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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Gonzales County (Texas, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
36
82
99
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
32
77
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
26
71
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
26
71
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
24
68
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
24
68
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
17
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
6
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Gonzales County
6 Genera with 10 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1936Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19361SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1919Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gonzales County
10 Species
Araneus bicentenarius McCook, 1888Giant Lichen Orbweaver
Araneus illaudatus (Gertsch & Mu..., 1936)⇒ Araneus abigeatus Levi, 1975
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Eustala cepina Charles Atha..., 1842
Eustala emertoni Richard C. B..., 1904
Metepeira foxi Willis J. Ge..., 1936
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Neoscona utahana Chamberlin, 1919

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Gonzales County
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
1
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