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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Fayette County (Texas, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
47
115
131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
41
109
126
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
21
88
113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
20
87
112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
19
86
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
19
86
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
33
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
6
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Fayette County (Texas)
6 Genera with 10 Species
Acanthepeira Marx, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1884Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864
Spotted orbweavers0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Fayette County (Texas)
10 Species
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus miniatus Walckenaer, 1842
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus pratensis (Emerton, 1884)⇒ Neoscona pratensis Hentz, 1847
Hypsosinga funebris Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Micrathena mitrata Nicholas Mar..., 1850Orb Weavers

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Fayette County (Texas)
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
5
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
1
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