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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Dominican Republic (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
99
329
668
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
77
279
575
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
53
243
530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
49
234
502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
42
215
466
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
42
215
466
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
9
84
170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
25
34
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Dominican Republic
25 Genera with 34 Species
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Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 19911SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Araneometa Wunderlich, 19883SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1988Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1988Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cylosa1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Enacrosoma Mello-Leitao, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Fossilaraneus Wunderlich, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18921SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 19454SpeciesTaxom
Molinaranea Mello-Leitao, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Pulchellaranea Poinar, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Pycnosinga Wunderlich, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 20111SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Dominican Republic
34 Species
Aculepeira busu Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Araneometa excelsa J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneometa herrlingi J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneometa spirembolus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneus bryantae Brignoli, 1983
Araneus nanus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cyclosa verrucosa Wunderlich, 1988
Cylosa verrucosa Wunderlich, 1988
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Enacrosoma verrucosa J. Wunderlich, 1988
Eriophora edax Blackwall, 1863Orb weavers
Eriophora ravilla C. L. Koch, 1844Orb weavers
Eustala bisetosa Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Eustala delasmata Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Fossilaraneus incertus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Larinia minor Bryant, 1945
Mangora fascialata Franganillo, 1936Orb weavers
Metazygia genialis Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Micrathena forcipata (Tord Tamerla..., 1859)⇒ Micrathena cubana Richard C. B..., 1909
Micrathena militaris (Johan Christ..., 1775)⇒ Micrathena banksi Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowshaped micrathena
Micrathena similis Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Molinaranea mitnickii E. E. Saupe, 2010
Neoscona marcanoi Levi, 1993
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Ocrepeira darlingtoni Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Pulchellaranea pedunculata G. Poinar, 2015
Pycnosinga fossilis J. Wunderlich, 1988
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver
Wagneriana vallenuevo Alayón, 2011

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Dominican Republic
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
14
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
4
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