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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Kruger National Park (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
61
176
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
50
155
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
36
137
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
35
136
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
29
121
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
29
121
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
24
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
14
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kruger National Park
14 Genera with 15 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1884Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1942
Cucumber spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Chorizopes O. P.-Cambridge, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1873Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Hypsacantha Dahl, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1885
Box kite spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1837Spotted orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Prasonica Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kruger National Park
15 Species
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Gasteracantha milvoides Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Hypsacantha crucimaculata Maria Dahl, 1914
Hypsosinga lithyphantoides Lodovico di ..., 1947
Nemoscolus elongatus George Newbo..., 1947
Neoscona alberti Embrik Strand, 1913
Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Kruger National Park
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
8
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
4
3
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