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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Miami-Dade County (Florida, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
58
127
152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
49
118
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
26
70
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
23
66
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
21
64
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
21
64
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
26
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
9
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Miami-Dade County
9 Genera with 14 Species
Acanthepeira Marx, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1842Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 2003Angling spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18941SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1847Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Miami-Dade County
14 Species
Acanthepeira venusta (Banks, 1896)⇒ Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin &..., 1935Cat-faced Spider
Araneus miami Levi, 1973
Araneus miniatus Walckenaer, 1842
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Eriophora ravilla C. L. Koch, 1844Orb weavers
Eustala eleuthera Herbert Walt..., 1977
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Mastophora timuqua Herbert Walt..., 2003
Metazygia wittfeldae Henry Christ..., 1894Orb weavers
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona pratensis Hentz, 1847

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Miami-Dade County
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
6
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
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