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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Assam (Northeast India, India)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
50
93
151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
41
77
121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
20
52
90
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
17
48
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
16
47
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
15
46
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
18
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
8
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Assam
8 Genera with 18 Species
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1837Spiny Backed Orb Weaver3SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Macracantha Simon, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Neogea Levi, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 0Spotted orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Assam
18 Species
Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887Signature Spider
Argiope caesarea Thorell, 1897
Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878St Andrew's Cross spider
Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881Golden cricket wasp
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Gasteracantha diadesmia Tord Tamerla..., 1887
Gasteracantha hasselti Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Hasselt's Spiny Spider
Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837
Larinia chloris (Jean Victor ..., 1826)⇒ Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Macracantha arcuata Fabricius, 1793
Neogea nocticolor Tord Tamerla..., 1887
Neoscona achine Eugène Simon, 1906
Neoscona bengalensis Benoy Krishn..., 1981
Neoscona elliptica Tikader & Bal, 1981
Neoscona mukerjei Benoy Krishn..., 1980
Neoscona shillongensis Benoy Krishn..., 1981
Neoscona theis Walck. Walck..., 0
Poltys columnaris Thorell, 1890Sand bee

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Assam
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
4
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