Species list, Checklist of Family Araneidae (Golden orb web spiders) for Garden Route (Western Cape)

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Dragonflies	Earwigs
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Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Garden Route (Western Cape)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	73 129 111	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	60 110 86	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	37 85 67	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	37 85 67	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 True Spiders	31 78 61	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Araneomorphi Smith, 1902	31 78 61	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Araneoidea Latreille, 1806	5 19 22	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Araneidae Simon, 1895 Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Garden Route
2 Genera with 4 Species

Caerostris Thorell, 1866		3	Species	Taxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864	Spotted orbweavers	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Garden Route
4 Species

Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793	African bark orb-web spider
Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Garden Route

Subfamily	Araneinae Simon, 1895	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Gasteracanthinae Elgar & al., 1990	1 3	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