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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Luzerne County (Pennsylvania, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
41
107
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
38
103
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
24
88
134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
24
88
134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
21
84
129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
21
84
129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
29
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
10
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Luzerne County
10 Genera with 19 Species
Acanthepeira Marx, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1842Three-lobed Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1838Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Luzerne County
19 Species
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus miniatus Walckenaer, 1842
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa turbinata Charles Atha..., 1842Orb weavers
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Luzerne County
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
8
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
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