Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Ghana (West Africa)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 79
205
357 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 65
172
313 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 24
107
172 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 23
106
171 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 19
99
162 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
| 19
99
162 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
| 3
14
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Araneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders | 9
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Ghana
9 Genera with 12 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1979 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aranoethra Butler, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1858 | Garden orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bijoaraneus Tanikawa, Ya..., 1979 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1837 | Spotted orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paraplectana Brito Capello, 1907 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Prasonica Simon, 1895 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ghana
12 Species and 1 Subspecies | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Araneus legonensis Grasshoff & ..., 1979 | | | Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873 | | | Aranoethra ungari Karsch, 1878 | | | Argiope flavipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Bijoaraneus legonensis Grasshoff & ..., 1979 | | | Gasteracantha curvispina (Félix Édouar..., 1837) | ⇒ Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873 | | Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838 | Barn spider | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Paraplectana walleri John Blackwall, 1865 | | | Paraplectana walleri ashantensis Strand, 1907 | | | Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | |
Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Ghana
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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