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Checklist for Order Araneae Clerck, 1757 (Spider)
and region Samoa (Polynesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
54
114
168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
47
103
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
31
86
137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
27
81
132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Samoa
27 Families width 132 Species and 1 Subspecies
#SHLATDMCZUPBOG
Salticidae Blackwall, 1842Jumping Spider28SpeciesTaxom
Hahniidae Bertkau, 1878Dwarf sheet spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Lycosidae Lehtinen & H..., 1979Ground Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders12SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders27SpeciesTaxom
Dictynidae O. P-Cambridge, 1871Dictynid spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Miturgidae Simon, 1885Long-legged sac spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Clubionidae Wagner, 1887Clubiones5SpeciesTaxom
Zodariidae (Thorell, 1881)Ant spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Uloboridae Thorell, 1869Cribellate orb weavers4SpeciesTaxom
Desidae Pocock, 1895Desid spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833Crab Spider3SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers7SpeciesTaxom
Pisauridae Simon, 1890Big wolf spider1SpeciesTaxom
Tetrablemmidae O. P-Cambridge, 1873Armored spider2SpeciesTaxom
Cheiracanthiidae Wagner, 1887Eutichurid Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Sparassidae (Bertkau, 1872)Giant crab spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1851Carpenter spider2SpeciesTaxom
Barychelidae Simon, 1889Brush-footed trapdoors1SpeciesTaxom
Oonopidae Simon, 1890Dwarf Cell Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Gnaphosidae Pocock, 1898Flat-bellied ground spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Mysmenidae (Petrunkevitch, 1928)Dwarf cobweb spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Ochyroceratidae Fage, 1912Midget ground weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Corinnidae Karsch, 1880Ant-like Sac Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931Dwarf orb-weavers2SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881Ray orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Samoa
81 Genera with 132 Species
#ABCDEFHILMNOPRSTUZ
Afraflacilla Berland & Mi..., 19641SpeciesTaxom
Alistra Thorell, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Allocosa Banks, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Anepsion Strand, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1871Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1955Dewdrop spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Ariamnes Thorell, 1872Whip spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Artoria Thorell, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Ascyltus Karsch, 19973SpeciesTaxom
Athamas O. P.-Cambridge, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Banaidja Lehtinen, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Bathyphantes Menge, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Bavia Simon, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Bianor Peckham & Pe..., 20012SpeciesTaxom
Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1866Longlegged sac spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Clubiona Latreille, 1964Leaf curling sac spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Coleosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Cryptothele L. Koch, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1867Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyllognatha L. Koch, 18723SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Cytaea Keyserling, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Daramulunia Lehtinen, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Desis Walckenaer, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Diaea Thorell, 1865Flower spider1SpeciesTaxom
Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Dolomedes Latreille, 1876Dock spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Dyschiriognatha Simon, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Efate Berland, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Eutittha Thorell, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Fallablemma Shear, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Fijimoneta Raven & Hebron, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Flacilla Simon, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Flacillula Strand, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17674SpeciesTaxom
Holocneminus Berland, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Hortophora Framenau & C..., 18651SpeciesTaxom
Idioctis L. Koch, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Iona Peckham & Pe..., 19291SpeciesTaxom
Ischnothyreus Simon, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1872Orchard Spider And Allies3SpeciesTaxom
Linyphia Latreille, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Marinarozelotes Ponomarev, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Mastira Thorell, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Menemerus Simon, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Microdipoena Banks, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Muziris Simon, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Mysmena Simon, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Mysmenella Brignoli, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Neonesiotes Millidge, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1871Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Ochyrocera Simon, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Oedignatha Thorell, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Omoedus Thorell, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Oonopinus Simon, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Orchestina Simon, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Paratheuma Bryant, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Patu Marples, 19512SpeciesTaxom
Phintella Strand, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Pholcomma Thorell, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Phoroncidia Westwood, 19643SpeciesTaxom
Plexippus C. L. Koch, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopachys Simon, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Pseudicius Simon, 18855SpeciesTaxom
Rarahu Berland, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Rhomphaea L. Koch, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Smeringopus Simon, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Speocera Berland, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Storena Walckenaer, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Tamasesia Marples, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Tetrablemma O. P-Cambridge, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1890Four-jawed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Tharrhalea L. Koch, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1872Tangle-Web Spiders14SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 1955Ray spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Thorelliola Strand, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Trachyzelotes Lohmander, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Trite Simon, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Uloborus Latreille, 1872Cribellate Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Zenodorus Peckham & Pe..., 19131SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Samoa
132 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afraflacilla kraussi Marples, 1964
Alistra berlandi Brian John M..., 1955
Allocosa samoana Carl Friedri..., 1951
Anepsion rhomboides L. Koch, 1867
Araneus corbita L. Koch, 1871
Araneus pogisa Marples, 1957
Araneus speculabundus L. Koch, 1871
Argyrodes gracilis Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Argyrodes samoensis Octavius Pic..., 1880
Argyrodes unimaculatus Brian John M..., 1955
Ariamnes malleiformis L. Koch, 1872
Artoria thorelli Lucien Berland, 1929
Ascyltus lautus Eugen von Ke..., 1881
Ascyltus pterygodes Ludwig Carl ..., 1865Jumping spider
Ascyltus similis Berry, Josep..., 1997
Athamas whitmeei Octavius Pic..., 1877
Banaidja bifasciata Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Bathyphantes paradoxus Lucien Berland, 1929
Bavia aericeps Eugène Simon, 1877Jumping spider
Bianor maculatus (Keyserling, 1883)⇒ Bianor pseudomaculatus Logunov, 2001
Bianor pseudomaculatus Logunov, 2001
Cheiracanthium apia Norman I. Pl..., 1998
Cheiracanthium furax Ludwig Carl ..., 1873Gregg's buckwheat
Cheiracanthium insulare Vinson, 1863Redflower buckwheat
Cheiracanthium longimanum Ludwig Carl ..., 1873Gregg's buckwheat
Cheiracanthium mordax Ludwig Carl ..., 1866Biting Garden Sac Spider
Clubiona alveolata Ludwig Carl ..., 1873Gregg's buckwheat
Clubiona samoënsis Berland, 1929
Clubiona upoluensis Brian John M..., 1964
Clubiona zimmermanni Brian John M..., 1964
Coleosoma floridanum Banks, 1900Cobweb Spider
Cryptothele verrucosa Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Cyclosa litoralis Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Cyllognatha affinis Lucien Berland, 1929
Cyllognatha gracilis Brian John M..., 1955
Cyllognatha subtilis Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Cytaea piscula Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Cytaea piscula subsiliens (KulczyÅ„ski, 1910)⇒ Cytaea piscula Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Cytaea trispinifera Brian John M..., 1955
Daramulunia gibbosa Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Daramulunia tenella Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Desis vorax Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Diaea praetexta Ludwig Carl ..., 1865
Dolichognatha richardi Marples, 1955
Dolomedes facetus Koch, 1876
Dyschiriognatha oceanica Berland, 1929
Dyschiriognatha upoluensis Marples, 1955
Efate albobicinctus Lucien Berland, 1938
Eriophora transmarina Keyserling, 1865Australian garden orb weaver spider
Eutittha mordax L. Koch, 1866Yellow Nightstalking Sac Spider
Fallablemma castaneum Marples, 1955
Fijimoneta longimana L. Koch, 1873
Flacilla minuta (Berland, 1929)⇒ Flacillula minuta Lucien Berland, 1929
Flacillula minuta Lucien Berland, 1929
Heteropoda debilis (Ludwig Carl ..., 1875)⇒ Heteropoda imbecilla Tord Tamerla..., 1892
Heteropoda imbecilla Tord Tamerla..., 1892
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Holocneminus piritarsis Berland, 1942
Hortophora viridis Keyserling, 1865
Idioctis talofa Churchill & ..., 1992
Iona minuta Berland, 1929
Ischnothyreus lanutoo Brian J. Mar..., 1955
Leucauge ilatele Marples, 1955
Leucauge insularis Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Leucauge prodiga L. Koch, 1872
Linyphia tuasivia Brian John M..., 1955
Marinarozelotes kulczynskii Bösenberg, 1902
Mastira adusta Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Menemerus bivittatus Dufour, 1831Gray wall jumper
Microdipoena samoensis Marples, 1955
Muziris calvipalpis Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Mysmena acuminata Marples, 1955
Mysmena phyllicola Marples, 1955
Mysmena rotunda Marples, 1955
Mysmenella samoensis (Marples, 1955)⇒ Microdipoena samoensis Marples, 1955
Neonesiotes remiformis Millidge, 1991
Neoscona maculaticeps Ludwig Carl ..., 1871
Ochyrocera ransfordi Marples, 1955
Oedignatha aleipata Marples, 1955
Oedignatha mogamoga Brian John M..., 1955
Omoedus pusillus Strand, 1913
Oonopinus oceanicus Brian J. Mar..., 1955
Orchestina vainuia Brian J. Mar..., 1955
Paratheuma armata Brian J. Mar..., 1964
Patu marplesi Forster, 1959
Patu samoensis Marples, 1951
Phintella bifurcilinea Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Pholcomma soloa Brian John M..., 1955
Phoroncidia personata Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Phoroncidia rotunda Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Phoroncidia tina Herbert Walt..., 1964Crested anoda
Plexippus petersi Karsch, 1878Jumping spider
Poecilopachys australasia Griffith & P..., 1833Two-spined Spider
Poecilopachys verrucosa Ludwig Carl ..., 1871
Pseudicius javanicus Prószynski, 2006
Pseudicius kraussi Marples, 1964
Pseudicius punctatus (Marples, 1957)⇒ Pseudicius tamaricis Simon, 1885
Pseudicius samoaensis (Prószynski, 1992)⇒ Pseudicius kraussi Marples, 1964
Pseudicius tamaricis Simon, 1885
Rarahu nitida Lucien Berland, 1929
Rhomphaea cometes Koch, 1872
Smeringopus pallidus Blackwall, 1858Cellar spider
Speocera minuta Marples, 1955
Storena aleipata (Brian John M..., 1955)⇒ Oedignatha aleipata Marples, 1955
Tamasesia acuminata (Marples, 1955)⇒ Mysmena acuminata Marples, 1955
Tamasesia rotunda (Marples, 1955)⇒ Mysmena rotunda Marples, 1955
Tetrablemma samoense Marples, 1964
Tetragnatha keyserlingi Eugène Simon, 1890
Tharrhalea praetexta L. Koch, 1865
Theridion albidum (Richard C. B..., 1895)⇒ Theridion berlandi Carl Friedri..., 1942
Theridion aleipata Marples, 1955
Theridion berlandi Carl Friedri..., 1942
Theridion buxtoni Lucien Berland, 1929
Theridion caliginosum Brian John M..., 1955
Theridion catharina Brian John M..., 1955
Theridion hopkinsi Lucien Berland, 1929
Theridion kochi Carl Friedri..., 1942
Theridion manonoense Brian John M..., 1955
Theridion mataafa Brian John M..., 1955
Theridion mollissimum Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Theridion samoense Lucien Berland, 1929
Theridion samoensis Berland, 1929
Theridion setosum Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Theridiosoma lopdelli Marples, 1955
Thorelliola ensifera Tord Tamerla..., 1877Jumping spider
Trachyzelotes kulczynskii Bösenberg, 1902
Trite longipalpis Brian John M..., 1955
Uloborus montifer Brian John M..., 1955
Uloborus tenuissimus Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Zenodorus pusillus Embrik Strand, 1913

Subnodes of Araneae with occurrences in Samoa
SuborderAraneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
24
77
121
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderMygalomorphae
Pocock, 1892
Mygalomorphs, Primitive spiders
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyClubionidae
Wagner, 1887
Clubiones, Clubionids, Foliage Spiders, Sac Spider, Sac spiders, Two-Clawed Hunting Spiders
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMiturgidae
Simon, 1885
Long-legged sac spiders, Prowling Hunters, Prowling spiders, Racing Stripe Spiders
1
5
Genus
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