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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Alaska (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
195
526
962
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
180
501
935
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
37
247
615
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
37
247
615
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
34
244
602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
34
244
602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
144
395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
13
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Alaska
10 Genera with 27 Species
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18752SpeciesTaxom
Arachnura Vinson, 1955Tailed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1971Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers8SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1885Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1772Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1887Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18314SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1850Angling spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17574SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Alaska
27 Species
Aculepeira carbonarioides Keyserling, 1892
Aculepeira packardi Thorell, 1875
Arachnura caudatella Roewer, 1955
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus corticarius Emerton, 1884
Araneus gemma McCook, 1888Cat-faced Spider
Araneus groenlandicola Strand, 1906
Araneus iviei Archer, 1951
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus yukon Levi, 1971
Araniella proxima Kulczyński, 1885
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Cyclosa psylla Thorell, 1887
Hypsosinga alberta Herbert Walt..., 1972
Hypsosinga albovittata Johan Peter ..., 1851
Hypsosinga groenlandica Eugène Simon, 1889
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Mastophora cornigera (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Mastophora hutchinsoni Willis J. Ge..., 1955
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Zygiella dispar (Kulczynski, 1885)⇒ Zygiella nearctica Willis J. Ge..., 1964
Zygiella montana (Koch, 1839)⇒ Parazygiella montana Carl Ludwig ..., 1834
Zygiella nearctica Willis J. Ge..., 1964
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Alaska
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
8
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
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