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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region New Hebrides (Vanuatu)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
27
61
89
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
24
57
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
19
52
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
18
51
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
14
45
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
14
45
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
14
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
8
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Hebrides
8 Genera with 18 Species
Aranea Linnaeus, 01SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1899Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1878Garden orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1873Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Plebs Joseph & Fra..., 20122SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopachys Simon, 18991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Hebrides
18 Species
Aranea moluccensis
Araneus aubertorum Berland, 1938
Araneus cheesmanae Berland, 1938
Araneus finneganae Berland, 1938
Araneus neocaledonicus (Berland, 1924)⇒ Plebs opacus Joseph & Fra..., 2012
Araneus suavis Rainbow, 1899
Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842
Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
Argiope caledonia Levi, 1983
Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878St Andrew's Cross spider
Cyrtophora cylindroides Charles Atha..., 1842
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Gasteracantha regalis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Neoscona cheesmanae Lucien Berland, 1938
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Plebs neocaledonicus Berland, 1924
Plebs opacus Joseph & Fra..., 2012
Poecilopachys jenningsi William Jose..., 1899

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in New Hebrides
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
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