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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Norfolk Island (Polynesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
27
62
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
22
55
58
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
18
51
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
18
51
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
15
47
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
15
47
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
27
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
14
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Norfolk Island
14 Genera with 15 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1859Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Arkys Walckenaer, 1891Triangular spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Backobourkia Framenau, Du..., 18711SpeciesTaxom
Celaenia Thorell, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1866
Three-lobed Spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1864Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Hortophora Framenau & C..., 18651SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Plebs Joseph & Fra..., 20121SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18431SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Norfolk Island
15 Species
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Arkys alticephala Urquhart, 1891
Backobourkia heroine L. Koch, 1871
Celaenia excavata Ludwig Carl ..., 1867Bird dropping spider
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Eriophora pustulosa Walckenaer, 1841Garden orbweb spider
Eriophora transmarina Keyserling, 1865Australian garden orb weaver spider
Gasteracantha fornicata (Johan Christ..., 1775)⇒ Gasteracantha sauteri Maria Dahl, 1914
Gasteracantha westringi Eugen von Ke..., 1864
Hortophora transmarina Keyserling, 1865Garden Orb Weaver Spider
Larinia montagui Hogg, 1914
Micrathena excavata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Plebs rosemaryae Joseph & Fra..., 2012
Poltys illepidus C. L. Koch, 1843

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Norfolk Island
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
8
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
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