World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Gnolus Simon, 1879 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03320

type Arkys cordiformis Nicolet, 1849; gender masculine

N.B.: transferred from the Araneidae to the Mimetidae by Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 18, after Tullgren, 1902; Oarcinae Simon, 1890a: 81 (Gnolus and Oarces) transferred from the Mimetidae to the Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2012: Suppl. 1, p. 15; re-transfer to the Mimetidae by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 340 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); not a senior synonym of Arcidius Simon, 1893 [which is itself a synonym of Testudinaria Taczanowski, 1879] (Levi, 2005b: 188).

Transferred to other genera:

Gnolus lemniscatus (Simon, 1893) -- see Testudinaria

Gnolus quadripunctatus (Taczanowski, 1879) -- see Testudinaria

Gnolus unipunctatus (Simon, 1893) -- see Testudinaria

In synonymy:

Gnolus affinis Tullgren, 1902 = Gnolus cordiformis (Nicolet, 1849) (Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 19)

Gnolus angulifrons Simon, 1896 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005720

Gnolus angulifrons Simon, 1896e: 69 (Df) Original description

Gnolus angulifrons Tullgren, 1902: 47, pl. 3, f. 7, pl. 4, f. 3 (f)

Gnolus angulifrons Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 28, f. 18, 23, 65-67, 91, 102-106 (f, Dm)

Gnolus blinkeni Platnick & Shadab, 1993 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005721

Gnolus cordiformis Tullgren, 1902: 44, pl. 3, f. 6, pl. 4, f. 1 (m, misidentified)

Gnolus blinkeni Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 24, f. 5, 70, 83-88 (Dmf) Original description

Gnolus cordiformis (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005722 TYPE SPECIES

Arkys cordiformis Nicolet, 1849: 185 (Df) Original description

Arkys variabilis Nicolet, 1849: 385 (Df)

Gnolus cordiformis Simon, 1879a: 59

Gnolus affinis Tullgren, 1902: 43 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057984]

Gnolus cordiformis Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 19, f. 3-4, 17, 22, 62-64, 68, 71-76 (Dm, f, S of Gnolus affinis; N.B.: m of Tullgren, 1902 = G. blinkeni)

Gnolus cordiformis Benavides & Hormiga, 2020: 172, f. 26A-I, 27A-I (m)

Gnolus limbatus (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005724

Arkys limbatus Nicolet, 1849: 386, pl. 4, f. 11 (Df) Original description

Gnolus limbatus Simon, 1879a: 59 (Dm)

Gnolus limbatus Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 23, f. 69, 77-82 (mf)

Gnolus spiculator (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005726

Arkys spiculator Nicolet, 1849: 384, pl. 4, f. 12 (Df) Original description

Arkys parvulus Nicolet, 1849: 384 (Df)

Arkys nigriventris Nicolet, 1849: 385 (Df)

Gnolus spiculator Simon, 1879a: 58

Gnolus spiculator Simon, 1895a: 911, f. 978 (f)

Gnolus spiculator Tullgren, 1902: 41, pl. 4, f. 2, pl. 5, f. 1 (f)

Gnolus spiculator Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 25, f. 7-8, 89, 92-96 (f, Dm)

Gnolus zonulatus Tullgren, 1902 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005728

Gnolus zonulatus Tullgren, 1902: 48, pl. 4, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Gnolus zonulatus Platnick & Shadab, 1993: 27, f. 6, 90, 97-101 (m, Df)