Araniella is a genus of orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942. The genus includes Araniella cucurbitina, the cucumber green spider.
Species , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: Araniella alpica (L. Koch, 1869) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Western Siberia), Iran? Araniella coreana Namkung, 2002 – Korea Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, China, Korea Araniella displicata (Hentz, 1847) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Japan Araniella inconspicua (Simon, 1874) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Iran? Araniella jilinensis Yin & Zhu, 1994 – China Araniella levii Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – India Araniella maasdorpi Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – India Araniella maderiana (Kulczyński, 1905) – Canary Is., Madeira Araniella mithra Zamani, Marusik & Šestáková, 2020 – Iran Araniella nigromaculata (Schenkel, 1963) – China Araniella nympha (Simon, 1889) – Pakistan, India, China Araniella opisthographa (Kulczyński, 1905) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, Iran Araniella plicata Mi & Peng, 2016 – China Araniella proxima (Kulczyński, 1885) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Turkey, Kazakhstan Araniella tbilisiensis (Mcheidze, 1997) – Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan or Uzbekistan, India Araniella robusta Lee, Yoo & Kim, 2021 – Korea Araniella yaginumai Tanikawa, 1995 – Russia (South Siberia to Far East), Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan
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