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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Angola (Central Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
122
379
614
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
103
335
531
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
45
208
345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
41
202
335
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
35
189
315
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
35
189
315
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
59
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
14
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Angola
14 Genera with 20 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1879Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1879Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Atelacantha Simon, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1879Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1859Box kite spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Megaraneus Lawrence, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Paralarinia Grasshoff, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Angola
20 Species and 1 Subspecies
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus guessfeldi Karsch, 1879
Araneus lateriguttatus Karsch, 1879
Argiope pechueli Karsch, 1879
Atelacantha heterodoxa Karsch, 1879
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Cyrtophora citricola lurida Karsch, 1879
Gasteracantha curvispina (Félix Édouar..., 1837)⇒ Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Gea infuscata Albert Tullgren, 1910
Isoxya mossamedensis Pierre L. G...., 1962
Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859
Larinia bifida (Albert Tullgren, 1910)⇒ Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910
Megaraneus gabonensis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Neoscona alberti Embrik Strand, 1913
Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886
Neoscona kivuensis Manfred Gras..., 1986
Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Angola
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
5
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
3
5
Genera
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