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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Mozambique (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
105
380
646
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
87
330
571
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
46
259
441
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
44
256
436
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
34
234
399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
33
231
396
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
44
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
28
50
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mozambique
28 Genera with 50 Species
#ACEGHIKLMNPST
Aranea Linnaeus, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1883Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1772Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 18664SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1878Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1842Spiny Backed Orb Weaver3SpeciesTaxom
Hypsacantha Dahl, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1901Box kite spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Kilima Grasshoff, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18262SpeciesTaxom
Lipocrea Thorell, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Mahembea Grasshoff, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Megaraneus Lawrence, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Paralarinia Grasshoff, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Paraplectana Brito Capello, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Pherenice Thorell, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pycnacantha Blackwall, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1930Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Togacantha Dahl, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 18651SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mozambique
50 Species and 2 Subspecies
Aranea drypta Walckenær, 1802
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Araneus cereolus Simon, 1885
Araneus coccinella Pocock, 1898
Araneus holzapfelae Lessert, 1936
Araneus mossambicanus Pavesi, 1881
Araneus petersi Karsch, 1878
Araneus sulfurinus Pavesi, 1883
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Caerostris linnaeus Gregorič, 2015
Caerostris mitralis Vinson, 1863
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866
Cyrtarachne finniganae Roger de Les..., 1936
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Cyrtophora petersi Ferdinand Ka..., 1878
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gasteracantha milvoides Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gasteracantha versicolor Charles Atha..., 1842Kite-spider
Hypsacantha crucimaculata Maria Dahl, 1914
Hypsosinga holzapfelae Lessert, 1936
Isoxya stuhlmanni Friedrich Wi..., 1895
Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859
Isoxya testudinaria Eugène Simon, 1901
Kilima griseovariegata Albert Tullgren, 1910
Larinia bifida (Albert Tullgren, 1910)⇒ Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910
Larinia chloris (Jean Victor ..., 1826)⇒ Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Mahembea hewitti Roger de Les..., 1930
Megaraneus gabonensis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Nemoscolus cotti Roger de Les..., 1933
Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886
Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983Jawla paste shrimp
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona theisi theisiella Tullgren, 1910
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910
Paraplectana thorntoni John Blackwall, 1865
Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885
Pherenice tristis Tord Tamerla..., 1899Black carpenter ant
Poltys furcifer Eugène Simon, 1881
Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895
Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781
Singa lawrencei Roger de Les..., 1930
Togacantha nordviei Embrik Strand, 1913
Trichonephila senegalensis keyserlingi Blackwall, 1865

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Mozambique
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
15
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
5
12
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