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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Gauteng (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
89
277
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
74
255
157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
48
219
126
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
48
219
126
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
39
199
113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
39
199
113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
45
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
21
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Gauteng
21 Genera with 28 Species
#ACGHIKLMNPST
Araneus Clerck, 1898Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1942
Cucumber spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Cladomelea Simon, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Spiny Backed Orb Weaver0SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1885
Box kite spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Kilima Grasshoff, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Lipocrea Thorell, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Mahembea Grasshoff, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Megaraneus Lawrence, 1968
0SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1865Spotted orbweavers9SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Prasonica Simon, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Pycnacantha Blackwall, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1930Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gauteng
28 Species
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Araneus coccinella Pocock, 1898
Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Cladomelea akermani J. Hewitt, 1923
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866
Lipocrea longissima Eugène Simon, 1881
Mahembea hewitti Roger de Les..., 1930
Nemoscolus tubicola Eugène Simon, 1887
Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Eugène Simon, 1897
Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886
Neoscona hirta Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879
Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983Jawla paste shrimp
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865
Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885
Poltys furcifer Eugène Simon, 1881
Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781
Singa lawrencei Roger de Les..., 1930

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Gauteng
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
13
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
3
1
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