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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Monroe County (Mississippi, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
22
40
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
17
34
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
12
28
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
12
28
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
11
27
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
11
27
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
1
8
8
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
8
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Monroe County (Mississippi)
8 Genera with 8 Species
Acacesia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Acanthepeira Marx, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18421SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Monroe County (Mississippi)
8 Species
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Monroe County (Mississippi)
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
5
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
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