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Checklist for Order Araneae Clerck, 1757 (Spider)
and region Amherst County (Virginia, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
9
11
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
8
10
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
6
8
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
6
8
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Amherst County
6 Families width 8 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Salticidae Blackwall, 1842Jumping Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833Crab Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Uloboridae Thorell, 1869Cribellate orb weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Tengellidae Dahl, 1908Tengellid spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Lycosidae Lehtinen & H..., 1979Ground Spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Amherst County
8 Genera with 8 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1859Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Eris C. L. Koch, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Mecaphesa Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Octonoba Opell, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Socalchemmis Platnick & U..., 19191SpeciesTaxom
Tigrosa Brady, 19441SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Amherst County
8 Species
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Eris militaris Nicholas Mar..., 1845Bronze jumper
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Mecaphesa celer Hentz, 1847Celer crab spider
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Octonoba sinensis Simon, 1880
Socalchemmis dolichopus Ralph Vary C..., 1919
Tigrosa annexa Chamberlin &..., 1944

Subnodes of Araneae with occurrences in Amherst County
SuborderAraneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
6
8
8
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneae (Clerck 1757)
Araneae (Clerck 1757)


Links, sources and further information
Araneae at artfakta.se
Araneae at biodiversity.org.au
Araneae at dyntaxa.se
Araneae at gbif.org
Araneae at irmng.org
Araneae at itis.gov
Araneae at marinespecies.org