Checklist for Order Araneae Clerck, 1757 (Spider)
and region Tanzania (East Africa)
List of families for Tanzania
60 Families width 966 Species and 17 Subspecies #ABCDEGHILMNOPSTUZ
| Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837 | Agelenid Spiders | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878 | Anyphaenid sac spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneidae Simon, 1895 | Golden orb web spiders | 69 | Species | Taxom | | Barychelidae Simon, 1889 | Brush-footed trapdoors | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Caponiidae Simon, 1890 | Caponiid spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cithaeronidae Simon, 1893 | Cithaeronid spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Clubionidae Wagner, 1887 | Clubiones | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Corinnidae Karsch, 1880 | Ant-like Sac Spiders | 50 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 | Tropical wolf spiders | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenizidae Thorell, 1887 | Cork-lid trapdoor spider | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cyatholipidae Simon, 1894 | Cyatholipid spiders | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtaucheniidae Simon, 1892 | Cyrtaucheiid spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Deinopidae C. L. Koch, 1850 | Net-casters | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Desidae Pocock, 1895 | Desid spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dictynidae O. P-Cambridge, 1871 | Dictynid spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dysderidae C. L. Koch, 1837 | Dysderid spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eresidae C. L. Koch, 1851 | Eresid spiders | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Gnaphosidae Pocock, 1898 | Flat-bellied ground spiders | 31 | Species | Taxom | | Hahniidae Bertkau, 1878 | Dwarf sheet spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hersiliidae Thorell, 1870 | Hersiliids | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Idiopidae Simon, 1892 | Armored trapdoor spiders | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Insecutoridae Petrunkevitch, 1942 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 | Dwarf spiders | 118 | Species | Taxom | | Liocranidae Simon, 1897 | Liocranid sac spiders | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Lycosidae Lehtinen & H..., 1979 | Ground Spiders | 68 | Species | Taxom | | Migidae Simon, 1892 | Tree trapdoor spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mimetidae Simon, 1881 | Pirate spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Miturgidae Simon, 1885 | Long-legged sac spiders | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928 | Dwarf cobweb spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nemesiidae Simon, 1892 | Tube Trapdoor Spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Nesticidae Simon, 1894 | Cave cobweb spider | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oonopidae Simon, 1890 | Dwarf Cell Spiders | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Orsolobidae Cooke, 1965 | Orsolobid spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyopidae Thorell, 1870 | Lynx spiders | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870 | Palp-footed spiders | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Philodromidae Thorell, 1870 | False crab spiders | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1851 | Carpenter spider | 45 | Species | Taxom | | Phyxelididae Lehtinen, 1967 | Phyxelidid spiders | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pisauridae Simon, 1890 | Big wolf spider | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnothelidae | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Salticidae Blackwall, 1842 | Jumping Spider | 163 | Species | Taxom | | Scytodidae Blackwall, 1864 | Glue spitter | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Segestriidae Simon, 1893 | Six-eyed Spiders | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Selenopidae Simon, 1897 | Flatties | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Sicariidae Keyserling, 1880 | Brown recluse spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 | Giant crab spiders | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Telemidae Fage, 1913 | Long-legged cave spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrablemmidae O. P-Cambridge, 1873 | Armored spider | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 | Elongated Orb Weavers | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870 | Bird-eating spiders | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 | Cobweb And Widow Spiders | 40 | Species | Taxom | | Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833 | Crab Spider | 72 | Species | Taxom | | Titanoecidae Lehtinen, 1967 | Rock Weavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trachelidae Simon, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879 | Flat spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Uloboridae Thorell, 1869 | Cribellate orb weavers | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Zodariidae Thorell, 1881 | Ant spiders | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Zoridae F. O. P-Camb..., 1893 | Wandering Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zorocratidae (Dahl, 1913) | Zorocratid spider | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zoropsidae Bertkau, 1882 | False Huntsman Spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Araneae with occurrences in Tanzania | Suborder | Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 50
361
917 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Suborder | Mygalomorphae
Pocock, 1892
Mygalomorphs, Primitive spiders | 7
22
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Clubionidae
Wagner, 1887
Clubiones, Clubionids, Foliage Spiders, Sac Spider, Sac spiders, Two-Clawed Hunting Spiders | 2
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Miturgidae
Simon, 1885
Long-legged sac spiders, Prowling Hunters, Prowling spiders, Racing Stripe Spiders | 2
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pycnothelidae
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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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
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