Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Natal (Kwazulu-Natal)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 101
235
325 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 86
201
269 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 43
145
197 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 41
143
195 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 33
130
184 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
| 32
129
182 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
| 4
20
26 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Araneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders | 12
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Natal
12 Genera with 16 Species | Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 1988 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1950 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1866 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Cyclosa Menge, 1866 | Three-lobed Spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Isoxya Simon, 1859 | Box kite spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1865 | Spotted orbweavers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Paraplectana Brito Capello, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pronous Keyserling, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Natal
16 Species | Alpaida natal Levi, 1988 | | | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Araneus marshalli (Pocock, 1898) | ⇒ Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865 | | Araneus varus Kauri, 1950 | | | Argiope flavipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793 | African bark orb-web spider | | Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859 | | | Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886 | | | Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 | | | Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865 | | | Paraplectana walleri John Blackwall, 1865 | | | Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781 | |
Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Natal
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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