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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Hispaniola (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
39
146
332
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
35
137
320
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
34
136
318
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
34
136
318
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
30
128
303
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
30
128
303
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
42
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
18
36
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Hispaniola
18 Genera with 36 Species
Acanthepeira Marx, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 19912SpeciesTaxom
Allocyclosa Levi, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1945Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1999Three-lobed Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1995Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18654SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1873Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18922SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 18933SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 19453SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1993Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Pozonia Schenkel, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 19912SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Hispaniola
36 Species
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Acanthepeira venusta (Banks, 1896)⇒ Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805
Aculepeira busu Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Aculepeira visite Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Allocyclosa bifurca McCook, 1887Orb weavers
Araneus bryantae Brignoli, 1983
Araneus elizabethae Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus hispaniola Bryant, 1945
Araneus hotteiensis Bryant, 1945
Cyclosa berlandi Herbert Walt..., 1999Orb weavers
Cyclosa bifurcata (Charles Atha..., 1842)⇒ Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Cyclosa haiti Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Cyrtophora parangexanthematica Alberto Barr..., 1995Cuckoo wasps
Eustala bisetosa Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Eustala delasmata Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Eustala perdita Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Eustala vegeta Eugen von Ke..., 1865Orb weavers
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Larinia minor Bryant, 1945
Mangora fascialata Franganillo, 1936Orb weavers
Mecynogea martiana Archer, 1958
Metazygia cienaga Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia genialis Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Metepeira jamaicensis Archer, 1958
Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Metepeira vigilax Eugen von Ke..., 1893
Micrathena cubana Richard C. B..., 1909
Micrathena forcipata (Tord Tamerla..., 1859)⇒ Micrathena cubana Richard C. B..., 1909
Micrathena similis Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Neoscona marcanoi Levi, 1993
Ocrepeira darlingtoni Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Pozonia andujari Alayón, 2007
Wagneriana vallenuevo Alayón, 2011
Wagneriana vegas Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Hispaniola
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
14
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
3
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