylethrus arawak Archer, 1965 — Mexico, Jamaica
- Xylethrus perlatus Simon, 1895 — Brazil
- Xylethrus scrupeus Simon, 1895 — Panama to Bolivia, Brazil
- Xylethrus superbus Simon, 1895 — Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil
Yaginumia
Yaginumia Archer, 1960- Yaginumia sia (Strand, 1906) — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
Zealaranea
Zealaranea Court & Forster, 1988- Zealaranea crassa (Walckenaer, 1842) — New Zealand
- Zealaranea prina Court & Forster, 1988 — New Zealand
- Zealaranea saxitalis (Urquhart, 1887) — New Zealand
- Zealaranea trinotata (Urquhart, 1890) — New Zealand
Zilla
Zilla C. L. Koch, 1834- Zilla conica Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1987 — China
- Zilla crownia Yin, Xie & Bao, 1996 — China
- Zilla diodia (Walckenaer, 1802) — Europe to Azerbaijan
- Zilla diodia embrikstrandi (Kolosváry, 1938) — Italy
- Zilla globosa Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2004 — India
- Zilla qinghaiensis Hu, 2001 — China
Zygiella
ZygiellaZygiella
Zygiella is a spider genus in the family Araneidae.-Species:* Zygiella atrica — Europe, Russia * Zygiella calyptrata — China, Myanmar, Malaysia...
F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902
- Zygiella atricaZygiella atricaZygiella atrica, like other Zygiella species, builds an orb web with two missing sectors, and a signalling thread in the center of those, leading to its hideout, whereas young spiders build a complete web....
(C. L. Koch, 1845) — Europe, Russia (USA, Canada, introduced) - Zygiella calyptrata (Workman & Workman, 1894) — China, Myanmar, Malaysia
- Zygiella indica Tikader & Bal, 1980 — India
- Zygiella keyserlingi (Ausserer, 1871) — Southern Europe, Ukraine
- Zygiella kirgisica Bakhvalov, 1974 — Kyrgyzstan
- Zygiella minima Schmidt, 1968 — Canary Islands
- Zygiella nearctica Gertsch, 1964 — Alaska, Canada, USA
- Zygiella poriensis Levy, 1987 — Israel
- Zygiella pulcherrima (Zawadsky, 1902) — Russia
- Zygiella shivui Patel & Reddy, 1990 — India
- Zygiella x-notataZygiella x-notataZygiella x-notata is a spider in the family Araneidae.-Description:Z. x-notata females are up to 11mm in size, males up to 7mm. The prosoma is yellow-brown, with a leaf-like mark on the opisthosoma. In moderate climate, adults appear from July to October, sometimes even into December...
(Clerck, 1757) — Holarctic, Neotropical- Zygiella x-notata chelata (Franganillo, 1909) — Portugal
- Zygiella x-notata percechelata (Franganillo, 1909) — Portugal