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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Formosa (Northeast Argentina, Argentina)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
50
121
121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
43
107
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
36
99
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
35
98
96
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
32
89
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
31
88
86
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
22
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
16
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Formosa
16 Genera with 19 Species
Acacesia Simon, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 18774SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1991Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1889Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Hypognatha Guérin, 1839
0SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 2003Angling spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18891SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19161SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18334SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18361SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Wixia O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Formosa
19 Species
Acacesia benigna Glueck, 1994
Alpaida bicornuta Taczanowski, 1878Orb weavers
Alpaida latro Fabricius, 1775
Alpaida veniliae Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Alpaida versicolor Keyserling, 1877
Araneus cuiaba Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cyclosa walckenaeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Eustala guttata Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Mastophora diablo Herbert Walt..., 2003
Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842Basilica orbweaver
Metazygia gregalis Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Metepeira compsa Ralph Vary C..., 1916Bicolor cactussnail
Micrathena aureola C.L.Koch, 1836
Micrathena bandeirante Magalhaes & ..., 2011
Micrathena patruelis Carl Ludwig ..., 1839
Micrathena swainsoni Josef Anton ..., 1833
Parawixia bistriata Rengger, 1836

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Formosa
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
10
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
4
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