Araneus ishisawai Kishida, 1920
Description
Male
As female but smaller and darker. Both sides of thoracic region with dark brown band. Palp: Terminal apophysis long, curved and with pointed tip. Median apophysis thick with blunt tip.
Body length male: 6-8 mmFemale
Prosoma light yellowish brown with white hairs, center and margin brown, longer than wide. Opisthosoma light yellowish-brown to yellowish-red, shield-shaped and with hump-shaped protuberances at shoulders, dorsal folium pattern. Epigyne: Scape long and wrinkled with scooped tip.
Body length female: 9-12 mmAdditional information
Builds a large vertical orb web between trees and bushes in high mountain area.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Tanikawa 2007)
Bulbus
(Oliger 1991)
Embolus with cap
(Tanikawa 2007)
Embolus
(Tanikawa 2007)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Tanikawa 2007)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Oliger 1991)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Oliger 1991)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Oliger 1991)
Distribution List
References
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info 
Oliger T I (1991) The new spider Araneus of the diadematus group (Aranei, Araneidae) from the Primorje. Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 70(8): 141-143
Tanikawa A (2007) An identification guide to the Japanese spiders of the families Araneidae, Nephilidae and Tetragnathidae. Arachnological Society of Japan, 121 pp
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2