Araneidae
Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798)
Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798)
Gasteracantha geminata is a spider species where both sexes have banded abdomens and three pairs of lateral abdominal spines, with smaller, less colored males.
Gasteracantha quadrispinosa O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1879
Gasteracantha quadrispinosa O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1879
This is a description of female Gasteracantha quadrispinosa, the four-spined jewel spider, highlighting its distinct abdominal features.
Gasteracantha milvoides Butler, 1873
Gasteracantha milvoides Butler, 1873
Gasteracantha milvoides, the medium wing kite spider, is an African orb-weaving araneid spider found across southern and eastern Africa.
Gasteracantha versicolor (Walckenaer, 1841)
Gasteracantha versicolor (Walckenaer, 1841)
Gasteracantha versicolor is an African orb-web spider with sexually dimorphic bodies, not known to be dangerous to humans.
Gasteracantha hecata (Walckenaer, 1841)
Gasteracantha hecata (Walckenaer, 1841)
Gasteracantha hecata is a Philippine orb-weaver spider known only from females with two pairs of abdominal spines.
Gasteracantha panisicca Butler, 1873
Gasteracantha panisicca Butler, 1873
Gasteracantha panisicca is a spiny orb-weaver spider distributed across Southeast Asia, with described female morphology based on Butler's 1873 work.
Gasteracantha clavigera Giebel, 1863
Gasteracantha clavigera Giebel, 1863
Gasteracantha clavigera is a spiny orb-weaver spider found only in the Philippines, with distinctive long abdominal spines.
Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835)
Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835)
Gasteracantha diardi is a spiny orb-weaver spider found across parts of East and Southeast Asia.
Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873
Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873
Gasteracantha falcicornis is a distinctively horned orb-weaver spider found across several southern African countries.
Gasteracantha mengei Keyserling, 1864
Gasteracantha mengei Keyserling, 1864
Female Gasteracantha mengei spiders have two pairs of abdominal spines, no rear spines, and a blue-green fluorescent abdominal upper surface under UV light.
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C.L.Koch, 1844
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C.L.Koch, 1844
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta, the short-wing kite spider, is an araneid orb-web spider found across Africa and nearby islands.
Gasteracantha westringi Keyserling, 1864
Gasteracantha westringi Keyserling, 1864
Gasteracantha westringi is an orb-weaver spider with only described females, a complex synonymized taxonomic history.
Gasteracantha kuhli C.L.Koch, 1837
Gasteracantha kuhli C.L.Koch, 1837
Gasteracantha kuhli is a sexually dimorphic spiny spider with distinct size and structural differences between males and females.
Austracantha minax (Thorell, 1859)
Austracantha minax (Thorell, 1859)
Austracantha minax (jewel spider) is a sexually dimorphic, color-polymorphic spider endemic to Australia.
Isoxya tabulata (Thorell, 1859)
Isoxya tabulata (Thorell, 1859)
Isoxya tabulata, the yellow Isoxya box kite spider, is an African araneid orb spider found across southern and eastern Africa.
Isoxya cicatricosa (C.L.Koch, 1844)
Isoxya cicatricosa (C.L.Koch, 1844)
Isoxya cicatricosa, the black and white box kite spider, is an African orb-weaver spider found from Yemen to South Africa.
Macracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793)
Macracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793)
Macracantha arcuata is a spiny orb-weaver spider with strong sexual size dimorphism that relies on primary tropical forest.
Macracantha hasselti (C.L.Koch, 1837)
Macracantha hasselti (C.L.Koch, 1837)
Macracantha hasselti is an Asian araneid spider where females are large, colorful, and have a distinct spotted, spiked orange abdomen.
Thelacantha brevispina (Doleschall, 1857)
Thelacantha brevispina (Doleschall, 1857)
Thelacantha brevispina is a species with distinct size differences between sexes and characteristic abdominal markings and spines on females.
Actinacantha globulata (Walckenaer, 1841)
Actinacantha globulata (Walckenaer, 1841)
Actinacantha is a monotypic Southeast Asian orb-weaver spider genus whose only species is found on Indonesia’s Sumatra and Java.
Micrathena raimondi (Taczanowski, 1879)
Micrathena raimondi (Taczanowski, 1879)
Micrathena raimondi is a sexually dimorphic spider species found in Peru and Ecuador.
Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer, 1805)
Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer, 1805)
Micrathena gracilis is a sexually dimorphic spider native to North and Central America with a one-year lifespan.
Micrathena mitrata (Hentz, 1850)
Micrathena mitrata (Hentz, 1850)
Micrathena mitrata, the white micrathena, is a harmless orb weaver spider ranging from the US to Brazil.
Micrathena sagittata (Walckenaer, 1841)
Micrathena sagittata (Walckenaer, 1841)
Micrathena sagittata, the arrow-shaped micrathena, is a distinctive araneid spider found in eastern US and Central America.
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