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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Mashonaland (North Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
59
140
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
51
128
120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
32
107
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
31
106
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
24
96
90
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
24
96
90
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
17
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
8
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mashonaland
8 Genera with 10 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1898Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1858Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mashonaland
10 Species
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Araneus coccinella Pocock, 1898
Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Neoscona chiarinii Pavesi, 1883
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Mashonaland
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
2
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