Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Kenya (East Africa)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 172
629
1333 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 144
524
1085 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 54
329
777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 51
324
769 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 45
309
735 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
| 44
308
733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
| 8
87
241 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Araneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders | 14
43 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Kenya
14 Genera with 43 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1885 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1793 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1992 | Three-lobed Spiders | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1842 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1949 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Isoxya Simon, 1859 | Box kite spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1865 | Spotted orbweavers | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1885 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Poltys C. L. Koch, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prasonica Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pronous Keyserling, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichonephila Dahl, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kenya
43 Species and 3 Subspecies | Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884 | Green orb-web spider | | Araneus mauensis Caporiacco, 1949 | | | Araneus mauensis ocellatus Caporiacco, 1949 | | | Araneus strupifer Simon, 1885 | | | Argiope aurocincta Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805 | | | Argiope flavipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Argiope levii Bjørn, 1997 | | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Caerostris nodulosa Pocock, 1898 | | | Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793 | African bark orb-web spider | | Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | | | Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834) | ⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992 | | Cyclosa lawrencei Lodovico di ..., 1949 | | | Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | | Gasteracantha irradiata Charles Atha..., 1842 | | | Gasteracantha milvoides Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | | Gasteracantha radiata Gerstäcker, 1873 | | | Gasteracantha resupinata Gerstäcker, 1873 | | | Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Gasteracantha versicolor Charles Atha..., 1842 | Kite-spider | | Hypsosinga holzapfelae Lessert, 1936 | | | Hypsosinga lithyphantoides Lodovico di ..., 1947 | | | Hypsosinga lithyphantoides dealbata Caporiacco, 1949 | | | Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844 | | | Isoxya stuhlmanni Friedrich Wi..., 1895 | | | Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859 | | | Neoscona alberti Embrik Strand, 1913 | | | Neoscona angulatula Ehrenfried S..., 1937 | | | Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886 | | | Neoscona quadrigibbosa Manfred Gras..., 1986 | | | Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 | | | Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865 | | | Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Pararaneus pseudostriatus Embrik Strand, 1908 | | | Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885 | | | Poltys corticosus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Prasonica seriata Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Trichonephila senegalensis keyserlingi Blackwall, 1865 | |
Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Kenya
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
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