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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
408
1831
6249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
362
1592
5293
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
78
682
3451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
72
663
3364
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
58
608
3103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
57
607
3101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
9
175
822
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
51
246
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mexico
51 Genera with 246 Species
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Acacesia Simon, 19944SpeciesTaxom
Acanthepeira Marx, 18052SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 19482SpeciesTaxom
Allocyclosa Levi, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 18655SpeciesTaxom
Amazonepeira Levi, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Aranea Linnaeus, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1991Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers47SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers9SpeciesTaxom
Bertrana Keyserling, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Carepalxis L. Koch, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Colphepeira Archer, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1889Three-lobed Spiders12SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1895Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Edricus O. P.-Cambridge, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Enacrosoma Mello-Leitao, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18443SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 186520SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Hypognatha Guérin, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Kaira O. P.-Cambridge, 1890Frilled Orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Kapogea Levi, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18833SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Lewisepeira Levi, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 184718SpeciesTaxom
Manogea Levi, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1955Angling spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 19973SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18986SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 194217SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 195523SpeciesTaxom
Mirometa Petrunkevitch, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1919Spotted orbweavers8SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 19939SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19045SpeciesTaxom
Pozonia Schenkel, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 19953SpeciesTaxom
Rubrepeira Levi, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Scoloderus Simon, 18894SpeciesTaxom
Taczanowskia Keyserling, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Testudinaria Taczanowski, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 17782SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 18892SpeciesTaxom
Witica O. P.-Cambridge, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Wixia O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Xylethrus Simon, 19651SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mexico
246 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acacesia cornigera (Petrunkevitch, 1925)⇒ Acacesia tenella L. Koch, 1871
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Acacesia tenella L. Koch, 1871Orb weavers
Acacesia villalobosi Glueck, 1994
Acanthepeira marion Levi, 1976
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Aculepeira aculifera O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Aculepeira travassosi Soares & Cam..., 1948Orb weavers
Allocyclosa bifurca McCook, 1887Orb weavers
Alpaida graphica O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Alpaida septemmammata O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Alpaida simla Levi, 1988
Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Alpaida truncata Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Amazonepeira herrera Levi, 1989Red carpenter ant
Aranea exusta Petrunkevitch, 1963
Aranea sinistra F.O.Pickard-..., 1904
Araneus andrewsi Archer, 1951
Araneus anguinifer F. O. P.-Cam..., 1904Orb weavers
Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1758Colletid bees
Araneus arizonensis Banks, 1900
Araneus axacus Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus baul Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus boneti Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus caballo Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus chiapas Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus colima Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus cristobal Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus desierto Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus detrimentosus O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus dreisbachi Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus expletus O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus exustus A. Petrunkev..., 1963
Araneus flavus O. P.-Cambridge, 1894Orb weavers
Araneus frio Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus gemma McCook, 1888Cat-faced Spider
Araneus guerrerensis Chamberlin &..., 1936
Araneus habilis O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus huixtla Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus illaudatus (Gertsch & Mu..., 1936)⇒ Araneus abigeatus Levi, 1975
Araneus jalisco Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus lanio Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus leones Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus lineatipes O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus mazamitla Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus mendoza Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus nacional Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus ocaxa Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus pegnia Walckenaer, 1842Orb weavers
Araneus popaco Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus puebla Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus quirapan Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus salto Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus sinistrellus Roewer, 1942
Araneus tellezi Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus tenancingo Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus tepic Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Araneus ubicki Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus uruapan Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope blanda Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Argiope perforata Ehrenfried S..., 1963
Argiope perornata
Argiope savignyi Levi, 1968
Argiope submaronica (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Bertrana striolata Keyserling, 1884Guinea ant
Carepalxis nigriceps O. Pickard-C..., 1895
Carepalxis perpera Alexander Pe..., 1911
Carepalxis salobrensis Eugène Simon, 1895
Colphepeira catawba Banks, 1911
Cyclosa berlandi Herbert Walt..., 1999Orb weavers
Cyclosa caroli Hentz, 1850Orb weavers
Cyclosa conigera Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Cyclosa coylei Herbert Walt..., 1999Orb weavers
Cyclosa diversa Octavius Pic..., 1894Orb weavers
Cyclosa durango Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa jalapa Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa krusa Alberto Barr..., 1995Cuckoo wasps
Cyclosa pichilinque Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa triquetra Eugène Simon, 1895Orb weavers
Cyclosa turbinata Charles Atha..., 1842Orb weavers
Cyclosa walckenaeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Cyrtophora larinioides Eugène Simon, 1895
Edricus productus Octavius Pic..., 1896
Enacrosoma frenca Herbert Walt..., 1996Orb weavers
Eriophora edax Blackwall, 1863Orb weavers
Eriophora fuliginea C. L. Koch, 1838Orb weavers
Eriophora ravilla C. L. Koch, 1844Orb weavers
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Eustala banksi Arthur Merto..., 1955Orb weavers
Eustala bifida Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Eustala brevispina Willis J. Ge..., 1936
Eustala californiensis Eugen von Ke..., 1885
Eustala cepina Charles Atha..., 1842
Eustala clavispina Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Eustala delasmata Elizabeth Ba..., 1945
Eustala devia Willis J. Ge..., 1936Orb weavers
Eustala emertoni Richard C. B..., 1904
Eustala exigua Arthur Merto..., 1955Orb weavers
Eustala fuscovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Eustala guttata Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Eustala illicita Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Eustala occidentalis Baert, 2014
Eustala rosae Ralph Vary C..., 1935
Eustala scitula Arthur Merto..., 1955Orb weavers
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Eustala vegeta Eugen von Ke..., 1865Orb weavers
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Hypognatha nasuta Octavius Pic..., 1896
Kaira alba Nicholas Mar..., 1850Pale Frilled Orbweaver
Kaira altiventer Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Kaira gibberosa Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Kapogea cyrtophoroides Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Larinia borealis Banks, 1894
Larinia directa Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Larinia famulatoria Keyserling, 1883
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Lewisepeira chichinautzin Herbert Walt..., 1993
Mangora acaponeta Levi, 2005
Mangora amchickeringi Levi, 2005Orb weavers
Mangora bimaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Mangora calcarifera F. O. P.-Cam..., 1904Orb weavers
Mangora campeche Levi, 2005
Mangora chicanna Levi, 2005Orb weavers
Mangora fascialata Franganillo, 1936Orb weavers
Mangora goodnightorum Levi, 2005
Mangora inconspicua Schenkel, 1936
Mangora itza Levi, 2005
Mangora ixtapan Levi, 2005
Mangora melanocephala Taczanowski, 1874Orb weavers
Mangora mobilis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889)⇒ Mangora amchickeringi Levi, 2005
Mangora nahuatl Levi, 2005
Mangora oaxaca Levi, 2005
Mangora passiva O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Mangora picta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889)⇒ Mangora melanocephala Taczanowski, 1874
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Manogea triforma Herbert Walt..., 1997Orb weavers
Mastophora alvareztoroi Ibarra & Mau..., 2003
Mastophora bisaccata James Henry ..., 1884
Mastophora cornigera (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Mastophora hutchinsoni Willis J. Ge..., 1955
Mastophora corpulenta Richard C. B..., 1898Orb weavers
Mastophora leucabulba Willis J. Ge..., 1955Orb weavers
Mecynogea apatzingan Herbert Walt..., 1997
Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842Basilica orbweaver
Mecynogea ocosingo Herbert Walt..., 1997
Metazygia chicanna Herbert Walt..., 1995Orb weavers
Metazygia nigrocincta Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Metazygia pallidula Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Metazygia taman Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia wittfeldae Henry Christ..., 1894Orb weavers
Metazygia zilloides Richard C. B..., 1898
Metepeira arizonica Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Metepeira atascadero Piel, 2001
Metepeira celestun Piel, 2001
Metepeira chilapae Ralph Vary C..., 1936
Metepeira comanche Herbert Walt..., 1977
Metepeira crassipes Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Metepeira gosoga Ralph Vary C..., 1935
Metepeira incrassata Frederick Oc..., 1903Orb weavers
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Metepeira lacandon Piel, 2001
Metepeira maya Piel, 2001Orb weavers
Metepeira minima Willis J. Ge..., 1936Orb weavers
Metepeira olmec Piel, 2001Orb weavers
Metepeira petatlan Piel, 2001
Metepeira revillagigedo Piel, 2001
Metepeira spinipes Frederick Oc..., 1903
Metepeira ventura Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Micrathena bimucronata Octavius Pic..., 1899Orb weavers
Micrathena brevipes Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Micrathena cubana Richard C. B..., 1909
Micrathena duodecimspinosa Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Micrathena forcipata (Tord Tamerla..., 1859)⇒ Micrathena cubana Richard C. B..., 1909
Micrathena funebris Marx, 1898Orb weavers
Micrathena glyptogonoides Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Micrathena horrida Władysław ..., 1873Orb weavers
Micrathena lenca Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena lucasi Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Micrathena margerita Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena mitrata Nicholas Mar..., 1850Orb Weavers
Micrathena petrunkevitchi Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena quadriserrata Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Micrathena saccata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowshaped micrathena
Micrathena sexspinosa Carl Wilhelm..., 1822Orb weavers
Micrathena spinulata Frederick Oc..., 1904
Micrathena striata Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Micrathena triserrata (Frederick Oc..., 1904)⇒ Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758
Micrathena tziscao Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena zilchi Otto Kraus, 1955Orb weavers
Mirometa valdespinosa A. Petrunkev..., 1963
Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Neoscona domiciliorum Hentz, 1847Red-Femured Spotted Orbweaver
Neoscona hentzi (Lucas, 1839)⇒ Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Neoscona orizabensis F. O. P.-Cam..., 1904
Neoscona utahana Chamberlin, 1919
Ocrepeira gibbosa O. Pickard-C..., 1889
Ocrepeira globosa Frederick Oc..., 1904
Ocrepeira pedregal Herbert Walt..., 1993Orb weavers
Ocrepeira perpera Petrunkevitch, 1911
Ocrepeira potosi Herbert Walt..., 1993
Ocrepeira redempta Willis J. Ge..., 1936Orb weavers
Ocrepeira rufa Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Ocrepeira subrufa Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Ocrepeira yucatan Herbert Walt..., 1993
Parawixia acapulco Levi, 1992
Parawixia destricta O.P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Parawixia guatemalensis O.P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Parawixia honesta (O.P.-Cambridge, 1899)⇒ Parawixia destricta O.P.-Cambridge, 1889
Parawixia tredecimnotata F.P.-Cambridge, 1904Orb weavers
Pozonia balam Estrada-Alvarez, 2015
Pozonia dromedaria Octavius Pic..., 1893Orb weavers
Pozonia nigroventris Elizabeth Ba..., 1936Orb weavers
Pronous beatus Octavius Pic..., 1893Orb weavers
Pronous felipe Herbert Walt..., 1995
Pronous quintana Herbert Walt..., 1995
Rubrepeira rubronigra Cândido Firm..., 1939Orb weavers
Scoloderus cordatus (WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw ..., 1879)⇒ Scoloderus nigriceps Octavius Pic..., 1895
Scoloderus gibber Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Scoloderus nigriceps Octavius Pic..., 1895
Scoloderus tuberculifer Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Taczanowskia gustavoi Ibarra-Núñez, 2013
Testudinaria quadripunctata Władysław ..., 1879Delicate giant-turris
Trichonephila clavipes Linnaeus, 1767Golden silk spider
Trichonephila clavipes fasciculata De Geer, 1778
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver
Verrucosa undecimvariolata Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Wagneriana spicata Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Wagneriana tauricornis Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Witica crassicauda Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Witica crassicaudus Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Xylethrus arawak Archer, 1965

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Mexico
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
34
189
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
3
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
2
24
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