Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Galveston County (Texas, USA)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 38
87
97 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 33
79
92 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 25
71
87 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 25
71
87 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 24
70
86 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
| 24
70
86 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
| 4
23
24 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Araneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders | 10
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Galveston County
10 Genera with 11 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1870 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eustala Simon, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Mastophora Holmberg, 1850 | Angling spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mecynogea Simon, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1838 | Spotted orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | Scoloderus Simon, 1887 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Galveston County
11 Species | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Araneus illaudatus (Gertsch & Mu..., 1936) | ⇒ Araneus abigeatus Levi, 1975 | | Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870 | Nordmann'S Orbweaver | | Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775 | Banded Garden Spider | | Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833 | American garden spider | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898 | Orb weavers | | Mastophora cornigera (Nicholas Mar..., 1850) | ⇒ Mastophora hutchinsoni Willis J. Ge..., 1955 | | Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842 | Basilica orbweaver | | Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847) | ⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930 | | Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838 | Barn spider |
Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Galveston County
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
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