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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Argentina (Southern South America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
247
1201
3186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
209
1035
2797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
79
735
2222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
78
734
2220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
63
680
2052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
61
678
2048
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
11
183
671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
46
283
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Argentina
46 Genera with 283 Species
#ABCDEGHKLMNOPSTVWXZ
Acacesia Simon, 19946SpeciesTaxom
Actinosoma Holmberg, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 19486SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 198838SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1884Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers26SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Bertrana Keyserling, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Carepalxis L. Koch, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1889Three-lobed Spiders12SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1995Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Dolophones Walckenaer, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Enacrosoma Mello-Leitao, 1932
0SpeciesTaxom
Epeiroides Keyserling, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 192418SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1873Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Hypognatha Guérin, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Kaira O. P.-Cambridge, 1890Frilled Orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Kapogea Levi, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 19916SpeciesTaxom
Lipocrea Thorell, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 200722SpeciesTaxom
Manogea Levi, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1931Angling spiders12SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19958SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 189310SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 177831SpeciesTaxom
Molinaranea Mello-Leitao, 18964SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Nicolepeira Levi, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 18799SpeciesTaxom
Paraverrucosa Mello-Leitao, 19914SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18788SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Scoloderus Simon, 18894SpeciesTaxom
Spintharidius Simon, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Taczanowskia Keyserling, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Testudinaria Taczanowski, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 18674SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18925SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 199112SpeciesTaxom
Wixia O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Xylethrus Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Argentina
283 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acacesia benigna Glueck, 1994
Acacesia cornigera (Petrunkevitch, 1925)⇒ Acacesia tenella L. Koch, 1871
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Acacesia jacuyensis
Acacesia tenella L. Koch, 1871Orb weavers
Acacesia yacuiensis Glueck, 1994
Actinosoma pentacanthum Walckenaer, 1842
Aculepeira aculifera O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Aculepeira albovittata Mello-Leitao, 1941
Aculepeira machu Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Aculepeira morenoae Rubio, Izqui..., 2013
Aculepeira travassosi Soares & Cam..., 1948Orb weavers
Aculepeira vittata Gerschman & ..., 1948
Alpaida acuta Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Alpaida albocincta Mello-Leitao, 1945
Alpaida alto Levi, 1988
Alpaida atomaria Simon, 1895
Alpaida bicornuta Taczanowski, 1878Orb weavers
Alpaida carminea Taczanowski, 1878
Alpaida citrina Keyserling, 1892
Alpaida costai Levi, 1988
Alpaida ericae Levi, 1988
Alpaida gallardoi Levi, 1988
Alpaida gracia Levi, 1988
Alpaida grayi Blackwall, 1863
Alpaida holmbergi Levi, 1988
Alpaida iguazu Levi, 1988
Alpaida itauba Levi, 1988
Alpaida lanei Levi, 1988
Alpaida latro Fabricius, 1775
Alpaida leucogramma White, 1841Orb weavers
Alpaida moka Levi, 1988
Alpaida octolobata Levi, 1988
Alpaida quadrilorata Simon, 1897
Alpaida rioja Levi, 1988
Alpaida rosa Levi, 1988
Alpaida rostratula Keyserling, 1892
Alpaida rubellula Keyserling, 1892
Alpaida septemmammata O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Alpaida tabula Simon, 1895
Alpaida tijuca Levi, 1988
Alpaida trispinosa Keyserling, 1892Orb weavers
Alpaida truncata Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Alpaida uropygialis Mello-Leitão, 1944
Alpaida vanzolinii Levi, 1988
Alpaida variabilis Keyserling, 1864
Alpaida veniliae Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Alpaida versicolor Keyserling, 1877
Alpaida xavantina (Levi, 1988)⇒ Alpaida moka Levi, 1988
Alpaida yuto Levi, 1988
Araneus alhue Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus alsine Walckenaer, 1802Orange Wheelweaving Spider
Araneus aurantiifemuris Mello-Leitao, 1942
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus blumenau Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus corporosus Keyserling, 1892
Araneus cuiaba Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus detrimentosus O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus expletus O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus guttatus Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Araneus huahun Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus iguacu Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus lathyrinus Holmberg, 1875
Araneus lineatipes O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus omnicolor Keyserling, 1893
Araneus pegnia Walckenaer, 1842Orb weavers
Araneus stabilis Keyserling, 1892
Araneus talca Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus taperae Mello-Leitao, 1937
Araneus titirus Simon, 1896
Araneus unanimus Keyserling, 1879
Araneus uniformis Keyserling, 1879
Araneus venatrix C. L. Koch, 1838Orb weavers
Araneus vincibilis Keyserling, 1893
Araneus workmani Keyserling, 1884
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope ericae Herbert Walt..., 2004
Argiope kaingang Corronca & R..., 2015
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Bertrana striolata Keyserling, 1884Guinea ant
Carepalxis camelus Eugène Simon, 1895
Cyclosa bifurcata (Charles Atha..., 1842)⇒ Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Cyclosa diversa Octavius Pic..., 1894Orb weavers
Cyclosa fililineata Hingston, 1932Orb weavers
Cyclosa inca Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa longicauda Władysław ..., 1878
Cyclosa machadinho Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa morretes Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa serena Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa tapetifaciens Hingston, 1932Orb weavers
Cyclosa turbinata Charles Atha..., 1842Orb weavers
Cyclosa vicente Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa walckenaeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Cyrtophora cylindroides Charles Atha..., 1842
Cyrtophora parangexanthematica Alberto Barr..., 1995Cuckoo wasps
Dolophones thomisoides William Jose..., 1915
Epeiroides bahiensis Eugen von Ke..., 1885Orb weavers
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Eustala fuscovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Eustala guianensis Władysław ..., 1873
Eustala guttata Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Eustala itapocuensis Embrik Strand, 1916
Eustala minuscula Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Eustala novemmamillata Cândido Firm..., 1941
Eustala palmares Poeta, Marqu..., 2010
Eustala photographica Cândido Firm..., 1944
Eustala sagana Eugen von Ke..., 1893
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Eustala secta Cândido Firm..., 1945
Eustala taquara Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Eustala tribrachiata Badcock, 1932
Eustala ulecebrosa Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Eustala vegeta Eugen von Ke..., 1865Orb weavers
Eustala vellardi Cândido Firm..., 1924
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Hypognatha scutata Josef Anton ..., 1833
Kaira altiventer Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Kaira candidissima Cândido Firm..., 1941
Kaira conica Gerschman & ..., 1948
Kaira echinus Eugène Simon, 1897
Kaira gibberosa Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Kapogea alayoi (Archer, 1958)⇒ Kapogea isosceles Mello-Leitao, 1939
Kapogea isosceles Mello-Leitao, 1939
Kapogea sellata Eugène Simon, 1895Orb weavers
Larinia acuticauda Eugène Simon, 1906
Larinia bivittata Keyserling, 1885
Larinia directa Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Larinia montecarlo Levi, 1988
Larinia t-notata Albert Tullgren, 1905
Larinia tucuman Harrod, Levi..., 1991
Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Mangora acalypha Walckenaer, 1802Cricket-bat Orb Weaver
Mangora argenteostriata Simon, 1897
Mangora bemberg Levi, 2007
Mangora caballero Levi, 2007
Mangora caxias Levi, 2007
Mangora chuquisaca Levi, 2007
Mangora cochuna Levi, 2007
Mangora enseada Levi, 2007
Mangora fornicata Keyserling, 1864
Mangora lactea Mello-Leitao, 1944
Mangora maculata Keyserling, 1865Greenlegged orbweaver
Mangora melanocephala Taczanowski, 1874Orb weavers
Mangora melanoleuca Mello-Leitao, 1941
Mangora missa Levi, 2007
Mangora ramirezi Levi, 2007
Mangora sciosciae Levi, 2007
Mangora strenua Keyserling, 1893
Mangora uziga Levi, 2007
Mangora v-signata Cândido Firm..., 1943
Mangora vianai Levi, 2007
Mangora yacupoi Levi, 2007
Mangora yungas Levi, 2007
Manogea porracea Carl Ludwig ..., 1838Orb weavers
Mastophora abalosi Urtubey & Báez, 1983
Mastophora carpogaster Cândido Firm..., 1925
Mastophora comma Báez & Urtubey, 1985
Mastophora conica Herbert Walt..., 2006Bivalve coelomates
Mastophora conifera Holmberg, 1876
Mastophora diablo Herbert Walt..., 2003
Mastophora extraordinaria Holmberg, 1876
Mastophora gasteracanthoides (Hercule Nicolet, 1849)⇒ Mastophora diablo Herbert Walt..., 2003
Mastophora haywardi Birabén, 1946
Mastophora holmbergi Canals, 1931
Mastophora melloleitaoi Canals, 1931
Mastophora satan Canals, 1931
Mecynogea erythromela Holmberg, 1876
Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842Basilica orbweaver
Metazygia gregalis Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Metazygia ipanga Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia lagiana Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia limonal Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia mundulella Embrik Strand, 1916
Metazygia viriosa Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Metazygia voluptifica Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Metazygia yobena Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metepeira calamuchita Piel, 2001
Metepeira compsa Ralph Vary C..., 1916Bicolor cactussnail
Metepeira galatheae Tord Tamerla..., 1891
Metepeira glomerabilis Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Metepeira gressa Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Metepeira karkii Albert Tullgren, 1901
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Metepeira rectangula Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Metepeira vigilax Eugen von Ke..., 1893
Micrathena acuta Charles Atha..., 1842
Micrathena annulata Eduard Reimoser, 1917
Micrathena aureola C.L.Koch, 1836
Micrathena bandeirante Magalhaes & ..., 2011
Micrathena brevispina Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Micrathena crassa Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Micrathena crassispina Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena excavata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Micrathena fidelis Richard C. B..., 1909Orb weavers
Micrathena flaveola Josef Anton ..., 1839Orb weavers
Micrathena furcata Carl Wilhelm..., 1822
Micrathena furva Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Micrathena horrida Władysław ..., 1873Orb weavers
Micrathena jundiai Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena kochalkai Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena lata Arthur Merto..., 1960
Micrathena macfarlanei Arthur Merto..., 1961Orb weavers
Micrathena nigrichelis Embrik Strand, 1908
Micrathena patruelis Carl Ludwig ..., 1839
Micrathena peregrinatorum Holmberg, 1883
Micrathena plana Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena pungens Charles Atha..., 1842
Micrathena saccata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Micrathena sanctispiritus Brignoli, 1983
Micrathena schenkeli Cândido Firm..., 1939
Micrathena sexspinosa Carl Wilhelm..., 1822Orb weavers
Micrathena shealsi Chickering, 1960
Micrathena spitzi Cândido Firm..., 1932
Micrathena swainsoni Josef Anton ..., 1833
Micrathena triangularis Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena triangularispinosa Charles De Geer, 1778
Molinaranea clymene Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Molinaranea magellanica Charles Atha..., 1847
Molinaranea patagonica (Tullgren, 1901)⇒ Molinaranea magellanica Charles Atha..., 1847
Molinaranea phaethontis Eugène Simon, 1896
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875Orb weavers
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Nicolepeira flavifrons Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Ocrepeira camelus Simon, 1895
Ocrepeira galianoae Herbert Walt..., 1993
Ocrepeira gima Herbert Walt..., 1993
Ocrepeira hirsuta Cândido Firm..., 1942
Ocrepeira lurida Cândido Firm..., 1943
Ocrepeira mastophoroides Cândido Firm..., 1942
Ocrepeira molle Herbert Walt..., 1993
Ocrepeira rufa Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Ocrepeira venustula Eugen von Ke..., 1879
Paraverrucosa eupalaestra Mello-Leitão, 1943
Paraverrucosa heteracantha Mello-Leitão, 1943
Paraverrucosa neglecta Mello-Leitão, 1939
Paraverrucosa uzaga Levi, 1991
Parawixia audax Blackwall, 1863
Parawixia bistriata Rengger, 1836
Parawixia chubut Levi, 2001
Parawixia guatemalensis O.P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Parawixia kochi Taczanowski, 1873
Parawixia tredecimnotata F.P.-Cambridge, 1904Orb weavers
Parawixia undulata Keyserling, 1892
Parawixia velutina Taczanowski, 1878
Pronous quintana Herbert Walt..., 1995
Pronous tuberculifer (Eugen von Ke..., 1881)⇒ Pronous quintana Herbert Walt..., 1995
Scoloderus cordatus (WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw ..., 1879)⇒ Scoloderus nigriceps Octavius Pic..., 1895
Scoloderus gibber Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Scoloderus nigriceps Octavius Pic..., 1895
Scoloderus tuberculifer Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Spintharidius rhomboidalis Eugène Simon, 1893
Taczanowskia striata Eugen von Ke..., 1879
Testudinaria lemniscata Eugène Simon, 1893
Testudinaria rosea Cândido Firm..., 1945
Trichonephila clavipes Linnaeus, 1767Golden silk spider
Trichonephila clavipes fasciculata De Geer, 1778
Trichonephila clavipes vespucea Walckenaer, 1841
Trichonephila sexpunctata Giebel, 1867
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver
Verrucosa meridionalis Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Verrucosa scapofracta Lise, Kesste..., 2015
Verrucosa undecimvariolata Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Verrucosa zebra Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Wagneriana eldorado Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana eupalaestra Cândido Firm..., 1943
Wagneriana heteracantha Cândido Firm..., 1943
Wagneriana juquia Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana madrejon Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana neglecta Cândido Firm..., 1939
Wagneriana taim Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana tauricornis Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Wagneriana transitoria Carl Ludwig ..., 1839
Wagneriana undecimtuberculata Eugen von Ke..., 1865Orb weavers
Wagneriana uropygialis Cândido Firm..., 1944
Wagneriana uzaga Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Xylethrus superbus Eugène Simon, 1895
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Argentina
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
32
215
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
12
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
4
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
2
32
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