Araniella Explained

Araniella is a genus of orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942.^[1] The genus includes Araniella cucurbitina, the cucumber green spider.

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[2]

• Araniella alpica (L. Koch, 1869) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Western Siberia), Iran?
• Araniella coreana Namkung, 2002 – Korea
• Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, China, Korea
• Araniella displicata (Hentz, 1847) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Japan
• Araniella inconspicua (Simon, 1874) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Iran?
• Araniella jilinensis Yin & Zhu, 1994 – China
• Araniella levii Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – India
• Araniella maasdorpi Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – India
• Araniella maderiana (Kulczyński, 1905) – Canary Is., Madeira
• Araniella mithra Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 – Iran
• Araniella nigromaculata (Schenkel, 1963) – China
• Araniella nympha (Simon, 1889) – Pakistan, India, China
• Araniella opisthographa (Kulczyński, 1905) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, Iran
• Araniella plicata Mi & Peng, 2016 – China
• Araniella proxima (Kulczyński, 1885) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Turkey, Kazakhstan
• Araniella robusta Lee, Yoo & Kim, 2021 – Korea
• Araniella villanii Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 – Iran, Kazakhstan, India
• Araniella yaginumai Tanikawa, 1995 – Russia (South Siberia to Far East), Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan

Notes and References

1. Chamberlin. R. V.. Ivie. W.. 1942. A hundred new species of American spiders.. Bulletin of the University of Utah. 1–117. 32. 13.
2. Web site: Gen. Araniella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 25 May 2023 .