World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Socca Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05869

type Epeira pustulosa Walckenaer, 1841; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Socca atriapiata (Urquhart, 1891, T from Epeira) = Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dalmas, 1917a: 379, sub Araneus)

Socca blattea (Urquhart, 1887, T from Araneus) = Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Court & Forster, 1988: 104, sub Eriophora)

Socca corrugatum (Urquhart, 1887, T from Epeira) = Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dalmas, 1917a: 379, sub Araneus)

Socca helveoguttata (Urquhart, 1888, T from Epeira) = Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dalmas, 1917a: 379, sub Araneus)

Socca inquieta (Keyserling, 1887, T from Araneus) = Socca sydneyica (Keyserling, 1887) (Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 316)

Socca leucisca (Urquhart, 1892, T from Araneus) = Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Court & Forster, 1988: 104, sub Eriophora)

Socca mulleola (Urquhart, 1888, T from Epeira) = Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dalmas, 1917a: 379, sub Araneus)

Socca oblitera (Urquhart, 1887, T from Epeira) = Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dalmas, 1917a: 379, sub Araneus)

Socca ostribrunnea (Urquhart, 1890, T from Epeira) = Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dalmas, 1917a: 379, sub Araneus)

Socca pocillator (Urquhart, 1887, T from Epeira) = Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dalmas, 1917a: 379, sub Araneus)

Socca senicaudata simplex (Simon, 1908, T from Araneus) = Socca senicaudata (Simon, 1908) (Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 309)

Socca simulata (Urquhart, 1892, T from Epeira) = Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dalmas, 1917a: 379, sub Araneus)

Socca verrucosa (Walckenaer, 1841, T from Epeira) = Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dalmas, 1917a: 379, sub Araneus)

Socca arena Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056567

Socca arena Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 286, f. 1D-F, 6B, 11A-E, 12A-I (Dmf) Original description

Socca australis Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022 | | Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056568

Socca australis Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 291, f. 14A-E (Df) Original description

Socca australis Castanheira, Baptista & Framenau, 2025: 2, f. 1A-E (Dm)

Socca caiguna Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022 | | Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056569

Socca caiguna Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 294, f. 16A-F (Df) Original description

Socca elvispresleyi Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056570

Socca elvispresleyi Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 295, f. 6C, 17A-D (Dm) Original description

Socca eugeni Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022 | | Australia (South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056571

Socca eugeni Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 296, f. 5B, 6D, 18A-D, 19A-E (Dmf) Original description

Socca johnnywarreni Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056572

Socca johnnywarreni Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 300, f. 6E, 20A-D, 21A-E (Dmf) Original description

Socca kullmanni Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022 | | Australia (Victoria, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056573

Socca kullmanni Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 303, f. 5D, 6F, 23A-D, 24A-E (Dmf) Original description

Socca levyashini Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022 | | Australia (Queensland, Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056574

Socca levyashini Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 306, f. 5C, 25A-E (Df) Original description

Socca pleia Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056575

Socca pleia Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 308, f. 6G, 24A-D (Dm) Original description

Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Australia, New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015885 TYPE SPECIES

Epeira pustulosa Walckenaer, 1841: 132 (Df) Original description

Epeira verrucosa Walckenaer, 1841: 135 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056553]

Epeira verrucosa Keyserling, 1864: 139, pl. 6, f. 20-21 (f)

Epeira verrucosa L. Koch, 1872a: 112, pl. 9, f. 4 (f, Dm)

Epeira brounii Urquhart, 1885: 32, pl. 10, f. 5b, d (m; misidentified per Dalmas, 1917a: 380)

Epeira corrugatum Urquhart, 1887: 72, pl. 7, f. 1 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056554]

Epeira pocillator Urquhart, 1887: 74 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056555]

Epeira oblitera Urquhart, 1887: 77 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056556]

Epeira mulleola Urquhart, 1888: 118, pl. 41, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056557]

Epeira helveo-guttata Urquhart, 1888: 119 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056558]

Epeira mulleola Urquhart, 1889a: 147 (Dm)

Epeira ostri-brunnea Urquhart, 1890c: 243, 250, pl. 17, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056559]

Epeira atri-apiata Urquhart, 1891a: 156 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056560]

Epeira simulata Urquhart, 1892b: 242 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056561]

Epeira leucisca Urquhart, 1892b: 245 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056543]

Epeira blattea Urquhart, 1893a: 179 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056542]

Araneus pustulosa Dalmas, 1917a: 379, f. 46, 49 (mf, T from Epeira, S of Epeira atriapiata, E. corrugatum, E. helveoguttata, E. mulleola, E. oblitera, E. ostribrunnea, E. pocillator, E. simulata and E. verrucosa)

Araneus pustulosus Main, 1964: 100, f. G (f)

Araneus pustulosus Hickman, 1967: 64, f. 112-114 (mf)

Aranea pustulosa Forster, 1967: 17, f. 10, 31 (mf)

Araneus pustulosus Forster & Forster, 1973: 27, f. 3c, 6c (mf)

Araneus pustulosus Main, 1977b: 100, f. 5 (f)

Eriophora pustulosa Court & Forster, 1988: 104, f. 353, 516-530 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus blatteus and A. leuciscus)

Eriophora pustulosa Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 49, f. 25.4-5 (mf)

Socca pustulosa Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 282, f. 1A-C, 3A-E, 5A, 6A, 7A-D, 8A-F (mf, T from Eriophora)

Socca senicaudata (Simon, 1908) | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015192

Araneus senicaudata Simon, 1908d: 425 (Df) Original description

Araneus senicaudata simplex Simon, 1908d: 426 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015193]

Socca senicaudata Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 309, f. 1G-H, 4, 6H, 28A-E, 29A-F (Dm, f, T from Araneus, S of Araneus senicaudatus simplex)

Araneus senicaudatus Dupérré, 2023a: 154, f. 25A-D (f)

Socca sydneyica (Keyserling, 1887) | | Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015224

Epeira inquieta Keyserling, 1887a: 189, p. 16, f. 6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014945]

Epeira sydneyica Keyserling, 1887a: 155, pl. 13, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Socca sydneyica Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 2022: 316, f. 6I, 31A-D, 32A-E (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus inquietus)