Genus Araneus

Araneus Clerck, 1757

More than 50 species in the US and Canada

www.canadianarachnology.org - Images of bonsallae & groenlandicola.

List of species and range information has been compiled from a combination of the World Spider Catalog and the Spiders of North America site listed below. If the species name is in bold we have that guide page here on BugGuide.

abigeatus - (misidentified?)

alboventris - GA, NH, CT

allani - AZ

andrewsi - OR, CA

apache - ??

arizonensis - AZ, NM, CO

bicentenarius - NM, TX, WI, MN, MI, IL, IN, ON, LA, AL, GA, FL, SC, TN, NC, VA, WV, PA, NJ, NY, MA, NH, ME, NS

bispinosus - CA

bivittatus - AL, GA, NC, MD, NY, CT, MA, NH, ME, FL

bonsallae - NE, TX, MO, IL, AR, LA, GA, NC, FL, VA, MD, NY

calusa - FL

carroll - AR

cavaticus - TX, AL, TN, KY, WV, VA, OH, PA, NY, ON, QC, CT, MA, VT, NH, ME, NS, NB

cingulatus - TX, MO, AR, IL, LA, KY, TN, FL, GA, NC, VA, MD, NY, NJ, PA, MA

cochise - AZ

corticarius - AK, YT, NT, AB, SK, MB, ON, ND, MN, WI, MI, IN, PA, NY, MA, NH, ME, CT, NS

detrimentosus - CA, AZ, TX, MS, AL, FL

diadematus - BC, WA, OR, MI, OH, PA, ON, NY, QC, RI, MA, NS, NL

gadus - AR, AL, NC, MD, MA, GA

gemma - BC, WA, OR, ID, MT, CA

gemmoides - AL, MI, WI, MN, IL, MO, IA, ND, SD, NE, SK, AB, BC, MT, WY, CO, UT, AZ, CA, NV, ID, OR, WA

groenlandicola - AB, MB, ON, QC, MN, ME, NS, NL

guerrerensis - AZ (same sp. as chiricahua)

guttulatus - WI, IL, AR, AL, GA, NC, SC, VA, MI, NY, NH, ME, MN

illaudatus - AZ, TX (= pima) OR, CA, NV, UT, AZ, NM, TX

iviei - AB, SK, MB, ON, MI, PA, NY, CT, MA, VT, NH, ME, AK

juniperi - TX, AR, IL, AL, GA, FL, NC, MD, NY, MA, ME, NH, CT

kerr - TX

mammatus - AZ, UT

mariposa - CA

marmoreus - AZ, BC, NT, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NL, OR, WA, MT, WY, UT, ND, NE, MN, WI, IA, MI, IL, IA, KS, MO, AR, TX, MS, AL, GA, TN, KY, WV, VA, NC, SC, OH, PA, NY, NJ, CT, MA, VT, NH, ME

miami - FL

miniatus - MA, CT, NY, NC, TN, TX, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, OH

missouri - (= raui) MO

monica - CA

montereyensis - CA

nashoba - TX, NJ, NY, MA, ME, TN, FL

niveus - MO, IL, AR, LA, KY, TN, AL, GA, FL, NC, MD, NY, CT, VA

nordmanni - YT, BC, NT, AB, SK, WA, OR, ID, MT, WY, UT, CA, CO, AZ, NM, TX, ON, QC, LB, WI, MN, MI, TN, NC, VA, WV, PA, NY, CT, MA, VT, NH, ME, NB, NS,

partitus - NY, CT, (MD, WV, VA?), NC, SC, GA, FL, MS, AR, IL, OH, OK

pegnia - CA, AZ, TX, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, NC, VA, WV, MD, OH, IN, NY, NJ, CT, MA, NH

pratensis - NH, VT, MA, CT, NY, PA, OH, MI, IL, IA, MO, AR, NC, TX, FL (VA?, MD?, WV?)

prunus - FL, MD, MS

saevus - AL, YT, BC, WA, OR, AB, MB, SK, ON, QC, ID, MT, WY, UT, CO, SD, MN, WI, MI, NY, PA, VT, MA, CT, NH, ME, NB, NS, NL

santarita - AZ

texanus - TX

thaddeus - AZ, UT, NE, MN, WI, IL, MO, AR, KY, OH, TN, AL, GA, NC, WV, VA, MD, PA, NJ, NY, CT, VT, NH, MA

trifolium - AK, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NL, NS, ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, NY, PA, NJ, MD, VA, WV, NC, TN, AL, OH, IN, IL, MI, WI, MN, IA, ND, SD, CO, NM, UT, WY, ID, MT, WA, OR, CA

tuscarora - NC

washingtoni - NH, ME, NL

yukon - YT

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Note: the two-letter code for Quebec was changed from PQ to QC in 1991; the code for Newfoundland and Labrador was changed from NF to NL in 2001 (source)

Several species of Neoscona and Araneus that are considered "barn spiders" can only be identified by examination of the carapace groove (fovea). Neoscona have a longitudinal groove on the carapace (parallel with the long axis of the body), whereas Araneus have angular (transverse) grooves. However, an apparent problem is that in Araneus the groove may appear as little more than a dimple, making it difficult to discern.

Neoscona

  

Araneus

  

Some of the smaller species in this genus were revised and described by Levi in 1973, pp. 473-552 - Small orb-weavers of the genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae).