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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Central Alberta (Alberta, Canada)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
96
293
491
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
88
278
476
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
26
194
422
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
26
194
422
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
24
192
409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
24
192
409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
111
212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
15
33
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central Alberta
15 Genera with 33 Species
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18921SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers11SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1885Cucumber spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1772Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19421SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1893Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17573SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Alberta
33 Species
Aculepeira carbonarioides Keyserling, 1892
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus corticarius Emerton, 1884
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin &..., 1935Cat-faced Spider
Araneus groenlandicola Strand, 1906
Araneus iviei Archer, 1951
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Araniella proxima Kulczyński, 1885
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cercidia prominens Johan Peter ..., 1851
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Hypsosinga rubens Nicholas Mar..., 1847
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Metepeira palustris Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1758Toad Spider
Singa keyserlingi McCook, 1893
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella nearctica Willis J. Ge..., 1964
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Central Alberta
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
14
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
3
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