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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Madeira (Macaronesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
105
272
445
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
91
250
416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
36
154
278
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
35
153
277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
32
147
268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
32
147
268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
63
103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
13
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Madeira
13 Genera with 21 Species
Agalenatea Archer, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1859Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1905Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1932Three-lobed Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Gibbaranea Archer, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1837Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17572SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Madeira
21 Species
Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Araneus blackwalli Sherwood, 2021
Araneus hortensis Blackwall, 1859
Araniella maderiana Kulczyński, 1905
Argiope avara (Forskål, 1775)⇒ Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa maderiana Wladislaus K..., 1899
Cyclosa tapetifaciens Hingston, 1932Orb weavers
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Eriophora edax Blackwall, 1863Orb weavers
Gibbaranea occidentalis Wunderlich, 1989
Larinia directa Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Mangora acalypha Walckenaer, 1802Cricket-bat Orb Weaver
Micrathena picta C. L. Koch, 1836
Micrathena schreibersi Josef Anton ..., 1833Orb weavers
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Zygiella minima Joachim Schmidt, 1968
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Madeira
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
10
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
2
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