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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Mpumalanga (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
87
300
221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
76
275
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
56
248
158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
55
247
156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
44
225
144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
43
224
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
56
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
24
38
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mpumalanga
24 Genera with 38 Species
#ACGHIKLMNPST
Arachnura Vinson, 1863Tailed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1937Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1942
Cucumber spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Chorizopes O. P.-Cambridge, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1834Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1859Box kite spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Kilima Grasshoff, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Lipocrea Thorell, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Mahembea Grasshoff, 1970
0SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1865Spotted orbweavers9SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Prasonica Simon, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pycnacantha Blackwall, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1950Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mpumalanga
38 Species
Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Araneus holzapfelae Lessert, 1936
Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898
Araneus nigroquadratus Lawrence, 1937
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Argiope levii Bjørn, 1997
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Gea infuscata Albert Tullgren, 1910
Gea transversovittata Albert Tullgren, 1910
Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Isoxya mossamedensis Pierre L. G...., 1962
Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859
Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866
Lipocrea longissima Eugène Simon, 1881
Nemoscolus elongatus George Newbo..., 1947
Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886
Neoscona chiarinii Pavesi, 1883
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879
Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983Jawla paste shrimp
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865
Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885
Poltys furcifer Eugène Simon, 1881
Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895
Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781
Singa albodorsata Kauri, 1950

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Mpumalanga
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
16
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
3
7
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