Araneus marmoreus

Araneus marmoreus
	Female Araneus marmoreus var. marmoreus
	Male Araneus marmoreus var. marmoreus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Araneus
Species:	A. marmoreus
Binomial name
	Araneus marmoreus; Clerck, 1757
Synonyms
	Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757 ; Araneus pyramidatus Clerck, 1757 ; Aranea raji Scopoli, 1763 ; Aranea marmorea (Clerck, 1757) ; Aranea betulae Sulzer, 1776 ; Aranea aurantio-maculata De Geer, 1778 ; Aranea aurantia Olivier, 1789 ; Aranea pyramidata (Clerck, 1757) ; Aranea reticulata Roemer, 1789 ; Aranea scalaris Panzer, 1793 ; Aranea regalis Panzer, 1797 ; Aranea melittagria Walckenaer, 1802 ; Epeira melittagria (Walckenaer, 1802) ; Epeira scalaris (Panzer, 1793) ; Dysdera lutea Risso, 1826 ; Epeira marmorea (Clerck, 1757) ; Epeira pyramidata (Clerck, 1757) ; Epeira jenisoni C.L. Koch, 1835 ; Epeira bohemica C.L. Koch, 1838 ; Epeira graduata Walckenaer, 1841 ; Epeira conspicellata Walckenaer, 1841 ; Epeira insularis Hentz, 1847 ; Epeira obesa Hentz, 1847 ; Epeira flava Giebel, 1867 ; Epeira annulipes Giebel, 1869 ; Aranea gigas Comstock, 1910 ; Aranea tusigia Chamberlin, 1919 ; Araneus gigas (Comstock, 1910) ; Epeira raji (Scopoli, 1763) ;

Araneus marmoreus, commonly called the marbled orbweaver, is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It is sometimes also called the pumpkin spider from the resemblance of the female's inflated abdomen to an orange pumpkin. It has a Holarctic distribution.

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