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Checklist for Order Araneae Clerck, 1757 (Spider)
and region British Virgin Islands (Virgin Islands)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
27
45
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
23
40
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
16
33
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
14
31
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for British Virgin Islands
14 Families width 32 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Oonopidae Simon, 1890Dwarf Cell Spiders15SpeciesTaxom
Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870Bird-eating spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Salticidae Blackwall, 1842Jumping Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Sicariidae Keyserling, 1880Brown recluse spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872Giant crab spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae (Menge, 1866)Elongated Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Caponiidae Simon, 1890Caponiid spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870Palp-footed spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Oxyopidae Thorell, 1870Lynx spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Selenopidae Simon, 1897Flatties1SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Ctenizidae Thorell, 1887Cork-lid trapdoor spider0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for British Virgin Islands
31 Genera with 32 Species
#ABCGHILNOPSTU
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Brignolia Dumitrescu &..., 18931SpeciesTaxom
Camptoscaphiella Caporiacco, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopholis Simon, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Gamasomorpha Karsch, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Hentzia Marx, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Heteroonops Dalmas, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Holothele Karsch, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Ischnothyreus Simon, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805
Black widow spider0SpeciesTaxom
Longoonops Platnick & D..., 20101SpeciesTaxom
Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1983Brown spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Neostasina Rheims & Ala..., 20161SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1767Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Nops MacLeay, 20152SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Oonopinus Simon, 1893
0SpeciesTaxom
Oonops Templeton, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Opopaea Simon, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Otiothops MacLeay, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Oxyopes Latreille, 1845Lynx Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Peucetia Thorell, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Scaphiella Simon, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Scaphioides Bryant, 20122SpeciesTaxom
Selenops Latreille, 1926Selenopid Crab Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Spirembolus Chamberlin, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Stenoonops Simon, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Triaeris Simon, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Ummidia Thorell, 1875
Cork-lid Trapdoor Spider0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Virgin Islands
32 Species
Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Brignolia parumpunctata Simon, 1893
Camptoscaphiella simoni Baehr, 2010
Cyrtopholis culebrae Alexander Pe..., 1929
Cyrtopholis flavostriata Joachim Schmidt, 1995
Gamasomorpha lutzi Petrunkevitch, 1929Goblin spiders
Hentzia antillana Elizabeth Ba..., 1940
Heteroonops castellus Arthur M. Ch..., 1971
Heteroonops spinimanus Eugène Simon, 1891
Holothele culebrae Alexander Pe..., 1929
Ischnothyreus peltifer (Simon, 1891)⇒ Camptoscaphiella simoni Baehr, 2010
Longoonops gorda Platnick & D..., 2010
Loxosceles virgo Gertsch & Ennik, 1983
Neostasina amalie Rheims & Ala..., 2016
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Nops blandus (Elizabeth Ba..., 1942)⇒ Nops hispaniola Sánchez-Ruiz..., 2015
Nops finisfurvus Sánchez-Ruiz..., 2015
Olios antiguensis Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Oonops ronoxus Arthur M. Ch..., 1971
Opopaea deserticola Eugène Simon, 1891
Otiothops pentucus Chickering, 1967
Oxyopes salticus Hentz, 1845Lynx spider
Peucetia viridans Hentz, 1832Green Lynx Spider
Scaphiella septella Arthur M. Ch..., 1968
Scaphioides nitens Bryant, 1942
Scaphioides reductoides Platnick & D..., 2012
Selenops lindborgi Petrunkevitch, 1926
Spirembolus pachygnathus Ralph Vary C..., 1935
Stenoonops exgord Platnick & D..., 2010
Stenoonops nitens (Bryant, 1942)⇒ Scaphioides nitens Bryant, 1942
Triaeris stenaspis Simon, 1891Goblin Spiders

Subnodes of Araneae with occurrences in British Virgin Islands
SuborderAraneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
12
28
29
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderMygalomorphae
Pocock, 1892
Mygalomorphs, Primitive spiders
2
3
3
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