List of Araneidae species: B–F

This page lists all described species of the spider family Araneidae as of Dec. 20, 2016, that start with letters B through F.

Backobourkia Backobourkia Framenau et al., 2010 Backobourkia brouni (Urquhart, 1885) — Australia, New Zealand Backobourkia collina (Keyserling, 1886) — Australia Backobourkia heroine (L. Koch, 1871) (type species) — Australia, New Caledonia, Norfolk Islands, possibly New Zealand

Bertrana Bertrana Keyserling, 1884 Bertrana abbreviata (Keyserling, 1879) — Colombia Bertrana arena Levi, 1989 — Costa Rica Bertrana benuta Levi, 1994 — Colombia Bertrana elinguis (Keyserling, 1883) — Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, French Guiana Bertrana laselva Levi, 1989 — Costa Rica Bertrana nancho Levi, 1989 — Peru Bertrana planada Levi, 1989 — Colombia, Ecuador Bertrana poa Levi, 1994 — Ecuador Bertrana rufostriata Simon, 1893 — Venezuela, Brazil Bertrana striolata Keyserling, 1884 (type species) — Costa Rica to Argentina Bertrana urahua Levi, 1994 — Ecuador Bertrana vella Levi, 1989 — Panama, Colombia

Caerostris Caerostris Thorell, 1868 Caerostris almae Gregorič, 2015 - Madagascar Caerostris bojani Gregorič, 2015 - Madagascar Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902 — South Africa Caerostris cowani Butler, 1882 — Madagascar Caerostris darwini Kuntner & Agnarsson, 2010 — Madagascar Caerostris ecclesiigera Butler, 1882 — Madagascar Caerostris extrusa Butler, 1882 — Madagascar Caerostris hirsuta (Simon, 1895) — Madagascar Caerostris indica Strand, 1915 — Myanmar Caerostris linnaeus Gregorič, 2015 - Mozambique Caerostris mayottensis Grasshoff, 1984 — Comoro Islands Caerostris mitralis (Vinson, 1863) (type species) — Central Africa, Madagascar Caerostris pero Gregorič, 2015 - Madagascar Caerostris sexcuspidata (Fabricius, 1793) — Africa, Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Aldabra Caerostris sumatrana Strand, 1915 — India to China, Borneo Caerostris tinamaze Gregorič, 2015 - South Africa Caerostris vicina (Blackwall, 1866) — Central, Southern Africa Caerostris wallacei Gregorič, Blackledge, Agnarsson & Kuntner, 2015 - Madagascar

Carepalxis Carepalxis L. Koch, 1872 Carepalxis beelzebub (Hasselt, 1873) — Victoria Carepalxis bilobata Keyserling, 1886 — Queensland Carepalxis camelus Simon, 1895 — Paraguay, Argentina Carepalxis coronata (Rainbow, 1896) — New South Wales Carepalxis lichensis Rainbow, 1916 — Queensland Carepalxis montifera L. Koch, 1872 (type species) — Queensland Carepalxis perpera (Petrunkevitch, 1911) — Mexico Carepalxis poweri Rainbow, 1916 — New South Wales Carepalxis salobrensis Simon, 1895 — Jamaica, Mexico to Brazil Carepalxis suberosa Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea Carepalxis tricuspidata Chrysanthus, 1961 — New Guinea Carepalxis tuberculata Keyserling, 1886 — Queensland, New South Wales

Celaenia Celaenia Thorell, 1868 Celaenia atkinsoni (O. P.-Cambridge, 1879) — Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand Celaenia calotoides Rainbow, 1908 — New South Wales Celaenia distincta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — New South Wales, Tasmania Celaenia dubia (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — New South Wales, Victoria Celaenia excavata (L. Koch, 1867) (type species) — Australia, Tasmania Celaenia hectori (O. P.-Cambridge, 1879) — New Zealand Celaenia olivacea (Urquhart, 1885) — New Zealand Celaenia penna (Urquhart, 1887) — New Zealand Celaenia tuberosa (Urquhart, 1889) — New Zealand Celaenia tumidosa Urquhart, 1891 — Tasmania Celaenia voraginosa Urquhart, 1891 — Tasmania

Cercidia Cercidia Thorell, 1869 Cercidia levii Marusik, 1985 — Kazakhstan Cercidia prominens (Westring, 1851) (type species) — Holarctic Cercidia punctigera Simon, 1889 — India

Chorizopes Chorizopes O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 Chorizopes albus Mi, Wang & Peng, 2016 - China Chorizopes anjanes Tikader, 1965 — India Chorizopes antongilensis Emerit, 1997 — Madagascar Chorizopes calciope (Simon, 1895) — India Chorizopes congener O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — India Chorizopes dicavus Yin et al., 1990 — China Chorizopes frontalis O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 (type species) — Sri Lanka to Sumatra Chorizopes goosus Yin et al., 1990 — China Chorizopes kastoni Gajbe & Gajbe, 2004 — India Chorizopes khandaricus Gajbe, 2005 — India Chorizopes khanjanes Tikader, 1965 — India, China Chorizopes khedaensis Reddy & Patel, 1993 — India Chorizopes longus Mi, Wang & Peng, 2016 - China Chorizopes madagascariensis Emerit, 1997 — Madagascar Chorizopes mucronatus Simon, 1895 — Sri Lanka Chorizopes nipponicus Yaginuma, 1963 — China, Korea, Japan Chorizopes orientalis Simon, 1909 — Vietnam Chorizopes pateli Reddy & Patel, 1993 — India Chorizopes quadrituberculata Roy, Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2014 - India Chorizopes rajanpurensis Mukhtar & Tahir, 2013 — Pakistan Chorizopes shimenensis Yin & Peng, 1994 — China Chorizopes stoliczkae O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — India Chorizopes tikaderi Sadana & Kaur, 1974 — India Chorizopes trimamillatus Schenkel, 1963 — China Chorizopes tumens Yin et al., 1990 — China Chorizopes wulingensis Yin, Wang & Xie, 1994 — China Chorizopes zepherus Zhu & Song, 1994 — China

Cladomelea Cladomelea Simon, 1895 Cladomelea akermani Hewitt, 1923 — South Africa Cladomelea debeeri Roff & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2004 — South Africa Cladomelea longipes (O. P.-Cambridge, 1877) (type species) — Congo Cladomelea ornata Hirst, 1907 — Central Africa

Clitaetra Clitaetra Simon, 1889 Clitaetra clathrata Simon, 1907 — West Africa Clitaetra episinoides Simon, 1889 — Comoro Islands Clitaetra irenae Kuntner, 2006 — South Africa Clitaetra perroti Simon, 1894 — Madagascar Clitaetra simoni Benoit, 1962 — Congo Clitaetra thisbe Simon, 1903 — Sri Lanka

Cnodalia Cnodalia Thorell, 1890 Cnodalia ampliabdominis (Song, Zhang & Zhu, 2006) — China Cnodalia flavescens Mi, Peng & Yin, 2010 — China Cnodalia harpax Thorell, 1890 (type species) — Sumatra, Japan Cnodalia quadrituberculata Mi, Peng & Yin, 2010 — China

Coelossia Coelossia Simon, 1895 Coelossia aciculata Simon, 1895 (type species) — Sierra Leone Coelossia trituberculata Simon, 1903 — Mauritius, Madagascar

Colaranea Colaranea Court & Forster, 1988 Colaranea brunnea Court & Forster, 1988 — New Zealand Colaranea melanoviridis Court & Forster, 1988 — New Zealand Colaranea verutum (Urquhart, 1887) — New Zealand Colaranea viriditas (Urquhart, 1887) (type species) — New Zealand

Collina Collina Urquhart, 1891 Collina glabicira Urquhart, 1891 — Tasmania

Colphepeira Colphepeira Archer, 1941 Colphepeira catawba (Banks, 1911) — USA, Mexico

Cryptaranea Cryptaranea Court & Forster, 1988 Cryptaranea albolineata (Urquhart, 1893) — New Zealand Cryptaranea atrihastula (Urquhart, 1891) — New Zealand Cryptaranea invisibilis (Urquhart, 1892) (type species) — New Zealand Cryptaranea stewartensis Court & Forster, 1988 — New Zealand Cryptaranea subalpina Court & Forster, 1988 — New Zealand Cryptaranea subcompta (Urquhart, 1887) — New Zealand Cryptaranea venustula (Urquhart, 1891) — New Zealand

Cyclosa Cyclosa Menge, 1866 , this genus includes 178 species and two subspecies:

Cyclosa alayoni Levi, 1999 – Cuba, Puerto Rico Cyclosa alba Tanikawa, 1992 – Japan Cyclosa albisternis Simon, 1888 – India, (mainland, Andaman Is.), Introduced to Hawaii Cyclosa albopunctata Kulczyński, 1901 – Eritrea, Indonesia (New Guinea), New Caledonia Cyclosa algerica Simon, 1885 – Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy (Sicily), Greece, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran Cyclosa anatipes (Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (Queensland), Palau Cyclosa andinas Levi, 1999 – Colombia, Ecuador Cyclosa angusta Tanikawa, 1992 – Japan Cyclosa anjing Mi, Wang & Li, 2024 – China Cyclosa apoblepta (Rainbow, 1916) – Australia (Queensland) Cyclosa argentaria (Rainbow, 1916) – Australia (Queensland) Cyclosa argentata Tanikawa & Ono, 1993 – Taiwan Cyclosa argenteoalba Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 – Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Russia, (Far East) Cyclosa atrata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 – China, Korea, Japan, Russia, (Far East) Cyclosa baakea Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Cyclosa bacilliformis Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia) Cyclosa banawensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Cyclosa berlandi Levi, 1999 – United States, Hispaniola, Ecuador Cyclosa bianchoria Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China Cyclosa bifida (Doleschall, 1859) – India, Philippines and Indonesia (New Guinea) Cyclosa bifurcata (Walckenaer, 1841) – Costa Rica, Hispaniola, Argentina Cyclosa bihamata F. Zhang, M. S. Zhang & Zhu, 2010 – China Cyclosa bilobata Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2012 – India Cyclosa bituberculata Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 1998 – Bangladesh Cyclosa bulla Tanikawa & Petcharad, 2018 – Thailand, Singapore, Brunei Cyclosa bulleri (Thorell, 1881) – Papua New Guinea Cyclosa cajamarca Levi, 1999 – Peru Cyclosa caligata (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra) Cyclosa camargoi Levi, 1999 – Brazil Cyclosa camelodes (Thorell, 1878) – Seychelles, Indonesia (New Guinea) Cyclosa caroli (Hentz, 1850) – United States, Caribbean, Bolivia Cyclosa centrifaciens Hingston, 1927 – Myanmar Cyclosa centrodes (Thorell, 1887) – India, Singapore Cyclosa cephalodina Song & Liu, 1996 – China Cyclosa chichawatniensis Mukhtar & Mushtaq, 2005 – Pakistan Cyclosa circumlucens Simon, 1907 – Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe Cyclosa concolor Caporiacco, 1933 – Libya Cyclosa confraga (Thorell, 1893) – Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Singapore, Vietnam Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan Cyclosa conica (Pallas, 1772) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia, China. Introduced to South Africa (type species) Cyclosa conigera F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 – Mexico, Honduras Cyclosa coylei Levi, 1999 – Mexico, Guatemala Cyclosa cucurbitoria (Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990) – China, Thailand Cyclosa cucurbitula Simon, 1900 – Hawaii Cyclosa curiraba Levi, 1999 – Bolivia Cyclosa cylindrata Yin, Zhu & Wang, 1995 – China Cyclosa cylindrifaciens Hingston, 1927 – Myanmar Cyclosa damingensis Xie, Yin & Kim, 1995 – China Cyclosa daodai Mi, Wang & Li, 2024 – China Cyclosa deserticola Levy, 1998 – Egypt, Israel Cyclosa dianasilvae Levi, 1999 – Ecuador, Peru Cyclosa diversa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico, Cuba, Argentina Cyclosa dives Simon, 1877 – China, Philippines Cyclosa donking Levi, 1999 – Bolivia Cyclosa dosbukolea Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Cyclosa durango Levi, 1999 – Mexico Cyclosa elongata Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 1998 – Bangladesh Cyclosa espumoso Levi, 1999 – Brazil Cyclosa fililineata Hingston, 1932 – Panama, Argentina Cyclosa formosa Karsch, 1879 – West Africa Cyclosa formosana Tanikawa & Ono, 1993 – Taiwan Cyclosa ginnaga Yaginuma, 1959 – Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan Cyclosa gossypiata Keswani, 2013 – India Cyclosa groppalii Pesarini, 1998 – Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Greece (Crete) Cyclosa gulinensis Xie, Yin & Kim, 1995 – China Cyclosa haiti Levi, 1999 – Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico (Mona Is.) Cyclosa hamulata Tanikawa, 1992 – Russia (Far East), Japan Cyclosa hexatuberculata Tikader, 1982 – Pakistan, India Cyclosa huila Levi, 1999 – Colombia Cyclosa imias Levi, 1999 – Cuba Cyclosa inca Levi, 1999 – Colombia, Argentina Cyclosa informis Yin, Zhu & Wang, 1995 – China Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834) – Mediterranean, Japan, India, Papua New Guinea, Australia, St. Helena, South Africa, Eswatini Cyclosa ipilea Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Cyclosa jalapa Levi, 1999 – Mexico Cyclosa japonica Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan Cyclosa jose Levi, 1999 – Costa Rica Cyclosa kashmirica Caporiacco, 1934 – Pakistan (Karakorum) Cyclosa kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910 – Central, East Africa, Seychelles Cyclosa koi Tanikawa & Ono, 1993 – Taiwan Cyclosa krusa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Pakistan, India, Philippines Cyclosa kumadai Tanikawa, 1992 – Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan