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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Ambon (South Maluku, Indonesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
41
96
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
34
89
122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
25
77
114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
23
75
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
19
70
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
19
70
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
16
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
7
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ambon
7 Genera with 20 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1857Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1938Garden orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Bijoaraneus Tanikawa, Ya..., 18781SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1859Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1838Spiny Backed Orb Weaver5SpeciesTaxom
Ordgarius Keyserling, 1897Bolas spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ambon
20 Species
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus flavisternis Thorell, 1878
Araneus goniaea Thorell, 1878
Araneus goniaeus Thorell, 1878
Araneus postilena Thorell, 1878
Araneus pupulus Thorell, 1890
Araneus radja Doleschall, 1857
Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842
Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
Argiope catenulata Doleschall, 1859Grass cross spider
Argiope crenulata (Roewer, 1938)⇒ Argiope appensa Walckenaer, 1842
Bijoaraneus postilena Thorell, 1878
Cyclosa bifida Doleschall, 1859
Cyrtophora unicolor Doleschall, 1857
Gasteracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Macracantha arcuata Fabricius, 1793
Gasteracantha audouini Félix Édouar..., 1838
Gasteracantha biloba Tord Tamerla..., 1878
Gasteracantha lepelletieri Félix Édouar..., 1825
Gasteracantha theisi Félix Édouar..., 1838
Ordgarius clypeatus Eugène Simon, 1897

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Ambon
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
5
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