Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 126
448
1135 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 101
372
837 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 54
287
710 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 53
284
705 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 43
265
668 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
| 42
264
667 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
| 6
37
72 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Araneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders | 16
32 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Namibia
16 Genera with 32 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1757 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eriophora Simon, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1873 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isoxya Simon, 1844 | Box kite spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nemoscolus Simon, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1864 | Spotted orbweavers | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1885 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Prasonica Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pronous Keyserling, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prosthesima C. L. Koch, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trichonephila Dahl, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Namibia
32 Species and 1 Subspecies | Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884 | Green orb-web spider | | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758 | Cross orbweaver | | Araneus eresifrons Pocock, 1898 | | | Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898 | | | Araneus nigroquadratus Lawrence, 1937 | | | Araneus striatus (Clerck, 1757) | ⇒ Icius hamatus Carl Ludwig ..., 1846 | | Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805 | | | Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772 | Geometric spider | | Argiope protensa Koch, 1872 | Longtailed orb-weaving spider | | Argiope tapinolobata Bjørn, 1997 | | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Eriophora transmarina Keyserling, 1865 | Australian garden orb weaver spider | | Gasteracantha milvoides Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | | Hypsosinga sanguinea C. L. Koch, 1844 | | | Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844 | | | Nemoscolus tubicola Eugène Simon, 1887 | | | Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886 | | | Neoscona quadrigibbosa Manfred Gras..., 1986 | | | Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 | | | Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885 | | | Prasonica seriata Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Prosthesima iusta (Kulczynski, 1911) | ⇒ Zelotes sarawakensis Tord Tamerla..., 1890 | | Pycnacantha dinteri Wilhelm Meise, 1932 | | | Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781 | | | Trichonephila senegalensis annulata Thorell, 1859 | |
Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Namibia
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
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