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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region El Oro (Ecuador)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
13
32
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
12
31
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
11
29
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
11
29
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
11
29
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
11
29
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
20
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
8
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for El Oro
8 Genera with 12 Species
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1864Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1850Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18642SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18363SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 19361SpeciesTaxom


Species list for El Oro
12 Species
Alpaida machala Levi, 1988
Alpaida niveosigillata Mello-Leitao, 1941
Araneus granadensis Keyserling, 1864
Cyclosa caroli Hentz, 1850Orb weavers
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Mangora lechugal Levi, 2007
Metazygia oro Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia pallidula Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Micrathena balzapamba Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena guayas Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena plana Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Pronous wixoides Ralph Vary C..., 1936Orb weavers

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in El Oro
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
3
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