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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
59
129
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
47
95
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
28
73
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
25
70
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
23
65
80
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
23
65
80
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
18
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
7
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central Venezuela
7 Genera with 14 Species
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1859Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18369SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Witica O. P.-Cambridge, 18731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Venezuela
14 Species
Alpaida lubinae Levi, 1988
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Micrathena acuta Charles Atha..., 1842
Micrathena carimagua Levi, 1985
Micrathena clypeata Charles Atha..., 1805Orb weavers
Micrathena coca Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena flaveola Josef Anton ..., 1839Orb weavers
Micrathena pungens Charles Atha..., 1842
Micrathena schenkeli Cândido Firm..., 1939
Micrathena schreibersi Josef Anton ..., 1833Orb weavers
Micrathena triangularis Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Witica cayanus Władysław ..., 1873

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Central Venezuela
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
9
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