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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Kagoshima Prefecture (Southern Kyushu, Japan)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
50
124
172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
47
120
169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
30
99
153
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
30
99
153
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
25
93
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
25
93
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
31
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
13
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kagoshima Prefecture
13 Genera with 32 Species
Acusilas Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1878Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1938Garden orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Cnodalia Thorell, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1886Three-lobed Spiders8SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1865Spotted orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Ordgarius Keyserling, 1894Bolas spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Paraplectana Brito Capello, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Plebs Joseph & Fra..., 19341SpeciesTaxom
Thelacantha Hasselt, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kagoshima Prefecture
32 Species
Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895
Araneus amabilis Tanikawa, 2001
Araneus ryukyuanus Tanikawa, 2001
Araneus seminiger L. Koch, 1878
Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842
Argiope aetheroides Yin & al., 1989
Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878St Andrew's Cross spider
Argiope ocula Fox, 1938
Cnodalia harpax Thorell, 1890Sand bee
Cyclosa alba Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa angusta Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa ginnaga (Yaginuma, 1959)⇒ Cyclosa kumadai Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa laticauda (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Cyclosa monticola Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa maritima Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa mulmeinensis Thorell, 1887
Cyclosa vallata Keyserling, 1886
Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802
Neoscona amamiensis Tanikawa, 1998
Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875Orb weavers
Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879)⇒ Neoscona multiplicans Chamberlin, 1924
Neoscona subpullata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865
Ordgarius sexspinosus Thorell, 1894
Paraplectana sakaguchii Uyemura, 1938
Paraplectana tsushimensis Yamaguchi, 1960
Plebs sachalinensis Saito, 1934
Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Kagoshima Prefecture
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
5
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
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