Gen.
Araeoncus
Simon, 1884
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00840
type Walckenaeria humilis Blackwall, 1841; gender masculine
N.B.: type species fixed by Simon, 1894a: 652; the synonymy with Savignia Blackwall, 1833, proposed by Breitling, 2021: 22, was not followed here, as based mainly on COI (see FAQ 7); the validity of Araeoncus is confirmed by Frick, Sanz-LaParra & Kropf, 2026: 96; considered a senior synonym of Scleroschema Hull, 1911b: 51 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04156] (type Walckenaeria humilis Blackwall, 1841) by Denis, 1942a: 84.
Transferred to other genera:
Araeoncus aequus
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1911
-- see
Acartauchenius
Araeoncus americanus
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944
-- see
Coloncus
Araeoncus brunneus
Bösenberg, 1902
-- see
Diplocephalus
Araeoncus duriusculus
Caporiacco, 1935
-- see
Styloctetor
Araeoncus erratus
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908
-- see
Acartauchenius
Araeoncus hiemalis
(Blackwall, 1841)
-- see
Erigonella
Araeoncus krugeri
Simon, 1894
-- see
Tybaertiella
Araeoncus longicephalus
Saito, 1988
-- see
Saitonia
Araeoncus muscus
Saito, 1989
-- see
Saitonia
Araeoncus ojiroensis
Saito, 1990
-- see
Saitonia
Araeoncus orientalis
Oi, 1960
-- see
Saitonia
Araeoncus patellatus
Emerton, 1917
-- see
Scotinotylus
Araeoncus prospiciens
(Thorell, 1875)
-- see
Archaraeoncus
Araeoncus pusillus
Tullgren, 1955
-- see
Saloca
Araeoncus ruderalis
Sørensen, 1898
-- see
Arctilaira
Araeoncus stigmosus
Xia, Zhang, Gao, Fei & Kim, 2001
-- see
Tibioploides
Araeoncus strandi
Ermolajev, 1937
-- see
Tanasevitchia
Araeoncus tianschanicus
Hu & Wu, 1989
-- see
Archaraeoncus
In synonymy:
Araeoncus affinitatus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863, T from Walckenaeria) = Araeoncus crassiceps
(Westring, 1861)
(Simon, 1884a: 638)
Araeoncus eborodunensis
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) = Araeoncus helleri
(L. Koch, 1869)
(Simon, 1926: 497, sub Plaesiocraerus)
Araeoncus excelsus
(L. Koch, 1879) = Araeoncus crassiceps
(Westring, 1861)
(Holm, 1973: 78)
Araeoncus globiceps
(Menge, 1868, T from Lophocarenum) = Araeoncus humilis
(Blackwall, 1841)
(Simon, 1884a: 636)
Araeoncus meridionalis
Denis, 1954 = Araeoncus humilis
(Blackwall, 1841)
(Bosmans, 1996: 125)
Araeoncus obtusus
(Denis, 1952) = Araeoncus helleri
(L. Koch, 1869)
(Georgescu, 1969a: 204, sub Diplocephalus)
Araeoncus praeceps
Holm, 1962 = Araeoncus victorianyanzae
Berland, 1936
(Scharff, 1990a: 9)
Araeoncus tatricus
(Kulczyński, 1882, T from Erigone) = Araeoncus helleri
(L. Koch, 1869)
(Simon, 1884a: 755, sub Plaesiocraerus)
Araeoncus altissimus Simon, 1884
|
| France, Italy, Azerbaijan
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009419
Araeoncus altissimus Simon, 1884a: 640, f. 471-473 (D
m)
Original description
Araeoncus altissimus Simon, 1926: 366, 492, f. 649 (
m, D
f)
Araeoncus anguineus (L. Koch, 1869)
|
| France to Bulgaria
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009420
Araeoncus banias Tanasevitch, 2013
|
| Israel
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045834
Araeoncus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 1987
|
| Ukraine, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009421
Araeoncus clavatus Tanasevitch, 1987
|
| Turkey, Armenia
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009422
Araeoncus clivifrons Deltshev, 1987
|
| Bulgaria
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009423
Araeoncus clivifrons Deltshev, 1987b: 97, f. 1-5 (D
mf)
Original description
Araeoncus convexus Tullgren, 1955
|
| Sweden, Estonia
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009424
Araeoncus convexus Tullgren, 1955: 322, f. 25a-b (D
f)
Original description
Araeoncus crassiceps (Westring, 1861)
|
| Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009425
Erigone excelsa L. Koch, 1879c: 76, pl. 2, f. 29 (D
m) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060099]
Araeoncus crassiceps Simon, 1884a: 638, f. 463-466 (
m, S of
Walckenaeria affinitata)
Araeoncus crassiceps Miller, 1971: 278, pl. LIX, f. 11-13 (
mf)
Araeoncus crassiceps Holm, 1973: 78 (S of
Araeoncus excelsus)
Araeoncus curvatus Tullgren, 1955
|
| Sweden, Estonia
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009426
Araeoncus curvatus Tullgren, 1955: 321, f. 23a-b (D
f)
Original description
Araeoncus cypriacus Tanasevitch, 2011
|
| Cyprus
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043958
Araeoncus dentatus (Tullgren, 1955)
|
| France, Italy, Northern Europe, Central Europe to Russia (Europe)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010055
Diplocephalus dentatus Tullgren, 1955: 329, f. 32a-b (D
f)
Original description
Diplocephalus dentatus Casemir, 1960: 255, pl. 1, f. 1-10, pl. 2, f. 1-9 (
mf)
Diplocephalus dentatus Miller, 1971: 281, pl. 60, f. 14-17 (
mf)
Araeoncus discedens (Simon, 1882)
|
| Spain, France, Italy
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009427
Erigone discedens Simon, 1882d: 235 (D
m)
Original description
Araeoncus discedens Simon, 1926: 368, 492, f. 651 (
m, D
f)
Erigone discedens Frétey, 2023: 124 (year of description corrected)
Araeoncus dispar Tullgren, 1955
|
| Sweden
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009428
Araeoncus dispar Tullgren, 1955: 323, f. 26a-b (D
f)
Original description
Araeoncus etinde Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983
|
| Cameroon
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009430
Araeoncus femineus (Roewer, 1942)
|
| Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009431
Gonatium femineum Roewer, 1942b: 247, f. 3 (D
f)
Original description
Araeoncus galeriformis (Tanasevitch, 1987)
|
| Russia (Caucasus), Azerbaijan
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009432
Araeoncus galeriformis Tanasevitch, 1990: 44, f. 22.5, 28.19-20 (
mf, T from
Savignia)
Araeoncus gertschi Caporiacco, 1949
|
| Kenya
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009433
Araeoncus gertschi Scharff, 1990b: 144 (misplaced in this genus, incertae sedis, species inquirenda)
Araeoncus hanno Simon, 1884
|
| Algeria
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009434
Araeoncus helleri (L. Koch, 1869)
|
| Europe
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010060
Erigone tatrica Kulczyński, 1882b: 28, pl. 3, f. 17 (D
mf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061184]
Plaesiocraerus eborodunensis Simon, 1884a: 753, f. 641-645 (
mf, S of
Erigone tatrica)
Plaesiocraerus helleri Simon, 1926: 380, 382, 497 (S of
Diplocephalus eborodunensis)
Diplocephalus obtusus Denis, 1952b: 4, f. 5-16 (D
mf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060658]
Diplocephalus helleri Miller, 1971: 282, pl. LX, f. 8-10 (
mf)
Araeoncus humilis (Blackwall, 1841)
|
| Europe, North Africa, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran, Japan. Introduced to New Zealand
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009435
TYPE SPECIES
Lophocarenum globiceps Menge, 1868: 207, pl. 40, f. 204 (D
m) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060278]
Araeoncus humilis Simon, 1884a: 636, f. 460-462 (
mf, S of
Lophocarenum globiceps)
Araeoncus humilis Becker, 1896: (3): 126, pl. 11, f. 12 (
mf)
Araeoncus meridionalis Denis, 1954a: 313, f. 4-5 (D
f) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060100]
Araeoncus humilis Bosmans, 1996: 125, f. 1-9 (
mf, S of
Araeoncus meridionalis)
Araeoncus humilis Hormiga, 2000: 29, f. 2A-C, pl. 13A-F, 14A-D (
m)
Araeoncus humilis Frick, Sanz-LaParra & Kropf, 2026: 14, 96, f. 1B, 2A, 4B, 5B, 7A, 9B, 10C-D, 12C-D, 14B, 18D (
mf)
Araeoncus hyalinus Song & Li, 2010
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043214
Araeoncus hyalinus Song & Li, 2010a: 120, f. 1A-E, 2A-G, 3A-E (D
mf)
Original description
Araeoncus impolitus Holm, 1962
|
| Kenya
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009436
Araeoncus impolitus Holm, 1962: 90, f. 26c, 27c (D
f)
Original description
Araeoncus longispineus Song & Li, 2010
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043215
Araeoncus longispineus Song & Li, 2010a: 125, f. 4A-D, 5A-H (D
mf)
Original description
Araeoncus longiusculus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
|
| France (Corsica), Italy (incl. Sardinia)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009437
Araeoncus longiusculus Simon, 1884a: 634, f. 458-459 (
m, D
f)
Araeoncus longiusculus Simon, 1926: 365, 491, f. 647 (
mf)
Araeoncus macrophthalmus Miller, 1970
|
| Angola
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009438
Araeoncus macrophthalmus Miller, 1970: 87, pl. IV, f. 1-6 (D
m)
Original description
Araeoncus malawiensis Jocqué, 1981
|
| Malawi
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009439
Araeoncus malawiensis Jocqué, 1981a: 481, f. 21-23 (D
f)
Original description
Araeoncus marijae (Bosmans, 2010)
|
| Portugal, Spain, Morocco
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043252
Araeoncus martinae Bosmans, 1996
|
| Morocco, Algeria
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009440
Araeoncus martinae Bosmans, 1996: 129, f. 18-26 (D
mf)
Original description
Araeoncus mitriformis Tanasevitch, 2008
|
| Turkey, Iran
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041997
Araeoncus obtusus Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983
|
| Cameroon
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009441
Araeoncus picturatus Holm, 1962
|
| Tanzania
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009443
Araeoncus picturatus Holm, 1962: 88, f. 26b, 27b (D
f)
Original description
Araeoncus protuberans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
|
| Europe
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010073
Plaesiocraerus protuberans Simon, 1884a: 757, f. 649-651 (
m, D
f)
Plaesiocraerus protuberans Simon, 1926: 381, 384, 497, f. 683 (
mf)
Diplocephalus protuberans Blick, 2024: 123, f. 5a-c (
mf)
Araeoncus rhodes Tanasevitch, 2011
|
| Greece (Rhodes)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043959
Araeoncus sicanus Brignoli, 1979
|
| Italy (Sicily)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009444
Araeoncus subniger Holm, 1962
|
| Kenya
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009445
Araeoncus subniger Holm, 1962: 90, f. 26d, 27d (D
f)
Original description
Araeoncus tauricus Gnelitsa, 2004
|
| Bulgaria, Greece (Crete), Turkey, Ukraine
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039874
Araeoncus tauricus Gnelitsa, 2004: 81, f. 1-10 (D
mf)
Original description
Araeoncus toubkal Bosmans, 1996
|
| Portugal, Morocco
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009446
Araeoncus toubkal Bosmans, 1996: 132, f. 27-34 (D
mf)
Original description
Araeoncus tuberculatus Tullgren, 1955
|
| Sweden
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009447
Araeoncus tuberculatus Tullgren, 1955: 324, f. 27a-b (D
f)
Original description
Araeoncus vaporariorum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
|
| France, Italy
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009448
Araeoncus vaporariorum Simon, 1884a: 633, f. 455-457 (
m, D
f)
Araeoncus vaporariorum Simon, 1926: 366, 491, f. 648 (
mf)
Araeoncus victorianyanzae Berland, 1936
|
| Kenya, Tanzania
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009449
Araeoncus victorianyanzae Berland, in
Fage & Simon, 1936: 326, f. 17 (D
mf)
Original description
Araeoncus praeceps Holm, 1962: 85, f. 25a-d, 26a, 27a, pl. 3, f. 1 (D
mf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060101]
Araeoncus victorianyanzae Scharff, 1990a: 9, f. 2-6 (
m, S of
Araeoncus praeceps)
Araeoncus viphyensis Jocqué, 1981
|
| Malawi
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009450
Araeoncus viphyensis Jocqué, 1981a: 482, f. 24-26 (D
f)
Original description
Araeoncus vorkutensis Tanasevitch, 1984
|
| Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009451