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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Caribbean (America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
350
1622
4998
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
299
1389
4329
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
77
715
2709
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
72
684
2523
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
60
628
2329
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
59
626
2327
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
11
189
723
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
57
236
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Caribbean
57 Genera with 236 Species
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Acacesia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Acanthepeira Marx, 18963SpeciesTaxom
Acrosoma Perty, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 19914SpeciesTaxom
Allocyclosa Levi, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 18979SpeciesTaxom
Araneometa Wunderlich, 19883SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1884Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers27SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Bertrana Keyserling, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Carepalxis L. Koch, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1889Three-lobed Spiders15SpeciesTaxom
Cylosa1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1995Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Edricus O. P.-Cambridge, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Enacrosoma Mello-Leitao, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 192419SpeciesTaxom
Fossilaraneus Wunderlich, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver5SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Hypognatha Guérin, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Kaira O. P.-Cambridge, 1993Frilled Orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Kapogea Levi, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 19453SpeciesTaxom
Lewisepeira Levi, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 184710SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1955Angling spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 189814SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 18938SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 183333SpeciesTaxom
Micrepeira Schenkel, 1953
0SpeciesTaxom
Molinaranea Mello-Leitao, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 19939SpeciesTaxom
Paraverrucosa Mello-Leitao, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19045SpeciesTaxom
Pozonia Schenkel, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Pulchellaranea Poinar, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Pycnosinga Wunderlich, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Scoloderus Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1928Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Spilasma Simon, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Spintharidius Simon, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18893SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 199110SpeciesTaxom
Witica O. P.-Cambridge, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Wixia O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Xylethrus Simon, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Zilla C. L. Koch, 18021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caribbean
236 Species and 6 Subspecies
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Acanthepeira labidura Mello-Leitao, 1943
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Acanthepeira venusta (Banks, 1896)⇒ Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805
Acrosoma armatum C. L. Koch, 1845
Aculepeira armida Audouin, 1826
Aculepeira busu Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Aculepeira travassosi Soares & Cam..., 1948Orb weavers
Aculepeira visite Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Allocyclosa bifurca McCook, 1887Orb weavers
Alpaida bicornuta Taczanowski, 1878Orb weavers
Alpaida dominica Levi, 1988
Alpaida elegantula Archer, 1965
Alpaida simla Levi, 1988
Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Alpaida thaxteri Levi, 1988
Alpaida truncata Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Alpaida veniliae Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Alpaida wenzeli Simon, 1897
Araneometa excelsa J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneometa herrlingi J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneometa spirembolus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneus adjuntaensis Petrunkevitch, 1930
Araneus argentatus Provancher, 1895
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus bimini Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus bipunctatus Thorell, 1898
Araneus bogotensis Keyserling, 1863
Araneus bryantae Brignoli, 1983
Araneus circe Audouin, 1826
Araneus elizabethae Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus excavatus Franganillo, 1930
Araneus faxoni Bryant, 1940
Araneus fistulosus Franganillo, 1930
Araneus gundlachi Banks, 1914
Araneus guttatus Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Araneus hispaniola Bryant, 1945
Araneus hotteiensis Bryant, 1945
Araneus lathyrinus Holmberg, 1875
Araneus lineatipes O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus lineatus (Franganillo, 1931)⇒ Larinia lineata Lucas, 1846
Araneus nanus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneus pegnia Walckenaer, 1842Orb weavers
Araneus quadratus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus stella Karsch, 1879
Araneus sturmi Hahn, 1831
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus venatrix C. L. Koch, 1838Orb weavers
Araneus workmani Keyserling, 1884
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Araniella proxima KulczyÅ„ski, 1885
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope blanda Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Argiope butchko LeQuier & Ag..., 2016
Argiope submaronica (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Bertrana striolata Keyserling, 1884Guinea ant
Carepalxis salobrensis Eugène Simon, 1895
Cercidia prominens Johan Peter ..., 1851
Cyclosa alayoni Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa berlandi Herbert Walt..., 1999Orb weavers
Cyclosa bifurcata (Charles Atha..., 1842)⇒ Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Cyclosa caroli Hentz, 1850Orb weavers
Cyclosa diversa Octavius Pic..., 1894Orb weavers
Cyclosa haiti Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa imias Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa oculata (Walckenaer, 1802)⇒ Cyclosa walckenaeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1889
Cyclosa ojeda Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa tamanaco Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa tapetifaciens Hingston, 1932Orb weavers
Cyclosa triquetra Eugène Simon, 1895Orb weavers
Cyclosa turbinata Charles Atha..., 1842Orb weavers
Cyclosa verrucosa Wunderlich, 1988
Cyclosa walckenaeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Cylosa verrucosa Wunderlich, 1988
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Cyrtophora parangexanthematica Alberto Barr..., 1995Cuckoo wasps
Edricus productus Octavius Pic..., 1896
Enacrosoma verrucosa J. Wunderlich, 1988
Eriophora edax Blackwall, 1863Orb weavers
Eriophora ravilla C. L. Koch, 1844Orb weavers
Eriophora transmarina Keyserling, 1865Australian garden orb weaver spider
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Eustala anastera vermiformis (Franganillo, 1931)⇒ Eustala fuscovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1864
Eustala bisetosa Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Eustala cazieri Herbert Walt..., 1977
Eustala clavispina Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Eustala delasmata Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Eustala devia Willis J. Ge..., 1936Orb weavers
Eustala eleuthera Herbert Walt..., 1977
Eustala fuscovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Eustala guttata Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Eustala occidentalis Baert, 2014
Eustala perdita Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Eustala procurva (Pelegrin Fra..., 1936)⇒ Eustala fuscovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1864
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Eustala trinitatis Henry Rought..., 1918
Eustala uncicurva Pelegrin Fra..., 1936
Eustala unimaculata Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Eustala vegeta Eugen von Ke..., 1865Orb weavers
Eustala vellardi Cândido Firm..., 1924
Fossilaraneus incertus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gasteracantha cancriformis cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758
Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gasteracantha irradiata Charles Atha..., 1842
Gasteracantha rubiginosa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Hypognatha putumayo Herbert Walt..., 1996
Hypognatha scutata Josef Anton ..., 1833
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Kaira gibberosa Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Kaira levii Alayón, 1993
Kapogea alayoi (Archer, 1958)⇒ Kapogea isosceles Mello-Leitao, 1939
Kapogea isosceles Mello-Leitao, 1939
Kapogea sellata Eugène Simon, 1895Orb weavers
Larinia directa Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Larinia lineata Lucas, 1846
Larinia minor Bryant, 1945
Lewisepeira farri Archer, 1958
Lewisepeira maricao Herbert Walt..., 1993
Mangora acalypha Walckenaer, 1802Cricket-bat Orb Weaver
Mangora amchickeringi Levi, 2005Orb weavers
Mangora antillana Dierkens, 2012
Mangora cajuta Levi, 2007
Mangora cumuto
Mangora dianasilvae Levi, 2007
Mangora falconae Schenkel, 1953Orb weavers
Mangora fascialata Franganillo, 1936Orb weavers
Mangora melanocephala Taczanowski, 1874Orb weavers
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Mastophora fasciata Eduard Reimoser, 1939Orb weavers
Mastophora vaquera Willis J. Ge..., 1955
Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842Basilica orbweaver
Mecynogea martiana Archer, 1958
Metazygia bahama Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia chicanna Herbert Walt..., 1995Orb weavers
Metazygia cienaga Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia crewi Richard C. B..., 1903
Metazygia dubia Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Metazygia genialis Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Metazygia gregalis Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Metazygia keyserlingi Richard C. B..., 1929Orb weavers
Metazygia laticeps Octavius Pic..., 1889
Metazygia limonal Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia matanzas Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia silvestris Elizabeth Ba..., 1942
Metazygia wittfeldae Henry Christ..., 1894Orb weavers
Metazygia zilloides Richard C. B..., 1898
Metepeira bengryi Archer, 1958
Metepeira compsa Ralph Vary C..., 1916Bicolor cactussnail
Metepeira datona Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Metepeira jamaicensis Archer, 1958
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Metepeira minima Willis J. Ge..., 1936Orb weavers
Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Metepeira vigilax Eugen von Ke..., 1893
Micrathena acuta Charles Atha..., 1842
Micrathena agriliformis Władysław ..., 1879Orb weavers
Micrathena banksi Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena brevispina Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Micrathena crassa Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Micrathena cubana Richard C. B..., 1909
Micrathena duodecimspinosa Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Micrathena evansi Arthur Merto..., 1960Orb weavers
Micrathena excavata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Micrathena fidelis Richard C. B..., 1909Orb weavers
Micrathena flaveola Josef Anton ..., 1839Orb weavers
Micrathena forcipata (Tord Tamerla..., 1859)⇒ Micrathena cubana Richard C. B..., 1909
Micrathena forcipata argentata Franganillo, 1930
Micrathena forcipata forcipata Thorell, 1859
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Micrathena horrida Władysław ..., 1873Orb weavers
Micrathena horrida horrida Taczanowski, 1873
Micrathena horrida tuberculata Franganillo, 1930
Micrathena militaris (Johan Christ..., 1775)⇒ Micrathena banksi Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena plana Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena rufopunctata Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Micrathena saccata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowshaped micrathena
Micrathena schenkeli Cândido Firm..., 1939
Micrathena schreibersi Josef Anton ..., 1833Orb weavers
Micrathena sexspinosa Carl Wilhelm..., 1822Orb weavers
Micrathena similis Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Micrathena spitzi Cândido Firm..., 1932
Micrathena swainsoni Josef Anton ..., 1833
Micrathena triangularis Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena triangularispinosa Charles De Geer, 1778
Micrathena ucayali Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena vigorsi Josef Anton ..., 1833
Molinaranea mitnickii E. E. Saupe, 2010
Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona marcanoi Levi, 1993
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875Orb weavers
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1758Toad Spider
Ocrepeira branta Herbert Walt..., 1993
Ocrepeira covillei Herbert Walt..., 1993Orb weavers
Ocrepeira darlingtoni Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Ocrepeira gibbosa O. Pickard-C..., 1889
Ocrepeira incerta Elizabeth Ba..., 1936
Ocrepeira maraca Herbert Walt..., 1993
Ocrepeira rufa Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Ocrepeira serrallesi Elizabeth Ba..., 1947
Ocrepeira viejo Herbert Walt..., 1993Orb weavers
Paraverrucosa neglecta Mello-Leitão, 1939
Parawixia audax Blackwall, 1863
Parawixia kochi Taczanowski, 1873
Parawixia matiapa Levi, 1992
Parawixia rimosa Keyserling, 1892Orb weavers
Parawixia tredecimnotata F.P.-Cambridge, 1904Orb weavers
Pozonia andujari Alayón, 2007
Pozonia bacillifera Eugène Simon, 1897
Pozonia nigroventris Elizabeth Ba..., 1936Orb weavers
Pronous intus Herbert Walt..., 1995Orb weavers
Pulchellaranea pedunculata G. Poinar, 2015
Pycnosinga fossilis J. Wunderlich, 1988
Scoloderus nigriceps Octavius Pic..., 1895
Singa cyanea Worley, 1928
Spilasma duodecimguttata Eugen von Ke..., 1879Orb weavers
Spilasma utaca Herbert Walt..., 1995
Spintharidius viridis Pelegrin Fra..., 1926
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver
Verrucosa simla Lise, Kesste..., 2015
Verrucosa undecimvariolata Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Wagneriana atuna Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana fina Alayón, 2011
Wagneriana jelskii Władysław ..., 1873
Wagneriana neglecta Cândido Firm..., 1939
Wagneriana spicata Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Wagneriana tauricornis Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Wagneriana tayos Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana undecimtuberculata Eugen von Ke..., 1865Orb weavers
Wagneriana vallenuevo Alayón, 2011
Wagneriana vegas Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Witica alobatus Pelegrin Fra..., 1931
Witica cayanus Władysław ..., 1873
Witica crassicauda Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Xylethrus arawak Archer, 1965
Zilla diodia Charles Atha..., 1802Zilla diodia

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Caribbean
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
36
173
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
2
30
Genera
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