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Taxon: Family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 - orb-weavers (spider)

Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			C. Clerck, 1757
Original name	:			Clerck, C. 1757. Aran. Svec.: 1.

Types

Nominotypical taxon of	:	*Araneoidea* (Superfamily) Clerck, 1757
Type	:	*Araneus* (Genus) Clerck, 1757

Synonyms

Accepted name (subjective)	:	*Argiopidae* (Family) Simon, 1890		Ref: Jones, D., 1984: 248.
Synonymous name	:	*Epeiridae* (Family) Sundevall, 1833		Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Epeiridae* (Family) Sundevall, 1833		Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al. (comps.), 2023: 173.
Synonymous name	:	*Euetriidae* (Family) Thorell, 1887		Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al. (comps.), 2023: 173.
Synonymous name (subjective)	:	*Argiopidae* (Family) Simon, 1890		Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al. (comps.), 2023: 173.
Including	:	*Nephilidae* (Family) Simon, 1894		Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al. (comps.), 2023: 173.
Including	:	*Nephilidae* (Family) Simon, 1894		Ref: WSCA, 2024a: [1 Jul 2024]. [inferred]
Including	:	*Paraplectanoididae* (Family)		Ref: WSCA, 2024a: [2 Jul 2024]. [inferred]
Including	:	*Phonognathidae* (Family)		Ref: WSCA, 2024a: [2 Jul 2024]. [inferred]
Including	:	*Zygiellidae* (Family) Simon, 1929		Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al. (comps.), 2023: 173.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name	:	wielwebspinnen
	:	wielspinnen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name

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orb-weavers

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