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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
68
158
178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
55
141
162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
32
112
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
31
111
132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
26
105
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
26
105
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
31
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
17
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Hidalgo County (Texas)
17 Genera with 20 Species
Acacesia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Acanthepeira Marx, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1850Angling spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 18471SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 18891SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Hidalgo County (Texas)
20 Species
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Eustala clavispina Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Larinia directa Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Mangora gibberosa (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Mangora fascialata Franganillo, 1936
Mastophora alvareztoroi Ibarra & Mau..., 2003
Mastophora cornigera (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Mastophora hutchinsoni Willis J. Ge..., 1955
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver
Wagneriana tauricornis Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Hidalgo County (Texas)
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
11
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
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