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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Maharashtra (West India, India)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
42
83
103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
31
63
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
21
51
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
19
49
61
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
16
44
54
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
16
44
54
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
14
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
7
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Maharashtra
7 Genera with 10 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1886Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1897Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1837Spiny Backed Orb Weaver3SpeciesTaxom
Macracantha Simon, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1975Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Thelacantha Hasselt, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Maharashtra
10 Species
Araneus mitificus Simon, 1886Kidney garden spider
Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842
Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887Signature Spider
Argiope caesarea Thorell, 1897
Gasteracantha geminata Johan Christ..., 1798
Gasteracantha hasselti Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Hasselt's Spiny Spider
Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837
Macracantha arcuata Fabricius, 1793
Neoscona sinhagadensis Benoy Krishn..., 1975
Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Maharashtra
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
3
5
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