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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Ascension Parish (Louisiana, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
20
28
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
18
26
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
10
17
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
10
17
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
10
17
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
10
17
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
9
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
5
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ascension Parish
5 Genera with 10 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1850Angling spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ascension Parish
10 Species
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus bicentenarius McCook, 1888Giant Lichen Orbweaver
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin &..., 1935Cat-faced Spider
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Mastophora cornigera (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Mastophora hutchinsoni Willis J. Ge..., 1955
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Ascension Parish
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
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