On eleven new species of the orb-weaver spider genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China.

Eleven new species of Araneus Clerck, 1757 from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China are described: Araneusarcuatus sp. nov. (♂♀), A.bidentatus sp. nov. (♂♀), A.bidentatoides sp. nov. (♂♀), A.complanatus sp. nov. (♂♀), A.corrugis sp. nov. (♀), A.cucullatus sp. nov. (♀), A.minisculus sp. nov. (♂), A.ovoideus sp. nov. (♀), A.pseudodigitatus sp. nov. (♂♀), A.semiorbiculatus sp. nov. (♀), and A.tetracanthus sp. nov. (♂♀). Diagnostic photographs of the habitus and copulatory organs are provided.