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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region British Columbia (West Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
186
537
1102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
169
507
1072
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
43
297
803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
42
296
802
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
38
292
780
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
38
292
780
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
8
154
397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
18
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for British Columbia
18 Genera with 45 Species
Acacesia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Acanthepeira Marx, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18752SpeciesTaxom
Aranea Linnaeus, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1971Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers13SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1885Cucumber spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1887Three-lobed Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18474SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19424SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Parazygiella Wunderlich, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1893Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17574SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Columbia
45 Species
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Aculepeira carbonarioides Keyserling, 1892
Aculepeira packardi Thorell, 1875
Aranea columbiae Scudder, 1878
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus corticarius Emerton, 1884
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus gemma McCook, 1888Cat-faced Spider
Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin &..., 1935Cat-faced Spider
Araneus groenlandicola Strand, 1906
Araneus iviei Archer, 1951
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Araneus washingtoni Levi, 1971
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Araniella proxima Kulczyński, 1885
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa psylla Thorell, 1887
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Eustala emertoni Richard C. B..., 1904
Hypsosinga alberta Herbert Walt..., 1972
Hypsosinga groenlandica Eugène Simon, 1889
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Hypsosinga rubens Nicholas Mar..., 1847
Larinia borealis Banks, 1894
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Metepeira foxi Willis J. Ge..., 1936
Metepeira grandiosa Ralph Vary C..., 1941
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Metepeira palustris Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Parazygiella dispar Kulczyn´ski, 1885
Singa keyserlingi McCook, 1893
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella dispar (Kulczynski, 1885)⇒ Zygiella nearctica Willis J. Ge..., 1964
Zygiella nearctica Willis J. Ge..., 1964
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in British Columbia
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
16
42
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
2
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