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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Cenozoic (Phanerozoic)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
181
599
1307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
150
529
1211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
86
443
1114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
80
434
1102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
66
398
1036
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
65
394
1018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
14
162
499
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
25
68
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cenozoic
24 Genera with 68 Species
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Anepeira Wunderlich, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Araneometa Wunderlich, 19883SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1890Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers20SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1985Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Bararaneus Wunderlich, 20042SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometata Wunderlich, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Cyclososoma Petrunkevitch, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Enacrosoma Mello-Leitao, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Eoaraneus Wunderlich, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Eochorizopes Wunderlich, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Eozygiella Wunderlich, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Epeiridion Menge, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Fossilaraneus Wunderlich, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Graea Thorell, 194212SpeciesTaxom
Meditrina Petrunkevitch, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Miraraneus Wunderlich, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Mirometa Petrunkevitch, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Molinaranea Mello-Leitao, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Pulchellaranea Poinar, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Pycnosinga Wunderlich, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Testudinaroides1SpeciesTaxom
Tethneus Scudder, 19227SpeciesTaxom
Zilla C. L. Koch, 18545SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cenozoic
68 Species
Anepeira complicata J. Wunderlich, 2004
Araneometa excelsa J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneometa herrlingi J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneometa spirembolus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneus absconditus S. H. Scudder, 1890
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus carbonaceus J. Zhang, 1994
Araneus cinefactus S. H. Scudder, 1890
Araneus defunctus A. Petrunkev..., 1958
Araneus delitus S. H. Scudder, 1890
Araneus emertoni (S. H. Scudder, 1890)⇒ Eustala emertoni Richard C. B..., 1904
Araneus exustus A. Petrunkev..., 1963
Araneus inelegans J. Zhang, 1994
Araneus kinchloeae A. I. Petrun..., 1922
Araneus leptopoda J. Zhang, 1994
Araneus longimanus A. I. Petrun..., 1922
Araneus luianus J. Zhang, 1994
Araneus meeki S. H. Scudder, 1890
Araneus molassicus O. Heer, 1865
Araneus nanus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneus piceus Lin, 1989
Araneus ruidipedalis J. Zhang, 1994
Araneus troschelii P. Bertkau, 1878
Araneus vulcanalis S. H. Scudder, 1890
Argiope furva Hong, 1985
Bararaneus annulatus J. Wunderlich, 2004
Bararaneus evolvens J. Wunderlich, 2004
Chrysometata palaearctica J. Wunderlich, 2004
Cyclososoma succini A. Petrunkev..., 1958
Enacrosoma verrucosa J. Wunderlich, 1988
Eoaraneus complexus J. Wunderlich, 2004
Eochorizopes szeklinskiae J. Wunderlich, 2008
Eozygiella compacta J. Wunderlich, 2004
Epeiridion femoratum Menge, 1854
Fossilaraneus incertus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Gea krantzi C. von Heyden, 1859
Graea aberrans J. Wunderlich, 2004
Graea bitterfeldensis J. Wunderlich, 2004
Graea breviembolus J. Wunderlich, 2004
Graea brevis J. Wunderlich, 2004
Graea calceatus Petrunkevitch, 1950
Graea epeiroidea C. L. Koch, 1854
Graea impudica J. Wunderlich, 2004
Graea lingula J. Wunderlich, 2004
Graea magnocoli J. Wunderlich, 2012
Graea minor Petrunkevitch, 1950
Graea setosa A. Petrunkev..., 1942
Graea succini A. Petrunkev..., 1942
Meditrina circumvallata A. Petrunkev..., 1942
Miraraneus peregrinus J. Wunderlich, 2004
Mirometa valdespinosa A. Petrunkev..., 1963
Molinaranea mitnickii E. E. Saupe, 2010
Pulchellaranea pedunculata G. Poinar, 2015
Pycnosinga fossilis J. Wunderlich, 1988
Testudinaroides papposa J. Zhang, 1994
Tethneus guyoti S. H. Scudder, 1890
Tethneus hentzi Scudder, 1885
Tethneus obduratus S. H. Scudder, 1890
Tethneus orbiculatus Hong, 1985
Tethneus provectus S. H. Scudder, 1890
Tethneus robustus A. I. Petrun..., 1922
Tethneus twenhofeli A. I. Petrun..., 1922
Zilla cornumana A. Menge, 1854
Zilla gracilis C. L. Koch, 1854
Zilla porrecta C. L. Koch, 1854
Zilla spinipalpa A. Menge, 1854
Zilla veterana C. L. Koch, 1854

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Cenozoic
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
4
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
2
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