| Araneus marmoreus
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| Female Araneus marmoreus var. marmoreus
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| Male Araneus marmoreus var. marmoreus
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Subphylum:
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Chelicerata
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| Class:
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Arachnida
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| Order:
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Araneae
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| Infraorder:
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Araneomorphae
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| Family:
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Araneidae
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| Genus:
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Araneus
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| Species:
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A. marmoreus
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| Binomial name
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Araneus marmoreus
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| Synonyms
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- 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)
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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.