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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Ireland (British Isles)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
133
457
867
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
115
416
812
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
45
299
619
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
45
299
619
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
36
286
590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
36
286
590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
159
366
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
18
38
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ireland
18 Genera with 38 Species
Agalenatea Archer, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1793Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers11SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1885Cucumber spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1863Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Atea C. L. Koch, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1872Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Spiny Backed Orb Weaver0SpeciesTaxom
Gibbaranea Archer, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1844Box kite spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Kilima Grasshoff, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1757Furrow spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1837Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17573SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ireland
38 Species
Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Araneus albotriangulus Keyserling, 1887
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus brisbanae L. Koch, 1867
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus groenlandicola Strand, 1906
Araneus hoshi Tanikawa, 2001
Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus quadratus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus sturmi Hahn, 1831
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus triguttatus (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Araneus hoshi Tanikawa, 2001
Araniella alpica Koch, 1869
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Araniella proxima KulczyÅ„ski, 1885
Araniella opisthographa Kulczyn´ski, 1905
Araniella opistographa (Kulczynski, 1905)⇒ Araniella opisthographa Kulczyn´ski, 1905
Araniella proxima Kulczyński, 1885
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Argiope coquereli Vinson, 1863
Atea triguttata — Heimer &..., 1991
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Cyrtophora parnasia Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Eriophora biapicata Ludwig Carl ..., 1871Australian Garden Orb Weaver Spider
Gibbaranea gibbosa Walckenaer, 1802
Hypsosinga albovittata Johan Peter ..., 1851
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866
Larinioides jalimovi Bakhvalov, 1981
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757Gray Cross Spider
Mangora acalypha Walckenaer, 1802Cricket-bat Orb Weaver
Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1758Toad Spider
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Ireland
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
12
32
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
3
2
Genera
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