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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
90
363
280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
73
329
219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
54
298
188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
53
297
186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
43
272
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
42
271
162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
57
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
25
43
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Limpopo
25 Genera with 43 Species
#ACGHIKLMNPST
Arachnura Vinson, 1863
Tailed spider0SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1885Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1942
Cucumber spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Chorizopes O. P.-Cambridge, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Cladomelea Simon, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyphalonotus Simon, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1842Spiny Backed Orb Weaver3SpeciesTaxom
Hypsacantha Dahl, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1859Box kite spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Kilima Grasshoff, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Mahembea Grasshoff, 1970
0SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 18853SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Prasonica Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pycnacantha Blackwall, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1930Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Limpopo
43 Species
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Araneus eresifrons Pocock, 1898
Araneus holzapfelae Lessert, 1936
Araneus legonensis Grasshoff & ..., 1979
Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898
Araneus nigroquadratus Lawrence, 1937
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 lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Cyphalonotus larvatus Eugène Simon, 1881
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Gasteracantha milvoides Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Gasteracantha versicolor Charles Atha..., 1842Kite-spider
Hypsacantha crucimaculata Maria Dahl, 1914
Hypsosinga lithyphantoides Lodovico di ..., 1947
Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859
Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866
Larinia chloris (Jean Victor ..., 1826)⇒ Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Nemoscolus elongatus George Newbo..., 1947
Nemoscolus tubicola Eugène Simon, 1887
Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Eugène Simon, 1897
Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879
Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983Jawla paste shrimp
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Pararaneus perforatus Tord Tamerla..., 1899
Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885
Poltys furcifer Eugène Simon, 1881
Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895
Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895
Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781
Singa lawrencei Roger de Les..., 1930

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Limpopo
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
16
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
4
7
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