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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
28
82
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
26
78
99
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
22
74
96
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
22
74
96
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
20
72
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
20
72
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
25
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
11
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Hanover County
11 Genera with 13 Species
Acanthepeira Marx, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1884Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1842Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Hanover County
13 Species
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Araneus pratensis (Emerton, 1884)⇒ Neoscona pratensis Hentz, 1847
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cyclosa turbinata Charles Atha..., 1842Orb weavers
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Mangora gibberosa (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Mangora fascialata Franganillo, 1936
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Micrathena mitrata Nicholas Mar..., 1850Orb Weavers
Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowshaped micrathena
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Hanover County
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
7
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
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