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Checklist for Order Araneae Clerck, 1757 (Spider)
and region Kwale County (Coast Province, Kenya)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
29
48
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
18
31
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
8
19
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
8
19
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kwale County
8 Families width 15 Species
Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870Bird-eating spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Pholcidae (C. L. Koch, 1851)Carpenter spider2SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Salticidae Blackwall, 1842Jumping Spider2SpeciesTaxom
Lycosidae Lehtinen & H..., 1979Ground Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers2SpeciesTaxom
Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833Crab Spider0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kwale County
19 Genera with 15 Species
Anoploscelus Pocock, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Artema Walckenaer, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eucratoscelus Pocock, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1873Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Gmogala Keyserling, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Hasarius Simon, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Hippasa Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Hyllus C. L. Koch, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1930Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1858Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Nephilingis Kuntner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Pholcus Walckenaer, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897
Usambara baboon spider0SpeciesTaxom
Runcinia Simon, 1875
0SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Wadicosa Zyuzin, 19401SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kwale County
15 Species
Artema atlanta (Walckenaer, 1837)⇒ Physocyclus globosus Taczanowski, 1874
Caerostris nodulosa Pocock, 1898
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Eucratoscelus constrictus Gerstäcker, 1873
Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Hasarius adansoni Audouin, 1826Adanson's House Jumper
Hippasa cinerea Eugène Simon, 1898
Hyllus argyrotoxus Eugène Simon, 1902
Leucauge medjensis Lessert, 1930
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Nephilingis cruentata Fabricius, 1775African Hermit Spider
Pararaneus pseudostriatus Embrik Strand, 1908
Pholcus fagei (Kratochvíl, 1940)⇒ Pholcus sogdianae Brignoli, 1978
Wadicosa benadira Caporiacco, 1940Burrow worms

Subnodes of Araneae with occurrences in Kwale County
SuborderAraneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
7
16
14
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderMygalomorphae
Pocock, 1892
Mygalomorphs, Primitive spiders
1
3
1
Family
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