Gibbaranea Explained

Gibbaranea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1951.^[1]

Species

it contains thirteen species:^[2]

• Gibbaranea abscissa (Karsch, 1879) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
• Gibbaranea bifida Guo, Zhang & Zhu, 2011 – China
• Gibbaranea bituberculata (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe, Turkey, Israel, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia to China, Japan, India
• Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner, 2016 – Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Tunisia
• Gibbaranea gibbosa (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus
  • Gibbaranea g. confinis (Simon, 1870) – Spain, France (Corsica)
• Gibbaranea hetian (Hu & Wu, 1989) – Russia (South Siberia), China, Mongolia
• Gibbaranea indiana Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2015 – India
• Gibbaranea nanguosa Yin & Gong, 1996 – China
• Gibbaranea occidentalis Wunderlich, 1989 – Azores
• Gibbaranea omoeda (Thorell, 1870) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan
• Gibbaranea tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Gibbaranea ullrichi (Hahn, 1835) – Europe to Central Asia

Notes and References

1. Archer. A. F.. 1951. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 2.. American Museum Novitates. 1–34. 1502.
2. Web site: Gen. Gibbaranea Archer, 1951. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-13. Natural History Museum Bern.