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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
110
404
941
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
92
331
792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
42
251
671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
41
250
669
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
36
240
643
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
35
239
642
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
51
103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
16
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ethiopia
16 Genera with 31 Species
Agalenatea Archer, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Arachnura Vinson, 1863Tailed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1906Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers16SpeciesTaxom
Artonis Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1906Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1940Furrow spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1875Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Prasonica Simon, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pseudartonis Simon, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Singafrotypa Benoit, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 18411SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
31 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agalenatea liriope L. Koch, 1875
Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863
Araneus aballensis Strand, 1906
Araneus adiantiformis Caporiacco, 1941
Araneus akakensis Strand, 1906
Araneus albiaculeis Strand, 1906
Araneus braueri Strand, 1906
Araneus cereolus Simon, 1885
Araneus chiaramontei Caporiacco, 1940
Araneus cyclops Caporiacco, 1940
Araneus demoniacus Caporiacco, 1939
Araneus ladschicola Strand, 1906
Araneus margaritae Caporiacco, 1940
Araneus masculus Caporiacco, 1941
Araneus oxygaster Caporiacco, 1940
Araneus petersi Karsch, 1878
Araneus sulfurinus Pavesi, 1883
Araneus ursimorphus Strand, 1906
Artonis gallana Pavesi, 1895
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Cyrtophora citricola abessinensis Strand, 1906
Eriophora neufvilleorum Roger de Les..., 1930
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Larinia strandi Lodovico di ..., 1941
Larinioides subinermis (Caporiacco, 1940)⇒ Singafrotypa subinermis Caporiacco, 1940
Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875Orb weavers
Prasonica olivacea Embrik Strand, 1906
Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895
Pseudartonis flavonigra Lodovico di ..., 1947
Singafrotypa subinermis Caporiacco, 1940Burrow worms
Trichonephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1841Banded Golden Orb Weaver

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Ethiopia
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
9
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
2
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