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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Greece (Southeast Europe)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
216
788
2637
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
178
677
2271
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
61
465
1858
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
56
458
1848
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
48
444
1796
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
47
443
1795
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
9
170
512
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
29
82
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Greece
29 Genera with 82 Species
#ACGHLMNOSZ
Acacesia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18022SpeciesTaxom
Agalenatea Archer, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Aranea Linnaeus, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1831Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers12SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1885Cucumber spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1772Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1842Three-lobed Spiders12SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1995Tent spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1873Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Gibbaranea Archer, 18703SpeciesTaxom
Glyptogona Simon, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18444SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1876Furrow spiders6SpeciesTaxom
Leviellus Wunderlich, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Lipocrea Thorell, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 18472SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1837Spotted orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1867Striped orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Siwa Grasshoff, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Zilla C. L. Koch, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17574SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Greece
82 Species
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Aculepeira armida Audouin, 1826
Aculepeira ceropegia Walckenaer, 1802Oak spider
Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Aranea redii (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1758Colletid bees
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus cingulatus Walckenaer, 1842
Araneus circe Audouin, 1826
Araneus cucurbitina Clerck, 1757
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus grossus C. L. Koch, 1844
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus niveus Hentz, 1847
Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus quadratus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus sturmi Hahn, 1831
Araniella alpica Koch, 1869
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Araniella proxima KulczyÅ„ski, 1885
Araniella inconspicua Simon, 1874
Araniella opisthographa Kulczyn´ski, 1905
Araniella proxima Kulczyński, 1885
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Cercidia prominens Johan Peter ..., 1851
Cyclosa algerica Eugène Simon, 1885
Cyclosa bifurcata (Charles Atha..., 1842)⇒ Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Cyclosa caroli Hentz, 1850Orb weavers
Cyclosa centrodes Tord Tamerla..., 1887
Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa diversa Octavius Pic..., 1894Orb weavers
Cyclosa groppalii Pesarini, 1998
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa sierrae Eugène Simon, 1870
Cyclosa turbinata Charles Atha..., 1842Orb weavers
Cyrtarachne ixoides Eugène Simon, 1870
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Cyrtophora larinioides Eugène Simon, 1895
Cyrtophora parangexanthematica Alberto Barr..., 1995Cuckoo wasps
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gibbaranea bituberculata Walckenaer, 1802
Gibbaranea gibbosa Walckenaer, 1802
Gibbaranea omoeda Thorell, 1870
Glyptogona sextuberculata Eugen von Ke..., 1863
Hypsosinga albovittata Johan Peter ..., 1851
Hypsosinga heri Carl Wilhelm..., 1831
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Hypsosinga sanguinea C. L. Koch, 1844
Larinia chloris (Jean Victor ..., 1826)⇒ Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Larinia phthisica L. Koch, 1871
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides jalimovi Bakhvalov, 1981
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757Gray Cross Spider
Larinioides suspicax (O. P.-Cambridge, 1876)⇒ Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758
Leviellus thorelli Ausserer, 1871
Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Mangora acalypha Walckenaer, 1802Cricket-bat Orb Weaver
Metepeira comanche Herbert Walt..., 1977
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowshaped micrathena
Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802
Neoscona byzanthina Pavesi, 1876
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1758Toad Spider
Ocrepeira ectypa Charles Atha..., 1842
Singa aussereri Tord Tamerla..., 1873
Singa hamata Clerck, 1758
Singa lucina Jean Victor ..., 1826
Singa nitidula Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Singa semiatra Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Siwa dufouri Eugène Simon, 1874
Zilla diodia Charles Atha..., 1802Zilla diodia
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella keyserlingi Ausserer, 1871
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Greece
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
23
71
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
2
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