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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araniella

Genus Araniella

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

Six spots - Araniella displicata - female

Pretty Araniella - Araniella displicata - female

Sixspotted Orbweaver - Araniella displicata - female

Six-spotted Orbweaver - Araniella displicata

sixspotted orbweaver - Araniella displicata - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)

Genus Araniella

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Araneus (either the genus or the Latin word meaning "spider") + -ella (a Latin ending meaning "little")

Gender: Feminine

Numbers

There are two known species in the US and Canada:

1) A. displicata has been recorded in these US states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NT, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

and these Canadian Provinces/Territories: AB, BC, MB, NF, NS, ON, PQ, SK, YT

2) A. proxima has been recorded in these Canadian Provinces/Territories: AB BC NL NT QC SK

*A. cucurbitina has been recorded in CO & CT, according to the Nearctic Spider Database, but bugguide has chosen to leave this off our species list since that information is not accepted by current publications, like The World Spider Catalog.

Identification

In separating A. displicata from A. proxima:

1) Range - If it is found in the US it should be A. displicata.

2) Coloring - A. proxima is described as having abdomen yellow to white while A. displicata can be yellow to white or sometimes red or green.

3) Spot Pairs - A. proxima has 1-3 dorsal spot pairs while A. displicata has 3-4 dorsal spot pairs.(1)

Works Cited

1.	The orb-weaver genera Araniella and Nuctenea H.W. Levi. 1974. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 146(6): 291-316.

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 2 November, 2004 - 6:54am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Lynette Elliott, cheins, Chuck Entz
Last updated 19 August, 2022 - 1:33pm

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