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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
125
357
535
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
100
315
483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
51
237
392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
48
233
388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
41
223
375
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
41
223
375
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
73
152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
19
37
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape Verde
19 Genera with 37 Species
Acacesia Simon, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Araneometa Wunderlich, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1988Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1988Three-lobed Spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Fossilaraneus Wunderlich, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Manogea Levi, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18982SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 18491SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Pulchellaranea Poinar, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Pycnosinga Wunderlich, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Verde
37 Species
Acacesia benigna Glueck, 1994
Araneometa excelsa J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneometa herrlingi J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus bryantae Brignoli, 1983
Araneus nanus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Argiope sector Forsskål, 1776
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa tapetifaciens Hingston, 1932Orb weavers
Cyclosa verrucosa Wunderlich, 1988
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Eriophora edax Blackwall, 1863Orb weavers
Eustala bisetosa Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Fossilaraneus incertus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Manogea porracea Carl Ludwig ..., 1838Orb weavers
Metazygia lagiana Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia zilloides Richard C. B..., 1898
Metepeira rectangula Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Micrathena aureola C.L.Koch, 1836
Micrathena evansi Arthur Merto..., 1960Orb weavers
Micrathena schreibersi Josef Anton ..., 1833Orb weavers
Micrathena spinosa Linnaeus, 1758
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983Jawla paste shrimp
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Pulchellaranea pedunculata G. Poinar, 2015
Pycnosinga fossilis J. Wunderlich, 1988

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Cape Verde
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
9
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
4
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