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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Contra Costa County (California, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
56
112
122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
46
100
111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
22
60
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
22
60
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
20
58
71
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
20
58
71
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
20
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
10
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Contra Costa County
10 Genera with 13 Species
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18751SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1833Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1772Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1850Angling spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopachys Simon, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Contra Costa County
13 Species
Aculepeira packardi Thorell, 1875
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
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Mastophora cornigera (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Mastophora hutchinsoni Willis J. Ge..., 1955
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Poecilopachys australasia Griffith & P..., 1833Two-spined Spider
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Contra Costa County
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
7
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
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