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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region County Durham (Northeast England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
55
74
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
46
60
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
21
32
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
17
28
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
15
26
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
15
26
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
6
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
3
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for County Durham
3 Genera with 4 Species
Acanthepeira Marx, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1842Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for County Durham
4 Species
Acanthepeira cherokee Levi, 1976
Acanthepeira marion Levi, 1976
Araneus miniatus Walckenaer, 1842
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in County Durham
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
2
3
Genera
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