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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Iquitos (Maynas, Peru)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
21
35
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
20
33
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
11
24
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
11
24
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
10
21
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
10
21
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
9
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
7
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Iquitos
7 Genera with 11 Species
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Aspidolasius Simon, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Dubiepeira Levi, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18921SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Iquitos
11 Species
Alpaida iquitos Levi, 1988
Alpaida tabula Simon, 1895
Alpaida truncata Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Aspidolasius branicki Taczanowski, 1879
Dubiepeira amacayacu Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Mangora mathani Simon, 1895
Micrathena coca Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena schreibersi Josef Anton ..., 1833Orb weavers
Micrathena vigorsi Josef Anton ..., 1833
Parawixia monticola Keyserling, 1892

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Iquitos
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
2
Genera
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