Araniella is a genus of orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942.[2] The genus includes Araniella cucurbitina, the cucumber green spider.
Species
As of May 2023, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
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Araniella alpica (L. Koch, 1869) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Western Siberia), Iran?
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Araniella coreana Namkung, 2002 – Korea
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Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, China, Korea
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Araniella displicata (Hentz, 1847) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Japan
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Araniella inconspicua (Simon, 1874) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Iran?
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Araniella jilinensis Yin & Zhu, 1994 – China
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Araniella levii Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – India
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Araniella maasdorpi Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – India
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Araniella maderiana (Kulczyński, 1905) – Canary Is., Madeira
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Araniella mithra Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 – Iran
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Araniella nigromaculata (Schenkel, 1963) – China
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Araniella nympha (Simon, 1889) – Pakistan, India, China
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Araniella opisthographa (Kulczyński, 1905) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, Iran
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Araniella plicata Mi & Peng, 2016 – China
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Araniella proxima (Kulczyński, 1885) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Turkey, Kazakhstan
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Araniella robusta Lee, Yoo & Kim, 2021 – Korea
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Araniella villanii Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 – Iran, Kazakhstan, India
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Araniella yaginumai Tanikawa, 1995 – Russia (South Siberia to Far East), Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan
References
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^ a b "Gen. Araniella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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^ Chamberlin, R. V.; Ivie, W. (1942). "A hundred new species of American spiders". Bulletin of the University of Utah. 32 (13): 1–117.
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