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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
55
103
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
48
94
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
27
57
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
26
55
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
21
48
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
21
48
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
16
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
10
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Darwin
10 Genera with 12 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1859Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1871Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1866
Three-lobed Spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1960Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1864Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 20062SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Darwin
12 Species
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
Argiope katherina Levi, 1983
Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Cyrtophora monulfi Pater Chrysa..., 1960
Eriophora biapicata Ludwig Carl ..., 1871Australian Garden Orb Weaver Spider
Gasteracantha westringi Eugen von Ke..., 1864
Larinia phthisica L. Koch, 1871
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Poltys illepidus C. L. Koch, 1843
Poltys milledgei Smith, 2006

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Darwin
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
6
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
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