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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Churchill County (Queensland, Australia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
80
174
149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
72
166
140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
46
132
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
46
132
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
36
116
112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
36
116
112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
28
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
18
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Churchill County (Queensland)
18 Genera with 20 Species
Acroaspis Karsch, 1878
0SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1887Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Austracantha Dahl, 1859Christmas spider1SpeciesTaxom
Backobourkia Framenau, Du..., 18851SpeciesTaxom
Carepalxis L. Koch, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Celaenia Thorell, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1885Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Dolophones Walckenaer, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Plebs Joseph & Fra..., 18861SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopachys Simon, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18861SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Churchill County (Queensland)
20 Species
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus cyrtarachnoides Keyserling, 1887
Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878St Andrew's Cross spider
Argiope protensa Koch, 1872Longtailed orb-weaving spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Austracantha minax Thorell, 1859Australian Jewel Spider
Backobourkia brouni Urquhart, 1885
Carepalxis tuberculata Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Celaenia distincta Octavius Pic..., 1869
Cyclosa trilobata Arthur T. Ur..., 1885Three lobed spider
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Dolophones turrigera Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Eriophora biapicata Ludwig Carl ..., 1871Australian Garden Orb Weaver Spider
Gea theridioides Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Larinia phthisica L. Koch, 1871
Micrathena excavata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Plebs eburnus Keyserling, 1886Bush Orb-weaver Spider
Poecilopachys australasia Griffith & P..., 1833Two-spined Spider
Poltys laciniosus Eugen von Ke..., 1886

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Churchill County (Queensland)
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
10
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
1
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