Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Synonyms: Argiopidae, Epeiridae , Epeirinae
Parent taxon: Orbipurae according to M. Kuntner et al. 2018
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Magalhaes et al. 2020, Petrunkevitch 1922 and Wheeler et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Anepeira Aranea Araneinae Araneus Argiope Bararaneus Chrysometata Cyclososoma Enacrosoma Eoaraneus Eochorizopes Eozygiella Eustaloides Fossilaraneus Gea Hypognatha Meditrina Miraraneus Mirometa Molinaranea Nephilinae Pulchellaranea Pycnosinga Testudinaroides Tethneus Zilla
Type: Araneus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Madagascar (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Germany (1)
• Miocene of China (5), the Dominican Republic (5), Germany (1), Mexico (3)
• Oligocene of Germany (2)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Germany (4), India (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (11), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of China (2), Lebanon (1), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 50 collections including 122 occurrences