Back سك (جنس) Arabic سك ARZ Araneus AST Крыжавікі Byelorussian Паяци кръстоносци Bulgarian Araneus Catalan Araneus CEB Kreuzspinnen German Araneo Esperanto Araneus Spanish
| Araneus Temporal range:
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| European garden spider (Araneus diadematus) | |
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| Four-spot orb-weaver (Araneus quadratus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Tribe: | Araneini |
| Genus: | Araneus Clerck, 1757 |
| Type species | |
| Araneus angulatus[1] Clerck, 1757
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| Species | |
| Diversity | |
| c. 650 species | |
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Araneus is a genus of common orb-weaving spiders. It includes about 650 species, among which are the European garden spider and the barn spider. The genus was erected by Carl Alexander Clerck in 1757.
- ^ ICZN (2009). "OPINION 2224 (Case 3371). ARANEIDAE Clerck, 1758, Araneus Clerck, 1758 and Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 (Arachnida, Araneae): proposed conservation". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 66 (2): 192–193. doi:10.21805/bzn.v66i2.a9.