Araneus

Garden spider ( Araneus diadematus )

The garden spiders (Araneus ) are several hundred species one of the most species-rich genera of the family of the Real orb-weaving spiders. They are found worldwide. The genus is represented by ten recorded species in Central Europe. To her belongs the well-known garden spider.

Features

Have your name spiders of the characteristic cross on the front abdomen, which consists ( four longitudinal and a circular in the middle) and the Four-spotted spider from four spots in the garden spider of five spots. The spots are metabolic products that are deposited under the exoskeleton. These spots are not arranged in a cross shape in all species of the genus Araneus; most species have a different type of drawing.

Species and synonyms

The widespread Palaearctic oak leaf orb-weaver Aculepeira ceropegia ( Walckenaer, 1802) and the pumpkin spider Araniella cucurbitina are often performed in older literature as Araneus Araneus ceropegia or cucurbitina. But they are now, as well as some other type, no longer counted in the genus of spiders.

  • Swamp spider Araneus alsine - Walckenaer, 1802
  • Horned spider Araneus angulatus - Clerck, 1757
  • Araneus circe - Audouin, 1826
  • Garden spider Araneus diadematus - Clerck, 1757
  • Giant spider Araneus grossus - C. L. Koch, 1844
  • Marbled spider Araneus marmoreus - Clerck, 1757
  • Araneus nordmanni - Thorell, 1870
  • Four-spotted spider Araneus quadratus - Clerck, 1757
  • Araneus Saevus - L. Koch, 1872
  • Shoulder spider Araneus sturmi - Hahn, 1831
  • Araneus triguttatus - Fabricius, 1793
Carl Alexander Clerck Chitin Jean Victoire Audouin Carl Ludwig Koch Tamerlan Thorell Ludwig Carl Christian Koch Johan Christian Fabricius
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