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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
60
183
310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
47
149
269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
29
100
165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
27
98
160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
25
92
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
25
92
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
22
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
14
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Bahia
14 Genera with 25 Species
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 19884SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1859Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1898Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Epeiroides Keyserling, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Hypognatha Guérin, 1839
0SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19951SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 010SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Spilasma Simon, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Bahia
25 Species
Alpaida alticeps Keyserling, 1879
Alpaida delicata Keyserling, 1892
Alpaida truncata Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Alpaida urucuca Levi, 1988
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope blanda Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Epeiroides bahiensis Eugen von Ke..., 1885Orb weavers
Eriophora fuliginea C. L. Koch, 1838Orb weavers
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Mangora missa Levi, 2007
Mecynogea buique Herbert Walt..., 1997
Metazygia enabla Herbert Walt..., 1995
Micrathena acuta Charles Atha..., 1842
Micrathena aureola C.L.Koch, 1836
Micrathena excavata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Micrathena fissispina Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena horrida Władysław ..., 1873Orb weavers
Micrathena lata Arthur Merto..., 1960
Micrathena macfarlnaei
Micrathena schreiberzi
Micrathena triagularis
Micrathena trianguluarispinosa
Pronous tuberculifer (Eugen von Ke..., 1881)⇒ Pronous quintana Herbert Walt..., 1995
Spilasma duodecimguttata Eugen von Ke..., 1879Orb weavers

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Bahia
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
8
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
10
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