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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Equatorial Guinea (Central Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
64
166
232
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
48
132
186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
34
112
166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
31
109
162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
24
101
151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
24
101
151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
29
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
10
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Equatorial Guinea
10 Genera with 17 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1907Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Aranoethra Butler, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 18663SpeciesTaxom
Cladomelea Simon, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 18993SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1899Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1837Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1899Spotted orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Singafrotypa Benoit, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Equatorial Guinea
17 Species and 1 Subspecies
Araneus aethiopissa Simon, 1907
Araneus bosmani Simon, 1903
Araneus phlyctogena Simon, 1907
Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873
Caerostris albescens Pocock, 1899
Caerostris columnifer Pocock, 1902
Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866
Cladomelea longipes Octavius Pic..., 1877
Cyrtarachne bigibbosa Eugène Simon, 1907
Cyrtarachne flavopicta Tord Tamerla..., 1899Black carpenter ant
Cyrtarachne nodosa Tord Tamerla..., 1899Black carpenter ant
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Cyrtophora gemmosa Tord Tamerla..., 1899Black carpenter ant
Gasteracantha curvispina (Félix Édouar..., 1837)⇒ Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873
Neoscona novella Eugène Simon, 1907
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona subfusca pallidior Thorell, 1899
Singafrotypa acanthopus Eugène Simon, 1907

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Equatorial Guinea
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
4
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