Species list, Checklist of Family Araneidae (Golden orb web spiders) for Benin (West Africa)

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Flies	Isopods
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Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	28 46 74	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	25 41 68	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	9 14 14	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	8 13 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 True Spiders	8 13 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Araneomorphi Smith, 1902	8 13 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Araneoidea Latreille, 1806	3 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Araneidae Simon, 1895 Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders	2 1	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Benin
2 Genera with 1 Species

Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1837	Spiny Backed Orb Weaver	1	Species	Taxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911		0	Species	Taxom

Species list for Benin
1 Species

Gasteracantha curvispina (Félix Édouar..., 1837)

⇒ Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Benin

Subfamily

Gasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990

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