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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
78
203
304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
68
184
277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
32
134
230
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
29
130
226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
26
123
211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
26
123
211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
29
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
10
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Gabon
10 Genera with 10 Species
Acrosomoides Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Acusilas Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1805Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Gastroxya Benoit, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1885
Box kite spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Megaraneus Lawrence, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1863Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Togacantha Dahl, 19131SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gabon
10 Species
Acrosomoides linnaei Walckenaer, 1842
Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Gasteracantha curvispina (Félix Édouar..., 1837)⇒ Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Megaraneus gabonensis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Poltys baculiger Eugène Simon, 1907
Poltys caelatus Eugène Simon, 1907
Togacantha nordviei Embrik Strand, 1913

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Gabon
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
5
4
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