The Spider Cytogenetic Database
Current version: 12.5 (Feb 29, 2024)
Douglas Araujo, Marielle Cristina Schneider, Emygdio Paula-Neto and Doralice Maria Cella
Araneidae Clerck, 1757
Cited as = species name adopted by the researcher that performed the cytogenetic analysis; 2n = diploid number of males and in parenthesis, diploid number of females; n = haploid number; 3n = triploid number; 4n = tetraploid number; SCS = sex chromosome system; T = telocentric; A = acrocentric; St = subtelocentric; Sm = submetacentric; M = metacentric; H = holocentric; S = supernumerary chromosome; (?) = dubious description; (*) = designation of the species name not recorded in the taxonomic database.
| Valid name | Cited as | 2n | SCS | Chromosomal morphology | Collection site | Bibliography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acacesia benigna Glueck, 1994 | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A/T+X1X2A/T | Brazil | Souza et al., 2022 |
| Actinosoma pentacanthum (Walckenaer, 1841) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A/T+X1X2A/T | Brazil | Souza et al., 2022 |
| Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895 | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | Japan | Matsumoto, 1977 |
| Alenatea fuscocolorata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | Araneus fuscocoloratus | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Japan | Suzuki, 1954 |
| Alpaida bicornuta (Taczanowski, 1878) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A/T+X1X2A/T | Brazil | Souza et al., 2022 |
| Alpaida leucogramma (White, 1841) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22T+X1X2T | Brazil | Araujo et al., 2011 |
| Alpaida truncata (Keyserling, 1865) | ---- | 22 | X1X2 | ---- | Brazil | Araujo et al., 2011 |
| Alpaida veniliae (Keyserling, 1865) | ---- | 22 | X`1X2 | ---- | Brazil | Araujo et al., 2011 |
| Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1757 | Aranea angulata | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Finland | Hackman, 1948 |
| Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757 | Aranea diademata | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Finland | Hackman, 1948 |
| Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757 | Aranea diademata | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | ---- | Sokolov, 1960 |
| Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757 | Araneus diadema | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Mittal, 1960 |
| Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757 | Araneus diadema | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | India | Mittal, 1966a |
| Araneus ejusmodi Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 | Lithyphantes dubius | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Japan | Suzuki, 1954 |
| Araneus lathyrinus (Holmberg, 1875) | Metepeira lathyrina | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | ---- | Diaz & Saez, 1966 |
| Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757 | Aranea reaumuri | 24 | X1X2 | 22T+X1X2T | Germany | Pätau, 1948 |
| Araneus ventricosus (L. Koch, 1878) | ---- | 48 | X1X2 | ---- | ---- | Suzuki, 1951a |
| Araneus ventricosus (L. Koch, 1878) | ---- | 46 | X1X2 | 44A+X1X2A | Japan | Suzuki, 1951b |
| Araneus ventricosus (L. Koch, 1878) | ---- | 32 | ---- | ---- | ---- | Zhang & Tong, 1990 |
| Araneus ventricosus (L. Koch, 1878) | Aranea ventricosus | 49 | X1X2X3 | ---- | ---- | Youju et al., 1993 |
| Araneus sp. | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | ---- | Suzuki, 1950a |
| Araneus sp. | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Japan | Suzuki, 1951b |
| Araneus sp. | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Mittal, 1960 |
| Araniella curcubitina (Clerck, 1757) | Aranea curcubitina | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Finland | Hackman, 1948 |
| Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878 | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | ---- | Suzuki, 1950a |
| Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878 | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | Japan | Suzuki, 1951b |
| Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) | Argiope bruennichii | 26 | ---- | ---- | ---- | Zhang & Tong, 1990 |
| Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Czech Republic | Sheffer et al., 2022 |
| Argiope catenulata (Doleschall, 1859) | ---- | 24 | XY | H | Philippines | Amalin, 1988 |
| Argiope catenulata (Doleschall, 1859) | ---- | 24 | XY | H | Philippines | Amalin et al., 1992 |
| Argiope luzona (Walckenaer, 1841) | ---- | 24 | ---- | M+Sm+St | Philippines | Carandang & Barrion, 1994a |
| Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879 | Argiope shillongensis | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1983 |
| Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879 | Argiope shillongensis | 24 | X1X2 | 22T+X1X2T | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1988 |
| Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879 | Argiope shillongensis | 24 | ---- | ---- | ---- | Carandang & Barrion, 1994b |
| Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881 | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | India | Bole-Gowda, 1958 |
| Bijoaraneus mitificus (Simon, 1886) | Araneus nutificus | 24 | ---- | ---- | ---- | Suzuki, 1951a |
| Bijoaraneus mitificus (Simon, 1886) | Araneus mitificus | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | Japan | Suzuki, 1951b |
| Cyclosa atrata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | ---- | Suzuki, 1951a |
| Cyclosa atrata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | Japan | Suzuki, 1951b |
| Cyclosa bifida (Doleschall, 1859) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1983 |
| Cyclosa bifida (Doleschall, 1859) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1984 |
| Cyclosa bifida (Doleschall, 1859) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22T+X1X2T | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1988 |
| Cyclosa confraga (Thorell, 1893) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Mittal, 1960 |
| Cyclosa confraga (Thorell, 1893) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | India | Mittal, 1966a |
| Cyclosa conica (Pallas, 1772) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Mittal, 1960 |
| Cyclosa conica (Pallas, 1772) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | India | Mittal, 1966a |
| Cyclosa octotuberculata Karsch, 1879 | Cyclosa 8-tuberculata | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | ---- | Suzuki, 1949 |
| Cyclosa octotuberculata Karsch, 1879 | Cyclosa 8-tuberculata | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | ---- | Suzuki, 1950a |
| Cyclosa octotuberculata Karsch, 1879 | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Japan | Suzuki, 1951b |
| Cyclosa sedeculata Karsch, 1879 | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Japan | Suzuki, 1954 |
| Cyclosa spirifera Simon, 1889 | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1983 |
| Cyclosa spirifera Simon, 1889 | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1984 |
| Cyclosa spirifera Simon, 1889 | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22T+X1X2T | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1988 |
| Cyclosa walckenaeri (O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | Cyclosa walckenaerii | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Mittal, 1960 |
| Cyclosa walckenaeri (O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | Cyclosa walckenaerii | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | India | Mittal, 1966a |
| Cyclosa sp. | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Mittal, 1960 |
| Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Stoliczka, 1869) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Parida & Sharma, 1987a |
| Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Stoliczka, 1869) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Sharma & Parida, 1987 |
| Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Mittal, 1960 |
| Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | India | Mittal, 1966a |
| Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) | ---- | -26 | X1X1X2X2 | 22T+X1X1X2X2T | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1988 |
| Cyrtophora feae (Thorell, 1887) | Araneus feae | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | India | Bole-Gowda, 1958 |
| Cyrtophora sp. | ---- | 26 | X1X2 | 14M+4Sm+6T+X1X2Sm | India | Prakash & Prakash, 2014b |
| Dubiepeira sp. | ---- | 41 | X1X2X3 | 38A/T+X1X2X3A/T | Brazil | Souza et al., 2022 |
| Eriovixia poonaensis (Tikader & Bal, 1981) | Neoscona poonaensis | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1983 |
| Eriovixia poonaensis (Tikader & Bal, 1981) | Neoscona poonaensis | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Sharma & Parida, 1987 |
| Eriovixia poonaensis (Tikader & Bal, 1981) | Neoscona poonaensis | 24 | X1X2 | 22T+X1X2T | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1988 |
| Eustala emertoni (Banks, 1904) | ---- | 24 | ---- | ---- | USA | Tugmon et al., 1990 |
| Eustala sagana (Keyserling, 1893) | Araneus saganus | -26 | ---- | 26A | Japan | Suzuki, 1954 |
| Eustala sp. | Eustela sp. | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Mittal, 1961 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) | ---- | 31 | X | ---- | Philippines | Amalin, 1988 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A/T+X1X2A/T | Brazil | Souza et al., 2022 |
| Gasteracantha kuhli C.L. Koch, 1837 | Gasteracantha leucomelaena | 16 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1983 |
| Gasteracantha kuhli C.L. Koch, 1837 | Gasteracantha leucomelaena | 16 | X1X2 | 14T+X1X2T | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1988 |
| Larinia directa (Hentz, 1847) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Mittal, 1960 |
| Larinia directa (Hentz, 1847) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | India | Mittal, 1966a |
| Larinia sp. | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Mittal, 1960 |
| Larinia sp. | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Sharma et al., 1960 |
| Larinia sp. | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | India | Mittal, 1966a |
| Lariniaria argiopiformis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | Larinia punctifera | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Japan | Suzuki, 1954 |
| Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) | Epeira sclopetaria | 23 | X | ---- | ---- | Berry, 1906 |
| Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) | Epeira sericata | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | ---- | Painter, 1914 |
| Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) | Aranea foliata | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Finland | Hackman, 1948 |
| Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) | Araneus cornutus | 24 | ---- | ---- | ---- | Qingtao et al., 1998a |
| Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) | Araneus cornutus | 23 | ---- | ---- | ---- | Qingtao et al., 1998a |
| Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) | Larinioides cornuta | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | ---- | Qingtao et al., 1999 |
| Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) | Larinioides cornuta | 23 | X1X2 | ---- | ---- | Qingtao et al., 1999 |
| Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) | Aranea dumetorum | 14 | X1X2 | 10M+4A | Finland | Hackman, 1948 |
| Leviellus stroemi (Thorell, 1870) | Zilla stroemi | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Finland | Hackman, 1948 |
| Macracantha hasselti (C.L. Koch, 1837) | Gasteracantha hasseltii | 16 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1983 |
| Macracantha hasselti (C.L. Koch, 1837) | Gasteracantha hasseltii | 16 | X1X2 | 14T+X1X2T | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1988 |
| Neoscona achine (Simon, 1906) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1983 |
| Neoscona achine (Simon, 1906) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22T+X1X2T | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1988 |
| Neoscona adianta (Walckenaer, 1802) | Araneus japonicus | 24 | ---- | ---- | ---- | Suzuki, 1951a |
| Neoscona adianta (Walckenaer, 1802) | Araneus japonicus | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | Japan | Suzuki, 1951b |
| Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer, 1841) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Mittal, 1960 |
| Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer, 1841) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | India | Mittal, 1966a |
| Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer, 1841) | Neoscona minina | 14 | ---- | 10M+2Sm+2T | ---- | Amalin et al., 1993 |
| Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer, 1841) | ---- | 21 | X | ---- | USA | Doan & Paliulis, 2009 |
| Neoscona mukerjei Tikader, 1980 | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Sharma & Parida, 1987 |
| Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling, 1864) | ---- | 14 | ---- | 10M+4Sm | ---- | Amalin et al., 1993 |
| Neoscona pavida (Simon, 1906) | Araneus pavidus | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Mittal, 1960 |
| Neoscona punctigera (Doleschall, 1857) | Araneus opima | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | ---- | Suzuki, 1951a |
| Neoscona punctigera (Doleschall, 1857) | Araneus opima | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | Japan | Suzuki, 1951b |
| Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879) | Araneus scylla | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | ---- | Suzuki, 1951a |
| Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879) | Araneus scylla | 14 | X1X2 | 10M+2A+X1X2A | Japan | Suzuki, 1951b |
| Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841) | ---- | 23 | X | ---- | Philippines | Amalin, 1988 |
| Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 14M+2Sm+4St+2T+X1X2T | India | Prakash & Prakash, 2014b |
| Neoscona sp. | ---- | 14 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Parida & Sharma, 1987a |
| Neoscona sp. | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Parida & Sharma, 1987a |
| Neoscona sp. | ---- | 13 | X | ---- | India | Parida & Sharma, 1987a |
| Neoscona sp. | ---- | 13 | X | ---- | India | Sharma & Parida, 1987 |
| Neoscona sp. | ---- | 13 | X | ---- | India | Sharma & Parida, 1987 |
| Neoscona sp. | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Sharma & Parida, 1987 |
| Nephilingys cruentata (Fabricius, 1775) | Nephilengys cruentata | (26) | X1X1X2X2 | 22A+X1X1X2X2A | Brazil | Araujo et al., 2005a |
| Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck, 1757) | Aranea sexpunctata | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Finland | Hackman, 1948 |
| Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck, 1757) | Araneus umbratica | 24 | X1X2 | ---- | India | Mittal, 1960 |
| Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck, 1757) | Araneus umbratica | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | India | Mittal, 1966a |
| Parawixia bistriata (Rengger, 1836) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A/T+X1X2A/T | Brazil | Souza et al., 2022 |
| Parawixia kochi (Taczanowski, 1873) | ---- | 22 | X1X2 | ---- | Brazil | Araujo et al., 2011 |
| Parawixia velutina (Taczanowski, 1878) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22T+X1X2T | Brazil | Araujo et al., 2011 |
| Singa hamata (Clerck, 1757) | ---- | 24 | X1X2 | 22A+X1X2A | Russia | Gorlov et al., 1995 |
| Trichonephila clavata (L. Koch, 1878) | Nephila clavata | n=13 | X1X2 | ---- | ---- | Suzuki, 1950a |
| Trichonephila clavata (L. koch, 1878) | Nephila clavata | n=13 | X1X2 | ---- | Japan | Suzuki, 1951b |
| Trichonephila clavata (L. koch, 1878) | Nephila clavata | 24 | X1X2 | 22T+X1X2T | India | Datta & Chatterjee, 1988 |
| Trichonephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) | Nephila clavipes | 24 | X1X2 | 22T/A+X1X2T/A | Brazil | Araujo et al., 2015b |
| Trichonephila sexpunctata (Giebel, 1867) | Nephila sexpunctata | 24 | X1X2 | 22T/A+X1X2T/A | Brazil | Araujo et al., 2015b |
| Verrucosa meridionalis (Keyserling, 1892) | ---- | 47 | X1X2X3 | 44A/T+X1X2X3A/T | Brazil | Souza et al., 2022 |
| Verrucosa scapofracta Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015 | ---- | 50 | X1X2X3X4 | 46A/T+X1X2X3X4A/T | Brazil | Souza et al., 2022 |
| Wagneriana sp. | ---- | 22 | X1X2 | ---- | Brazil | Araujo et al., 2011 |