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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Fiji (Melanesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
78
166
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
69
152
204
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
38
107
147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
35
104
144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
32
98
139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
31
97
137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
9
31
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
12
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Fiji
12 Genera with 21 Species
Aranea Linnaeus, 01SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1870Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Aranoethra Butler, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1867Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Dolophones Walckenaer, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1837Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Hortophora Framenau & C..., 18711SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Thelacantha Hasselt, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 18471SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Fiji
21 Species
Aranea moluccensis
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus decolor L. Koch, 1871
Araneus flavopunctatus (L. Koch, 1871)⇒ Araneus flavosignatus Roewer, 1942
Araneus flavosignatus Roewer, 1942
Araneus omoedus (Thorell, 1870)⇒ Gibbaranea omoeda Thorell, 1870
Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873
Argiope pentagona Ludwig Carl ..., 1871
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cyclosa litoralis Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Cyrtophora leucopicta Arthur T. Ur..., 1890
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Gasteracantha curvispina (Félix Édouar..., 1837)⇒ Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873
Hortophora capitalis L. Koch, 1871
Neoscona decolor L. Koch, 1871
Neoscona flavopunctata L. Koch, 1871
Neoscona plebeja Ludwig Carl ..., 1871
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857
Trichonephila vitiana Walckenaer, 1847

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Fiji
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
4
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
3
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