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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region New Haven County (Connecticut, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
46
110
150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
39
101
139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
23
80
120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
23
80
120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
21
77
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
21
77
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
34
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
7
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Haven County
7 Genera with 14 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1884Angling spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1838Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1875Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Haven County
14 Species
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus pratensis (Emerton, 1884)⇒ Neoscona pratensis Hentz, 1847
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Mastophora bisaccata James Henry ..., 1884
Neoscona benjamina (Walckenaer, 1841)⇒ Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Singa maculata (Thorell, 1875)⇒ Hypsosinga rubens Nicholas Mar..., 1847

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in New Haven County
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
5
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
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