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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
143
456
519
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
115
388
396
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
67
312
326
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
66
311
325
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
53
285
273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
52
283
270
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
62
76
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
26
49
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eastern Cape
26 Genera with 49 Species
#ACGHIKNPT
Acusilas Simon, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Afracantha Dahl, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Arachnura Vinson, 1863Tailed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1885Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1942
Cucumber spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 18663SpeciesTaxom
Chorizopes O. P.-Cambridge, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1866
Three-lobed Spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Cyphalonotus Simon, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Hypsacantha Dahl, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Ideocaira Simon, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1859Box kite spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Kilima Grasshoff, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers11SpeciesTaxom
Paraplectana Brito Capello, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pycnacantha Blackwall, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 20091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eastern Cape
49 Species
Afracantha camerunensis Thorell, 1899
Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus graemii Pocock, 1900Shyleaf
Araneus holzapfelae Lessert, 1936
Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898
Araneus nigroquadratus Lawrence, 1937
Araneus strupifer Simon, 1885
Argiope anomalopalpis Bjørn, 1997
Argiope aurocincta Mary Agard P..., 1898
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Argiope flavipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866
Cyphalonotus larvatus Eugène Simon, 1881
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Gasteracantha milvoides Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Gea infuscata Albert Tullgren, 1910
Ideocaira triquetra Eugène Simon, 1903
Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859
Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866
Nemoscolus elongatus George Newbo..., 1947
Nemoscolus tubicola Eugène Simon, 1887
Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Eugène Simon, 1897
Neoscona angulatula Ehrenfried S..., 1937
Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886
Neoscona hirta Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Neoscona novella Eugène Simon, 1907
Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879
Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983Jawla paste shrimp
Neoscona rapta Tord Tamerla..., 1899
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Paraplectana thorntoni John Blackwall, 1865
Paraplectana walleri John Blackwall, 1865
Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885
Poltys furcifer Eugène Simon, 1881
Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895
Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781
Trichonephila komaci Kuntner & Co..., 2009Gaint Golden Orb-Web Spider

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Eastern Cape
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
15
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
5
8
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