Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0102] Detail
In synonymy:
Ebaea L. Koch, 1872 = Gea C. L. Koch, 1843 (Simon, 1895a: 769)
Gen. Gea C. L. Koch, 1843 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01486] Detail
type Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843; gender feminine
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Ebaea L. Koch, 1872a: 130 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05533] (type E. praecincta L. Koch, 1872 = Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850)) by Simon, 1895a: 769.
Transferred to other genera:
Gea bimucronata Mello-Leitão, 1936 -- see Mecynogea
Gea diadema Hogg, 1920 -- see Neogea
Gea dubiosa Strand, 1911 -- see Argiope
Gea guttata Thorell, 1890 -- see Neogea
Gea lugens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 -- see Neogea
Gea nocticolor Thorell, 1887 -- see Neogea
Gea panamensis Chamberlin, 1917 -- see Argiope
Gea rotunda Hogg, 1915 -- see Argiope
Gea virginis Strand, 1911 -- see Leucauge
Gea wiedenmeyeri Schenkel, 1953 -- see Mecynogea
In synonymy:
Gea brongersmai Chrysanthus, 1971 = Gea subarmata Thorell, 1890 (Levi, 1983: 323).
Gea catenulata Thorell, 1898 = Gea subarmata Thorell, 1890 (Levi, 1983: 323).
Gea chelifer (van Hasselt, 1882) = Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843 (Levi, 1983: 326).
Gea corbetti Tikader, 1982 = Gea subarmata Thorell, 1890 (Levi, 1983: 323).
Gea curvipes (Keyserling, 1886, T from Argiope) = Gea theridioides (L. Koch, 1872) (Levi, 1983: 328).
Gea decorata Thorell, 1890 = Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843 (Levi, 1983: 326).
Gea festiva Thorell, 1895 = Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843 (Levi, 1983: 326).
Gea festiva nigrifrons Simon, 1901 = Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843 (Levi, 1983: 326).
Gea heptagon nigra Petrunkevitch, 1930 = Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850) (Levi, 1968a: 325).
Gea praecincta (L. Koch, 1872) = Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850) (Levi, 1983: 322).
Gea praedicta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 = Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850) (Levi, 1968a: 325).
Nomina dubia:
Gea decorata varians Franganillo, 1926a: 53 (j, Cuba) -- Levi, 1968a: 324.
Gea integra Franganillo, 1930: 19, f. 6B (mf, Cuba) -- Levi, 1968a: 325.
Gea lineata Franganillo, 1926a: 53 (j, Cuba) -- Levi, 1968a: 324.
Gea partita Franganillo, 1930: 17, f. 6A (mf, Cuba) -- Levi, 1968a: 325.
Gea severinoi Mello-Leitão, 1917a: 91 (f, Brazil) -- Levi, 1968a: 324.
Gea subarmata maculata Franganillo, 1930: 19 (f, Cuba) -- Levi, 1968a: 325.
Gea africana Simon, 1895 | f | Congo     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016105]
Gea africana Simon, 1895g: 154 (Df).
Gea argiopides Strand, 1911 | f | Indonesia (Aru Is.), Papua New Guinea     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016106]
Gea argiopides Strand, 1911d: 146, pl. 4, f. 10, pl. 5, f. 51 (Df).
Gea argiopides Levi, 1983: 322, f. 345-349 (f).
Gea bituberculata (Thorell, 1881) | f | Indonesia (New Guinea)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016107]
Ebaea bituberculata Thorell, 1881: 60 (Df).
Gea bituberculata Levi, 1983: 328, f. 376-380 (f).
Gea eff Levi, 1983 | m f | Papua New Guinea     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016108]
Gea eff Levi, 1983: 324, f. 336-337, 355-361 (Dmf).
Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850) | m f | Pacific Is., Australia. Introduced to USA to Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016109]
Epeira heptagon Hentz, 1850: 20 (Dmf).
Ebaea praecincta L. Koch, 1872a: 130, pl. 10, f. 2, 3 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059903].
Gea heptagon Keyserling, 1892: 76, pl. 3, f. 58 (f).
Gea heptagon McCook, 1894: 208, pl. 12, f 8 (f).
Gea praecincta Simon, 1895a: 765, f. 844.
Gea praedicta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 267, pl. 37, f. 11 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059904].
Gea heptagon Tullgren, 1901a: 9, pl. 1, f. 5 (f).
Gea heptagon Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 243, f. 93-96 (mf).
Gea heptagon nigra Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 245, f. 97-100 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059902].
Gea ergaster Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 104 (misidentified per Levi, 1968a: 324).
Gea heptagon Levi & Field, 1954: 448, f. 24-25, 27 (mf).
Gea heptagon Levi, 1968a: 324, f. 1-24 (mf, S of Gea heptagon nigra and G. praedicta).
Gea heptagon Levi, 1983: 322, f. 334-335, 338-344 (mf, S of Gea praecincta).
Gea heptagon Coddington, 1990: 14, f. 66 (m).
Gea heptagon Breene et al., 1993: 101, f. 146A-C (mf).
Gea heptagon Levi, 2002: 553, f. 241-242 (m).
Gea heptagon Dondale et al., 2003: 151, f. 314-322 (mf).
Gea heptagon Levi, 2004: 49, f. 1-8 (mf).
Gea heptagon Víquez, 2007: 386, f. 4a-c (mf).
Gea heptagon Corronca & Rodríguez Artigas, 2015: 151, f. 1g-k (m).
Gea infuscata Tullgren, 1910 | m f | Sudan, Tanzania, Angola, Botswana, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016110]
Gea infuscata Tullgren, 1910: 157, pl. 4, f. 95 (Df).
Gea infuscata Lessert, 1915a: 26, pl. 1, f. 4, 8 (Dm).
Gea infuscata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 14, p. 13: 1 f., p. 14: 5 f. (f).
Gea jingdong Mi, Wang & Gan, 2024 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059897]
Gea jingdong Mi, Wang & Gan, in Mi et al., 2024: 76, f. 1A-J, 2A-D, 7A-D (Dmf).
Gea nilotica Simon, 1906 | f | Sudan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016111]
Gea nilotica Simon, 1906a: 1162 (Df).
Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843 * | m f | Pakistan, India, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016112]
Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843: 101, f. 823 (Df).
Pronous chelifer van Hasselt, 1882: 24, pl. 2, f. 3, pl. 4, f. 7-10 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055060].
Argiope chelifera Thorell, 1890a: 90 (Df).
Gea decorata Thorell, 1890a: 104 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055061].
Gea decorata Workman & Workman, 1894: 23, pl. 23 (Dm).
Gea festiva Thorell, 1895b: 166 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055062].
Gea festiva Workman, 1896: 30, pl. 30 (f).
Gea festiva nigrifrons Simon, 1901k: 59 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016113].
Gea spinipes Levi, 1983: 326, f. 362-375 (mf, S of Argiope chelifera [removed from S of Argiope catenulata, rejecting Simon, 1895a: 858], Gea decorata, G. festiva and G. festiva nigrifrons).
Gea spinipes Yin et al., 1989: 67, f. 7A-C (f).
Gea spinipes Chang & Chang, 1997: 83, f. 1-4 (mf).
Gea spinipes Yin et al., 1997d: 90, f. 21a-f (mf).
Gea spinipes Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 282, f. 169B-D (mf).
Gea spinipes Chakrabarti, 2009: 128, f. 1-7 (f).
Gea spinipes Mi et al., 2024: 79, f. 3A-L, 4A-E, 7E-H (mf).
Gea spinipes Jaffry, Butt & Zahra, 2024a: 415, f. 3A-F (f).
Gea subarmata Thorell, 1890 | m f | India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Japan (Ryukyu Is.), Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, New Guinea)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016114]
Gea subarmata Thorell, 1890a: 101 (Df).
Gea catenulata Thorell, 1898: 339 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059899].
Gea subarmata Kulczyński, 1910: 392, pl. 17, f. 3, 4 (f).
Gea subarmata Kulczyński, 1911c: 476, pl. 20, f. 48-49 (f, Dm).
Gea brongersmai Chrysanthus, 1971: 18, f. 26-29 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059898].
Gea corbetti Tikader, 1982a: 109, f. 205-210 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059900].
Gea subarmata Levi, 1983: 323, f. 350-354 (f, S of Gea brongersmai, G. catenulata and G. corbetti).
Gea subarmata Okuma et al., 1993: 21, f. 16A-B (f, Dm).
Gea subarmata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 568, f. 351a-j (f).
Gea subarmata Sen et al., 2015: 110, f. 632-636, pl. 21 (f).
Gea subarmata Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 7, f. 13-17, 168 (f).
Gea subarmata Tanikawa & Yamanouchi, 2020: 131, f. 1A-C (f).
Gea subarmata Mi et al., 2024: 83, f. 5A-L, 6A-E, 7I-L (mf).
Gea theridioides (L. Koch, 1872) | m f | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016115]
Ebaea theridioides L. Koch, 1872a: 132, pl. 10, f. 4 (Df).
Argiope curvipes Keyserling, 1886a: 135, pl. 17, f. 1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059901].
Araneus transversus Rainbow, 1912a: 197, f. 10-13 (f; misidentified per Davies & Gallon, 1986: 233).
Gea theridioides Levi, 1983: 328, f. 381-388 (mf, S of Argiope curvipes).
Gea theridioides Davies, 1988b: 300, f. 32 (mf).
Gea transversovittata Tullgren, 1910 | f | Congo, Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016116]
Gea transversovittata Tullgren, 1910: 157, pl. 4, f. 94 (Df).
Gea zaragosa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | f | India, Philippines     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016117]
Gea zaragosa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 569, f. 352a-f (Df).
Gea zaragosa Sen et al., 2015: 109, f. 627-631, pl. 21 (f).
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