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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Eswatini (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
42
92
159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
38
85
145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
30
72
105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
29
71
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
23
64
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
23
64
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
18
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
12
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eswatini
12 Genera with 23 Species
Afracantha Dahl, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1884Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1858Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1992Three-lobed Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Eriovixia Archer, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1873Spiny Backed Orb Weaver3SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1859Box kite spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1910Spotted orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1950Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 18593SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eswatini
23 Species and 3 Subspecies
Afracantha camerunensis Thorell, 1899
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Argiope flavipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902
Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866
Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Eriovixia excelsa Eugène Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gasteracantha lunata Félix Édouar..., 1838
Gasteracantha milvoides Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Isoxya stuhlmanni Friedrich Wi..., 1895
Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859
Nemoscolus tubicola Eugène Simon, 1887
Neoscona hirta Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Neoscona quadrigibbosa Manfred Gras..., 1986
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona theisi theisiella Tullgren, 1910
Singa albodorsata Kauri, 1950
Trichonephila fenestrata Thorell, 1859Black legged golden orb-web spider
Trichonephila inaurata madagascariensis Vinson, 1863
Trichonephila senegalensis annulata Thorell, 1859

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Eswatini
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
6
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
4
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