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Family Araneidae
園蛛科
Orb Web Spiders
 

GUIDE TO COMMON SPIDERS IN BORNEO ISLAND (Total 7 parts)
The number of spider species of Borneo is getting too large to list into just one page, so this long list is divided into following smaller manageable seven parts:

Part 1 : Family Salticidae - Jumping Spiders

Part 2 : Family Araneidae - Orb Web Spiders

Part 3 : Family Thomisidae - Crab Spiders

Part 4 : Family Theridiidae - Tangle web spider

Part 5 : Family Tetragnathidae - Big-jawed Spiders

Part 6 : Family Sparassidae - Huntsman Spiders

Part 7 : All other minority spider families - New genus, less encountered species etc..

RECENT RECORDS OF
Araneidae in Borneo

Family Araneidae
園蛛科
Orb Web Spiders

Orb-weaver spiders or araneids are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields and forests. Araneids have eight similar eyes, hairy or spiny legs, and no stridulating organs.

Orb-web Spiders
As the name indicates, Orb-web Spiders weave orb-webs to trap flying insects. After having trapped an insect in their web, many members of this family proceed to wrap their prey in a white shroud of silk to be eaten later.
Some members of this family decorate their webs with extra layers of silk, called stabilimentum.
The Argiope spiders are attractive because of the colours and patterns on their body. They also have quite distinctive webs.

In Sabah the most striking spiny spiders is the Gasteracantha arcuata. The two long, curved spines rising from the sides of its abdomen give it the appearance of a pair of horns.
Orb-weaving spiders produce the familiar flat, ornate, circular webs usually associated with spiders. Orb weavers come in many shapes and sizes, but the brightly collared garden orb weavers, Argiope, are the largest and best-known. The yellow garden spider, Argiope aurantia, is marked with yellow, black, orange or silver. The female body is more than 1 inch long with much longer legs. It is also known as the black and yellow garden spider and sometimes the writing spider because of a thickened interwoven section in the web’s centre.
Male Argiope, often less than 1/4 the size of females, can sometimes be found in the same web with the female. Garden orb weavers are so named because their webs can be found in fields, on fences, around homes and in other locations.

The spiny backed orb weaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis, is another distinctive orb weaver common in wooded areas. The unusual flattened, spiny body shape makes it look like a crab. Abdomen colours include white, yellow, orange or red.

Orb weavers are generally harmless but can be a nuisance when they build large webs in places inconvenient for humans.

Family Araneidae 園蛛科 Genus Gasteracantha棘腹蛛屬 Gasteracantha diadesmia 婆羅洲棘腹蛛之二   This species not found in China This species has two color forms: WHITE and YELLOW And a 3rd species perhaps transforming between WHITE and YELLOW White Female ♀9.5mm 2009-07-12 Gudang 4 Yellow Female ♀10.5mm 2020-10-10 SAT Masjid Abaca Pale Yellow   Gasteracantha frontata 婆羅洲棘腹蛛之一 Female ♀7mm 2020-10-24 SAT Masjid Abaca This species not found in China Gasteracantha mengei Female ♀7.5mm Spike to Spike 20mm 6-9-2009 BOMBALAI This species not found in China Gasteracantha Crucigera

Family Araneidae Genus Argiope 金蛛屬 Argiope aemula 好勝金蛛 Female & Male ♀9mm 2020-10-24 SAT Masjid Abaca 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 90 Argiope versicolor New record in Sabah Female 11-12-2009 PORING Argiope sp COMPLEX Male ♂ Argiope reinwardti 2016-01-22 KINABALU LODGE 21MM Female Argiope chloreis ♀ 2017-04-17 Bukit Patoi Recreational Park, Brunei New record for Borneo Island Argiope sp NEW ♀8mm 2018-04-04 SABAH New record for Borneo Island Argiope sp GEMOK 金蛛新種於婆羅洲島 ♂6mm 2018-07-29 SUN BUKIT GEMOK 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 90 - 100

Family Araneidae Genus Eriovixia 毛園蛛屬 Eriovixia laglaisei 拖尾毛園蛛 Female 30-6-2009 BUKIT GEMOK 5 records

Family Araneidae Genus Cyclosa艾蛛屬 Cyclosa sp CURVE TAIL Female ♀ 3+2mm 2020-09-16 BOMBALAI TRIAL Spider with a fat tail. You will never see this type of spider in a city garden but in the natural forest. Cyclosa sp SRI INDAH Another Genus Cyclosa spider. Unidentified. Perhaps a new variant of Borneo. Cyclosa confusa MALE 3.5mm 16-8-2009 SUNGAI TAWAU FEMALE 27-1-2013 WHITE BRIDGE Cyclosa kumadai FEMALE 21-6-2009 SUKAN Cyclosa bifida Female 7.5mm 19-7-2009 Bukit Gemok Female ♀ 7mm 9-8-2009 BUKIT GEMOK Cyclosa mulmeinensis 角腹艾蛛 Female♀ 2009-07-03 07:18 ABACA MOSQUE 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 110 Taiwan name : 二角塵蛛(Cyclosa mulmeinensis)

Family Araneidae Genus Cyrtarachne Cyrtarachne conica Female ♀ 2017-07-04 SHORT PATH

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Family Araneidae Genus Anepsion Anepsion cf. peltoides ♀2mm 2017-03-25 UMS New record for Borneo

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Family Araneidae Genus Arachnura Arachnura sp BALUNG

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Family Araneidae Genus Neogea Neogea nocticolor Female ♀ 3 RECORDS 6-7-2009 BUKIT GEMOK Neogea sp SUKAN Female 21-6-2009 SUKAN (SPORT COMPLEX)

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Family Araneidae Genus Heurodes Heurodes sp Tree Stump Orb Weaver Spider www.jamiun.com Poltys sp GREENISH ♀ 2017-07-07 VIPER TRIAL

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Family Araneidae Genus Macracantha Macracantha arcuata Female ♀10mm 2016-12-25 PORING HOTSPRING

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Family Araneidae Genus Gea Gea spinipes Female ♀6mm 10-10-2014 PRAWN FARM, MEROTAI

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Family Araneidae Genus Singa Singa sp BATU LINTANG Female 5mm 25-7-2014 BATU LINTANG Singa sp POND Female ♀ 23-8-2009 DRAGONFLY POND Singa sp POND Female 23-8-2009 DRAGONFLY POND Singa sp MALIAU Female 4+-mm 2015-07-27 MALIAU RIVER Singa sp BOMBALAI Female 4mm 2015-09-06 BOMBALAI Singa sp MALIAU Male ♂ 2015-07-21 MALIAU RIVER Singa sp MALIAU BROWN Female ♀3.5mm Male ♂2.5mm 2015-08-15 MALIAU RIVER Singa sp NIAH Female ♀5mm 2017-04-14 NIAH NATIONAL PARK Singa sp GEMOK ♂ 2017-07-29 BUKIT GEMOK Singa sp LUCIA ♀4.5mm 2017-09-01 LUCIA

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Family Araneidae Genus Neoscona Neoscona sp SPORT Female 9MM 8-8-2015 SPORT COMPLEX Neoscona nautica Female 8mm 17-11-2014 EDA LOG YARD Neoscona theisi www.padil.gov.au Neoscona sp SEMARAK 18-10-2009 SG TAWAU 9-7-2009 SG TAW Neoscona sp ROSE Female ♀ 11-12-2009 ROSE Neoscona sp ABAKA Female ♀ 11-10-2009 ABAKA Neoscona sp SHORTPATH ♀9mm 2017-07-04 SHORT PATH Neoscona vigilans Female 28-9-2008 SEMARAK Female 16-12-2009 TEAGARDEN Total three female records Neoscona vigilans ♀10mm 2017-07-07 VIPER TRAIL

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Family Araneidae Genus Araneus 園蛛屬 Araneus sp Family Araneidae Araneus pentagrammicus 五紋園蛛 ♀ 2014-06-15 BOMBALAI, BORNEO 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 81

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Family Araneidae Genus Ordgarius 瘤腹蛛屬 Ordgarius sp SEMARAK 瘤腹蛛新種於婆羅洲島 1st Record in Borneo Female ♀8x10mm 2016-08-30 SEMARAK 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 162

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Family Araneidae Genus Dolophones 扁園蛛屬 Dolophones sp MALIAU 扁園蛛新種於婆羅洲島 Female ♀ 20mm 2015-08-05 MALIAU RIVER 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 130

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Family Araneidae Genus Larinia肥蛛屬 Genus Lariniaria?   Larinia phthisica 淡綠肥蛛 ♀Female 9mm 2009-08-15 SEMARAK Liprocea fusiformis/Larnia fusiformis 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 146   The status身分, affinity姻親關係, scope範圍 or nomenclature命名法 of this taxon类群 is disputed.

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Family Araneidae Genus Cyrtophora 斑蛛屬 Cyrtophora exanthematica 花雲斑蛛 Female Juvenile ♀3mmJuvenile 2018-07-28 SAT BUKIT GEMOK 中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 124 Cyrtophora cylindroides Female 15mm 2011-9-1 KUNDASANG

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