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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Alameda County (California, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
68
137
151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
60
127
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
24
64
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
24
64
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
23
61
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
23
61
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
21
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
8
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Alameda County
8 Genera with 16 Species
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18752SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1887Three-lobed Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19411SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopachys Simon, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Alameda County
16 Species
Aculepeira carbonaria L. Koch, 1869
Aculepeira packardi Thorell, 1875
Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1758Colletid bees
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus montereyensis Archer, 1951
Araneus pegnia Walckenaer, 1842Orb weavers
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa psylla Thorell, 1887
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Metepeira grandiosa Ralph Vary C..., 1941
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Poecilopachys australasia Griffith & P..., 1833Two-spined Spider
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Alameda County
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
7
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Araneidae at artfakta.se
Araneidae at biodiversity.org.au
Araneidae at dyntaxa.se
Araneidae at gbif.org
Araneidae at irmng.org
Araneidae at itis.gov