Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 72
164
146 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 56
133
111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 41
116
89 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 40
115
88 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 36
109
82 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
| 36
109
82 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
| 4
18
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Araneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders | 10
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Cape Town
10 Genera with 8 Species | Arachnura Vinson, 1863 | Tailed spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1859 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1805 | Garden orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eustala Simon, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 0 | Species | Taxom | Nemoscolus Simon, 1895 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1858 | Spotted orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
8 Species
Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Cape Town
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
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