Checklist for Order Araneae Clerck, 1757 (Spider)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)
List of families for Papua New Guinea
55 Families width 650 Species and 19 Subspecies #ABCDFGHILMNOPSTUZ
| Actinopodidae Simon, 1892 | Mouse Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837 | Agelenid Spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Amaurobiidae Thorell, 1870 | Amaurobiids | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Anapidae Simon, 1895 | Anapid spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Araneidae Simon, 1895 | Golden orb web spiders | 127 | Species | Taxom | | Barychelidae Simon, 1889 | Brush-footed trapdoors | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Clubionidae Wagner, 1887 | Clubiones | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Corinnidae Karsch, 1880 | Ant-like Sac Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 | Tropical wolf spiders | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Deinopidae C. L. Koch, 1850 | Net-casters | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Desidae Pocock, 1895 | Desid spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Dictynidae O. P-Cambridge, 1871 | Dictynid spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dipluridae Simon, 1889 | Curtainweb Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dysderidae C. L. Koch, 1837 | Dysderid spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Filistatidae Ausserer, 1867 | Crevice weaver | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Gnaphosidae Pocock, 1898 | Flat-bellied ground spiders | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Hahniidae Bertkau, 1878 | Dwarf sheet spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Halonoproctidae Pocock, 1901 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hersiliidae Thorell, 1870 | Hersiliids | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hexathelidae Simon, 1892 | Australian funnelweb spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idiopidae Simon, 1892 | Armored trapdoor spiders | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Lamponidae Simon, 1893 | White-tailed spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 | Dwarf spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lycosidae Lehtinen & H..., 1979 | Ground Spiders | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Micropholcommatidae Hickman, 1943 | Micropholcommatid spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mimetidae Simon, 1881 | Pirate spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Miturgidae Simon, 1885 | Long-legged sac spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928 | Dwarf cobweb spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nesticidae Simon, 1894 | Cave cobweb spider | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nicodamidae Simon, 1898 | Nicodamid spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ochyroceratidae Fage, 1912 | Midget ground weaver | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oecobiidae Blackwall, 1862 | Disc web spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oonopidae Simon, 1890 | Dwarf Cell Spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyopidae Thorell, 1870 | Lynx spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Philodromidae Thorell, 1870 | False crab spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1851 | Carpenter spider | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pisauridae Simon, 1890 | Big wolf spider | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Psechridae James, 1989 | Psechrid spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Salticidae Blackwall, 1842 | Jumping Spider | 178 | Species | Taxom | | Scytodidae Blackwall, 1864 | Glue spitter | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Selenopidae Simon, 1897 | Flatties | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 | Giant crab spiders | 45 | Species | Taxom | | Stiphidiidae Dalmas, 1917 | Sheetweb spiders | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931 | Dwarf orb-weavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tengellidae (Dahl, 1908) | Tengellid spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrablemmidae O. P-Cambridge, 1873 | Armored spider | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 | Elongated Orb Weavers | 64 | Species | Taxom | | Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870 | Bird-eating spiders | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 | Cobweb And Widow Spiders | 43 | Species | Taxom | | Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881 | Ray orbweavers | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833 | Crab Spider | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879 | Flat spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Uloboridae Thorell, 1869 | Cribellate orb weavers | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Zodariidae Thorell, 1881 | Ant spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Zoridae F. O. P-Camb..., 1893 | Wandering Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Araneae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea | Suborder | Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 46
281
600 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Suborder | Mygalomorphae
Pocock, 1892
Mygalomorphs, Primitive spiders | 7
16
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Clubionidae
Wagner, 1887
Clubiones, Clubionids, Foliage Spiders, Sac Spider, Sac spiders, Two-Clawed Hunting Spiders | 4
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Miturgidae
Simon, 1885
Long-legged sac spiders, Prowling Hunters, Prowling spiders, Racing Stripe Spiders | 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Araneae at biodiversity.org.au
Araneae at dyntaxa.se
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Araneae at irmng.org
Araneae at itis.gov
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