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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Canary Islands (Macaronesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
124
360
893
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
108
320
816
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
44
233
695
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
44
233
695
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
40
228
674
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
39
227
673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
8
85
191
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
17
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Canary Islands
17 Genera with 29 Species
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18262SpeciesTaxom
Agalenatea Archer, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1909Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1905Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1899Three-lobed Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Gibbaranea Archer, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1837Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17572SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Canary Islands
29 Species
Aculepeira annulipes Lucas, 1838
Aculepeira armida Audouin, 1826
Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Araneus annulipes Lucas, 1838
Araneus bufo Denis, 1941
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus microsoma Banks, 1909Orb weavers
Araniella maderiana Kulczyński, 1905
Argiope avara (Forskål, 1775)⇒ Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa maderiana Wladislaus K..., 1899
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Eustala devia Willis J. Ge..., 1936Orb weavers
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gibbaranea occidentalis Wunderlich, 1989
Gibbaranea tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992
Hypsosinga albovittata Johan Peter ..., 1851
Mangora acalypha Walckenaer, 1802Cricket-bat Orb Weaver
Nemoscolus laurae Eugène Simon, 1868
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Ocrepeira gulielmi Herbert Walt..., 1993
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver
Zygiella minima Joachim Schmidt, 1968
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Canary Islands
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
14
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
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