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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Cauca Department (Region Andina, Colombia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
39
79
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
34
72
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
20
55
71
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
19
53
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
16
47
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
16
47
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
32
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
14
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cauca Department
14 Genera with 23 Species
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 1942
0SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 19413SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1863Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1947Three-lobed Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Edricus O. P.-Cambridge, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Epeiroides Keyserling, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18867SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18921SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Rubrepeira Levi, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Witica O. P.-Cambridge, 18651SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cauca Department
23 Species
Alpaida cisneros Levi, 1988
Alpaida leucogramma White, 1841Orb weavers
Alpaida niveosigillata Mello-Leitao, 1941
Araneus bogotensis Keyserling, 1863
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Cyclosa caroli Hentz, 1850Orb weavers
Cyclosa diversa Octavius Pic..., 1894Orb weavers
Cyclosa rubronigra Lodovico di ..., 1947Orb weavers
Edricus spiniger Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Epeiroides bahiensis Eugen von Ke..., 1885Orb weavers
Eriophora edax Blackwall, 1863Orb weavers
Mangora melanocephala Taczanowski, 1874Orb weavers
Micrathena anchicaya Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena bicolor Eugen von Ke..., 1864
Micrathena lucasi Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Micrathena mitrata Nicholas Mar..., 1850Orb Weavers
Micrathena pilaton Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena plana Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena stuebeli Ferdinand Ka..., 1886
Parawixia rimosa Keyserling, 1892Orb weavers
Pronous pance Herbert Walt..., 1995
Rubrepeira rubronigra Cândido Firm..., 1939Orb weavers
Witica crassicauda Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Cauca Department
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
10
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
7
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