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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Kangaroo Island (South Australia, Australia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
34
49
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
29
44
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
22
37
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
22
37
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
17
31
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
17
31
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
4
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kangaroo Island
4 Genera with 6 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1871Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Austracantha Dahl, 1859Christmas spider1SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Paraplectanoides Keyserling, 18861SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kangaroo Island
6 Species
Araneus eburnus (Keyserling, 1886)⇒ Plebs eburnus Keyserling, 1886
Araneus nigropunctatus (L. Koch, 1871)⇒ Araneus rainbowi Roewer, 1942
Austracantha minax Thorell, 1859Australian Jewel Spider
Eriophora biapicata Ludwig Carl ..., 1871Australian Garden Orb Weaver Spider
Eriophora pustulosa Walckenaer, 1841Garden orbweb spider
Paraplectanoides crassipes Eugen von Ke..., 1886

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Kangaroo Island
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
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