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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
20
49
57
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
16
45
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
14
43
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
12
41
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
9
38
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
9
38
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
14
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
5
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Britain
5 Genera with 8 Species
Argiope Audouin, 1842Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1878Tent spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1842Spiny Backed Orb Weaver3SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Ordgarius Keyserling, 1899Bolas spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Britain
8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
Cyrtophora cylindroides Charles Atha..., 1842
Cyrtophora cylindroides scalaris Strand, 1915
Cyrtophora gazellae Ferdinand Ka..., 1878
Gasteracantha aciculata Mary Agard P..., 1899
Gasteracantha notata Wladislaus K..., 1910
Gasteracantha pentagona Charles Atha..., 1842
Gea eff Herbert Walt..., 1983
Ordgarius bicolor Mary Agard P..., 1899

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in New Britain
SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
3
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