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Invertebrate Fauna of Korea Fauna Invertebrate Invertebrate Fauna of Korea Volume 21, Number 16 Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae Araneid Spiders Vol. 21, 21, Vol. No. 16 Araneid Spiders Flora and Fauna of Korea National Institute of Biological Resources Ministry of Environment National Institute of Biological Resources NIBR Ministry of Environment ISBN 978-89-97462-69-8 Russia CB Chungcheongbuk-do CN Chungcheongnam-do HB GB Gyeongsangbuk-do China GG Gyeonggi-do YG GN Gyeongsangnam-do GW Gangwon-do HB Hamgyeongbuk-do JG HN Hamgyeongnam-do HWB Hwanghaebuk-do HN HWN Hwanghaenam-do PB JB Jeollabuk-do JG Jagang-do JJ Jeju-do JN Jeollanam-do PN PB Pyeonganbuk-do PN Pyeongannam-do YG Yanggang-do HWB HWN GW East Sea GG GB (Ulleung-do) Yellow Sea CB CN GB JB GN JN JJ South Sea Invertebrate Fauna of Korea Volume 21, Number 16 Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae Araneid Spiders 2012 National Institute of Biological Resources Ministry of Environment Invertebrate Fauna of Korea Volume 21, Number 16 Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae Araneid Spiders Seung-Tae Kim and Sue-Yeon Lee Seoul National University Copyright ⓒ 2012 by the National Institute of Biological Resources Published by the National Institute of Biological Resources Environmental Research Complex, Hwangyeong-ro 42, Seo-gu Incheon, 404-708, Republic of Korea www.nibr.go.kr All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the National Institute of Biological Resources. ISBN : 9788997462698-96470 Government Publications Registration Number 11-1480592-000376-01 Printed by Junghaengsa, Inc. in Korea on acid-free paper Publisher : Sang Pal Lee Project Staff : Joo-Lae Cho, Ye Eun, Sang-Hoon Han Published on December 24, 2012 The Flora and Fauna of Korea logo was designed to represent six major target groups of the project including vertebrates, invertebrates, insects, algae, fungi, and bacteria. The book cover and the logo were designed by Jee-Yeon Koo. Preface The adoption of the “Nagoya protocol on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilization” in 2010 led to the realization of international stan- dardization in the fulfillment of the biological sovereignty and the exploration and preservation of indigenous biological organisms will play a critical role in enhancing the national development and the international competitiveness. Most developed countries had already organized the information of species inhabiting in their territories to claim their severeignty over those biological resources, but in this respect Korea was outpaced by these countries. In order to effectively secure, use and manage the indigenous biological organisms it is imperative to systematically understand them at the national level and to organize them to publish in the Flora and Fauna of Korea. Recognizing the importance of its securement and management in taking the initiative in bio- industry in future, National Institute of Biological Resources of the Ministry of Environment has been publishing the Flora and Fauna of Korea for systematic and efficient management of biological resources of our own. For the last 5 years, professional research groups consisting of relevant professors and the like conducted systematic surveys and organizations for a variety of and wide range of taxa. As a result, 65 issues of Flora and Fauna of Korea, both in Korean and in English, covering 7,709 species and two issues of world monograph covering 216 species were published and 25 issues of Flora and Fauna of Korea, both in Korean and in English, covering 1,313 species are published this year. These efforts serve not only to identify indigenous species living in Korea and to provide the scien- tific evidences and certifications to claim the sovereign rights over indigenous biological resources in Korea, but also provide the opportunity to prepare the framework for the biotechnological indus- trialization of biological resources. Finally I would like to express sincere appreciation for Dr. Seung-Tae Kim and Dr. Sue-Yeon Lee of Seoul National University who did not spare their efforts to publish Biological Magazine. Sang Pal Lee President NIBR 1 Contents List of Taxa 3 Introduction 6 Materials and Methods 7 Taxonomic Notes 9 1. Acusilas coccineus Simon 12 2. Alenatea fuscocolorata (Bösenberg and Strand) 13 3. Arachnura logio Yaginuma 15 4. Araneus acusisetus Zhu and Song 17 5. Araneus angulatus Clerck 18 6. Araneus ejusmodi Bösenberg and Strand 20 7. Araneus ishisawai Kishida 21 8. Araneus marmoreus Clerck 22 9. Araneus mitificus (Simon) 24 10. Araneus nordmanni (Thorell) 25 11. Araneus pentagrammicus (Karsch) 26 12. Araneus pinguis (Karsch) 27 13. Araneus rotundicornis Yaginuma 28 14. Araneus seminiger (L. Koch) 29 15. Araneus stella (Karsch) 30 16. Araneus triguttatus (Fabricius) 31 17. Araneus viperifer Schenkel 33 18. Araneus uyemurai Yaginuma 34 19. Araneus variegatus Yaginuma 35 20. Araneus ventricosus (L. Koch) 36 21. Araniella coreana Namkung 38 22. Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck) 39 23. Araniella displicata (Hentz) 40 24. Araniella yaginumai Tanikawa 42 25. Argiope amoena L. Koch 43 26. Argiope boesenbergi Levi 45 27. Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli) 46 28. Argiope minuta Karsch 48 29. Chorizopes nipponicus Yaginuma 49 30. Cyclosa argenteoalba Bösenberg and Strand 51 31. Cyclosa atrata Bösenberg and Strand 52 32. Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg and Strand 54 33. Cyclosa ginnaga Yaginuma 55 34. Cyclosa japonica Bösenberg and Strand 56 35. Cyclosa kumadai Tanikawa 57 36. Cyclosa laticauda Bösenberg and Strand 58 2 Invertebrate Fauna of Korea·Araneid Spiders 37. Cyclosa monticola Bösenberg and Strand 59 38. Cyclosa octotuberculata Karsch 60 39. Cyclosa okumae Tanikawa 61 40. Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa 62 41. Cyclosa sedeculata Karsch 63 42. Cyclosa vallata (Keyserling) 64 43. Cyrtarachne bufo (Bösenberg and Strand) 66 44. Cyrtarachne inaequalis Thorell 67 45. Cyrtarachne nagasakiensis Strand 68 46. Cyrtarachne yunoharuensis Strand 69 47. Eriophora astridae (Strand) 71 48. Eriophora sachalinensis (Saito) 72 49. Gasteracantha kuhli C.L. Koch 74 50. Gibbaranea abscissa (Karsch) 75 51. Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall) 77 52. Hypsosinga sanguinea (C.L. Koch) 79 53. Lariniaria argiopiformis (Bösenberg and Strand) 81 54. Larinioides cornutus (Clerck) 83 55. Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck) 85 56. Mangora herbeoides (Bösenberg and Strand) 87 57. Neoscona adianta (Walckenaer) 89 58. Neoscona melloteei (Simon) 90 59. Neoscona multiplicans (Chamberlin) 92 60. Neoscona nautica (L. Koch) 93 61. Neoscona pseudonautica Yin, Wang, Xie and Peng 94 62. Neoscona punctigera (Doleschall) 96 63. Neoscona scylla (Karsch) 97 64. Neoscona scylloides (Bösenberg and Strand) 99 65. Neoscona semilunaris (Karsch) 100 66. Neoscona subpullata (Bösenberg and Strand) 101 67. Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer) 102 68. Neoscona tianmenensis Yin, Wang, Xie and Peng 104 69. Ordgarius sexspinosus (Thorell) 105 70. Pronoides brunneus Schenkel 107 71. Singa hamata (Clerck) 108 72. Yaginumia sia (Strand) 109 Literature Cited 111 Plates 128 Index to Korean Names 141 Index to Korean Names as Pronounced 143 Index to Scientific Names 145 3 List of Taxa Phylum Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 Class Arachnida Cuvier, 1812 Order Aaraneae Clerck, 1757 Family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 Genus Acusilas Simon, 1895 Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895 Genus Alenatea Song and Zhu, 1999 Alenatea fuscocolorata (Bösenberg and Strand, 1906) Genus Arachnura Vinson, 1863 Arachnura logio Yaginuma, 1956 Genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 Araneus acusisetus Zhu and Song, 1994 Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1757 Araneus ejusmodi Bösenberg and Strand, 1906 Araneus ishisawai Kishida, 1928 Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757 Araneus mitificus (Simon, 1886) Araneus nordmanni (Thorell, 1870) Araneus pentagrammicus (Karsch, 1879) Araneus pinguis (Karsch, 1879) Araneus rotundicornis Yaginuma, 1972 Araneus seminiger (L. Koch, 1878) Araneus stella (Karsch, 1879) Araneus triguttatus (Fabricius, 1793) Araneus viperifer Schenkel, 1963 Araneus uyemurai Yaginuma, 1960 Araneus variegatus Yaginuma, 1960 Araneus ventricosus (L. Koch, 1878) Genus Araniella Chamberlin and Ivie, 1942 Araniella coreana Namkung, 2001 Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757) Araniella displicata (Hentz, 1847) Araniella yaginumai Tanikawa, 1995 Genus Argiope Audouin, 1826 Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878 Argiope boesenbergi Levi, 1983 Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879 Genus Chorizopes O.P.-Cambridge, 1870 Chorizopes nipponicus Yaginuma, 1963 Genus Cyclosa Menge, 1866 Cyclosa argenteoalba Bösenberg and Strand, 1906 Cyclosa atrata Bösenberg and Strand, 1906 4 Invertebrate Fauna of Korea·Araneid Spiders Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg and Strand, 1906 Cyclosa ginnaga Yaginuma, 1959 Cyclosa japonica Bösenberg and Strand, 1906 Cyclosa kumadai Tanikawa, 1992 Cyclosa laticauda Bösenberg and Strand, 1906 Cyclosa monticola Bösenberg and Strand, 1906 Cyclosa octotuberculata Karsch, 1879 Cyclosa okumae Tanikawa, 1992 Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992 Cyclosa sedeculata Karsch, 1879 Cyclosa vallata (Keyserling, 1886) Genus Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1868 Cyrtarachne bufo (Bösenberg and Strand, 1906) Cyrtarachne inaequalis Thorell, 1895 Cyrtarachne nagasakiensis Strand, 1918 Cyrtarachne yunoharuensis Strand, 1918 Genus Eriophora Simon, 1864 Eriophora astridae (Strand, 1917) Eriophora sachalinensis (Saito, 1934) Genus Gasteracantha
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