Synonymy

• Atea subfusca Koch, 1837: 4
• Epeira dalmatica Doleschall, 1852: 648
• Epeira blanda Blackwall, 1865: 95
• Epeira impedita L. Koch, 1867: 859
• Epeira illibata Simon, 1870: 312
• Epeira perplicata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 300
• Epeira limans Thorell, 1875: 81
• Epeira subfusca Lebert, 1877: 128
• Epeira radulans Pavesi, 1883: 11
• Aranea nigrita Thorell, 1899: 52
• Aranea submodesta Strand, 1906: 621
• Aranea submodesta neumanni Strand, 1906: 683
• Araneus mesonauta Simon, 1907: 290
• Araneus occidaneus Simon, 1907: 295
• Araneus dalmaticus minor Simon, 1908: 430
• Aranea restiaria Tullgren, 1910: 166
• Aranea restiaria obscura Tullgren, 1910: 166
• Aranea artifex Tullgren, 1910: 166
• Aranea dalmatica Strand, 1915: 146
• Araneus hoffmanni Schenkel, 1937: 384
• Neoscona albobitriangulosa Caporiacco, 1939: 341
• Araneus artifex Caporiacco, 1940: 828
• Araneus perplicatus Caporiacco, 1940: 829
• Neoscona perplicata — Caporiacco, 1941: 75 [transferred from Araneus]
• Neoscona immodesta Caporiacco, 1941: 77
• Neoscona submodesta neumanni — Caporiacco, 1941: 78 [transferred from Araneus, elevated to subspecies]
• Araneus aballensis angustifolius Caporiacco, 1941: 80
• Araneus aballensis foliatus Caporiacco, 1941: 80
• Araneus aballensis subconcolor Caporiacco, 1941: 80
• Araneus aballensis albozonatus Caporiacco, 1941: 81
• Araneus aballensis bimaculatus Caporiacco, 1941: 81
• Araneus aballensis nigricans Caporiacco, 1941: 81
• Araneus granatae Caporiacco, 1941: 81
• Neoscona artifex — Caporiacco, 1947: 169 [transferred from Araneus]
• Araneus tullgreni Caporiacco, 1947: 173
• Araneus tullgreni obscuratus Caporiacco, 1947: 174
• Neoscona wiehlei Caporiacco, 1949: 414
• Neoscona submodesta neumanni Caporiacco, 1949: 416
• Araneus airensis Denis, 1955: 135 (synonymized by Grasshoff, 1986: 15)
  • Type locality: Agadez.
    • Holotype: MNHN. female ♀. VIII.1947.
• Araneus subfuscus Fuhn & Oltean, 1969: 166
• Neoscona parva Schmidt, 1973: 370
• Neoscona subfusca — Grasshoff, 1980: 406 [transferred from Araneus]
• Araneus granatai Brignoli, 1983: 260
• Neoscona dalmatica — Morano & Ferrández, 1986: 175
• Neoscona subfusca — Grasshoff, 1986: 15

Primary references

• Koch, C.L. 1837. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Nürnberg, Heft 1, pp. 1–39. BHL [original description: p. 4]

• Strand, E. 1906. Diagnosen nordafrikanischer, hauptsächlich von Carlo Freiherr von Erlanger gesammelter Spinnen. Zoologischer anzeiger 30: 604–637, 655–690. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Aranea submodesta: p. 621; of Aranea submodesta neumanni: p. 683]

Additional references

• Denis, J. 1955b: Contribution à l'étude de l'Aïr (Mission L. Chopard et A. Villiers). Araignées. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire 17(A): 99-146. Reference page.