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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
144
337
459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
119
279
360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
49
147
248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
47
145
243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
38
134
230
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
37
133
229
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
40
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
13
30
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eastern California
13 Genera with 30 Species
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18751SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers10SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1887Three-lobed Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19423SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopachys Simon, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eastern California
30 Species
Aculepeira packardi Thorell, 1875
Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1758Colletid bees
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus cavaticus Keyserling, 1882Barn orbweaver
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin &..., 1935Cat-faced Spider
Araneus illaudatus (Gertsch & Mu..., 1936)⇒ Araneus abigeatus Levi, 1975
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa psylla Thorell, 1887
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Eustala rosae Ralph Vary C..., 1935
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Metepeira foxi Willis J. Ge..., 1936
Metepeira grandiosa Ralph Vary C..., 1941
Metepeira ventura Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Poecilopachys australasia Griffith & P..., 1833Two-spined Spider
Poltys grayi Smith, 2006
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Eastern California
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
11
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
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