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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region North Brazil (Brazil)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
224
947
1857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
190
818
1646
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
64
518
1243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
59
508
1218
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
46
459
1152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
46
459
1152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
9
125
427
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
49
271
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North Brazil
49 Genera with 271 Species
#ABCDEGHKLMNOPRSTVWX
Acacesia Simon, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Acanthepeira Marx, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Actinosoma Holmberg, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 19481SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 198836SpeciesTaxom
Amazonepeira Levi, 19945SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1838Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Aspidolasius Simon, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Bertrana Keyserling, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Chaetacis Simon, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1999Three-lobed Spiders10SpeciesTaxom
Dubiepeira Levi, 19483SpeciesTaxom
Enacrosoma Mello-Leitao, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Encyosaccus Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18444SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 192412SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Hingstepeira Levi, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Hypognatha Guérin, 187910SpeciesTaxom
Kaira O. P.-Cambridge, 1916Frilled Orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Kapogea Levi, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Madrepeira Levi, 1995
0SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 200732SpeciesTaxom
Manogea Levi, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1876
Angling spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 199525SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 201145SpeciesTaxom
Micrepeira Schenkel, 19324SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1875Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 19933SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 187812SpeciesTaxom
Pozonia Schenkel, 1953
0SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Rubrepeira Levi, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Scoloderus Simon, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Spilasma Simon, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Spintharidius Simon, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Taczanowskia Keyserling, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Tatepeira Levi, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Testudinaria Taczanowski, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 20153SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 199118SpeciesTaxom
Wixia O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Xylethrus Simon, 18952SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Brazil
271 Species
Acacesia benigna Glueck, 1994
Acacesia tenella L. Koch, 1871Orb weavers
Acanthepeira labidura Mello-Leitao, 1943
Actinosoma pentacanthum Walckenaer, 1842
Aculepeira travassosi Soares & Cam..., 1948Orb weavers
Alpaida acuta Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Alpaida albocincta Mello-Leitao, 1945
Alpaida almada Levi, 1988
Alpaida antonio Levi, 1988
Alpaida bicornuta Taczanowski, 1878Orb weavers
Alpaida carminea Taczanowski, 1878
Alpaida chickeringi Levi, 1988Orb weavers
Alpaida conica O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Alpaida cuiaba Levi, 1988
Alpaida deborae Levi, 1988
Alpaida delicata Keyserling, 1892
Alpaida erythrothorax Taczanowski, 1873
Alpaida guimaraes Levi, 1988
Alpaida gurupi Levi, 1988
Alpaida guto Abrahim & Bo..., 2008
Alpaida hoffmanni (Levi, 1988)⇒ Alpaida arvoredo Buckup & Rod..., 2011
Alpaida iquitos Levi, 1988
Alpaida itapua Levi, 1988
Alpaida leucogramma White, 1841Orb weavers
Alpaida levii Saturnino, R..., 2015
Alpaida murtinho Levi, 1988
Alpaida negro Levi, 1988
Alpaida rosa Levi, 1988
Alpaida rossi Levi, 1988
Alpaida septemmammata O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Alpaida sevilla Levi, 1988
Alpaida simla Levi, 1988
Alpaida tabula Simon, 1895
Alpaida tayos Levi, 1988
Alpaida trispinosa Keyserling, 1892Orb weavers
Alpaida truncata Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Alpaida urucuca Levi, 1988
Alpaida utiariti Levi, 1988
Alpaida vanzolinii Levi, 1988
Alpaida veniliae Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Alpaida weyrauchi Levi, 1988
Amazonepeira beno Levi, 1994
Amazonepeira callaria Levi, 1991
Amazonepeira herrera Levi, 1989Red carpenter ant
Amazonepeira manaus Levi, 1994
Amazonepeira masaka Levi, 1994
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus guttatus Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Araneus horizonte Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus mammatus Archer, 1951
Araneus taperae Mello-Leitao, 1937
Araneus venatrix C. L. Koch, 1838Orb weavers
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope submaronica (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Aspidolasius branicki Taczanowski, 1879
Bertrana elinguis Keyserling, 1883
Bertrana striolata Keyserling, 1884Guinea ant
Chaetacis necopinata (Arthur Merto..., 1960)⇒ Micrathena necopinata Chickering, 1960
Chaetacis woytkowskii (Herbert Walt..., 1985)⇒ Micrathena woytkowskii Levi, 1985
Cyclosa bifurcata (Charles Atha..., 1842)⇒ Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Cyclosa caroli Hentz, 1850Orb weavers
Cyclosa diversa Octavius Pic..., 1894Orb weavers
Cyclosa fililineata Hingston, 1932Orb weavers
Cyclosa inca Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa longicauda Władysław ..., 1878
Cyclosa mavaca Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa rubronigra Lodovico di ..., 1947Orb weavers
Cyclosa tapetifaciens Hingston, 1932Orb weavers
Cyclosa vieirae Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Dubiepeira amacayacu Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Dubiepeira dubitata Soares & Cam..., 1948
Dubiepeira neptunina Cândido Firm..., 1948
Enacrosoma anomalum Władysław ..., 1873
Encyosaccus sexmaculatus Eugène Simon, 1895
Eriophora edax Blackwall, 1863Orb weavers
Eriophora fuliginea C. L. Koch, 1838Orb weavers
Eriophora nephiloides O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Eriophora ravilla C. L. Koch, 1844Orb weavers
Eustala bifida Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Eustala fuscovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Eustala guarani Poeta, 2014
Eustala illicita Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Eustala ingenua Arthur Merto..., 1955Orb weavers
Eustala lisei Poeta, 2014
Eustala mimica Arthur Merto..., 1955
Eustala nasuta Cândido Firm..., 1939Orb weavers
Eustala occidentalis Baert, 2014
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Eustala taquara Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Eustala vellardi Cândido Firm..., 1924
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Hingstepeira dimona Herbert Walt..., 1995
Hingstepeira folisecens Hingston, 1932
Hypognatha belem Herbert Walt..., 1996
Hypognatha colosso Herbert Walt..., 1996
Hypognatha ica Herbert Walt..., 1996
Hypognatha lagoas Herbert Walt..., 1996
Hypognatha mozamba Herbert Walt..., 1996
Hypognatha nasuta Octavius Pic..., 1896
Hypognatha navio Herbert Walt..., 1996
Hypognatha putumayo Herbert Walt..., 1996
Hypognatha scutata Josef Anton ..., 1833
Hypognatha testudinaria Władysław ..., 1879
Kaira sexta Ralph Vary C..., 1916Bicolor cactussnail
Kapogea alayoi (Archer, 1958)⇒ Kapogea isosceles Mello-Leitao, 1939
Kapogea cyrtophoroides Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Kapogea isosceles Mello-Leitao, 1939
Kapogea sellata Eugène Simon, 1895Orb weavers
Kapogea sexnotata Eugène Simon, 1895
Larinia directa Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Mangora alinahui Levi, 2007
Mangora amacayacu Levi, 2007
Mangora apaporis Levi, 2007
Mangora argenteostriata Simon, 1897
Mangora ayo Levi, 2007
Mangora balbina Levi, 2007
Mangora bovis Levi, 2007
Mangora brokopondo Levi, 2007
Mangora browns Levi, 2007
Mangora caparu Levi, 2007
Mangora chao Levi, 2007
Mangora dianasilvae Levi, 2007
Mangora hirtipes Taczanowski, 1878
Mangora ikuruwa Levi, 2007
Mangora insperata Soares & Cam..., 1948
Mangora keduc Levi, 2007
Mangora kuntur Levi, 2007
Mangora leticia Levi, 2007
Mangora matamata Levi, 2007
Mangora mathani Simon, 1895
Mangora melanocephala Taczanowski, 1874Orb weavers
Mangora morona Levi, 2007
Mangora novempupillata Mello-Leitao, 1940
Mangora pedrera
Mangora pia Chamberlin &..., 1936Orb weavers
Mangora pira Levi, 2007
Mangora semiatra Levi, 2007
Mangora sturmi Levi, 2007
Mangora sumauma Levi, 2007
Mangora tambo Levi, 2007
Mangora tefe Levi, 2007
Mangora uraricoera Levi, 2007
Manogea porracea Carl Ludwig ..., 1838Orb weavers
Mecynogea erythromela Holmberg, 1876
Metazygia castaneoscutata Eugène Simon, 1895
Metazygia curari Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia dubia Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Metazygia ducke Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia enabla Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia erratica Eugen von Ke..., 1883
Metazygia goeldii Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia gregalis Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Metazygia ipanga Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia jamari Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia lagiana Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia laticeps Octavius Pic..., 1889
Metazygia lopez Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia loque Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia mariahelenae Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia pallidula Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Metazygia paquisha Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia peckorum Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia rogenhoferi Eugen von Ke..., 1878
Metazygia sendero Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia tapa Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia uraricoera Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia voluptifica Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Metazygia yobena Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia yucumo Herbert Walt..., 1995
Micrathena abrahami Mello-Leitao, 1948
Micrathena acuta Charles Atha..., 1842
Micrathena annulata Eduard Reimoser, 1917
Micrathena armigera Carl Ludwig ..., 1837
Micrathena aureola C.L.Koch, 1836
Micrathena balzapamba Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena beta Caporiacco, 1947
Micrathena brevispina Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Micrathena clypeata Charles Atha..., 1805Orb weavers
Micrathena coca Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena cornuta Taczanowski, 1873
Micrathena cyanospina Lucas, 1835
Micrathena digitata Carl Ludwig ..., 1839
Micrathena duodecimspinosa Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Micrathena embira Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena evansi Arthur Merto..., 1960Orb weavers
Micrathena excavata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Micrathena exlinae Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena fissispina Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena flaveola Josef Anton ..., 1839Orb weavers
Micrathena furcula Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Micrathena gurupi Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena horrida Władysław ..., 1873Orb weavers
Micrathena huanuco Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena kirbyi Josef Anton ..., 1833
Micrathena lata Arthur Merto..., 1960
Micrathena miles Eugène Simon, 1895
Micrathena necopinata Chickering, 1960
Micrathena patruelis Carl Ludwig ..., 1839
Micrathena peregrinatorum Holmberg, 1883
Micrathena picta C. L. Koch, 1836
Micrathena plana Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena pungens Charles Atha..., 1842
Micrathena quadriserrata Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Micrathena saccata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Micrathena schenkeli Cândido Firm..., 1939
Micrathena schreibersi Josef Anton ..., 1833Orb weavers
Micrathena sexspinosa Carl Wilhelm..., 1822Orb weavers
Micrathena spinosa Linnaeus, 1758
Micrathena triangularis Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena triangularispinosa Charles De Geer, 1778
Micrathena ucayali Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena vigorsi Josef Anton ..., 1833
Micrathena woytkowskii Levi, 1985
Micrathena yanomami Magalhaes & ..., 2011
Micrepeira fowleri Herbert Walt..., 1995
Micrepeira hoeferi Herbert Walt..., 1995
Micrepeira pachitea Herbert Walt..., 1995
Micrepeira tubulofaciens Hingston, 1932
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875Orb weavers
Ocrepeira albopunctata Władysław ..., 1879
Ocrepeira covillei Herbert Walt..., 1993Orb weavers
Ocrepeira maraca Herbert Walt..., 1993
Parawixia audax Blackwall, 1863
Parawixia bistriata Rengger, 1836
Parawixia divisoria Levi, 1992
Parawixia guatemalensis O.P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Parawixia hypocrita O.P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Parawixia kochi Taczanowski, 1873
Parawixia maldonado Levi, 1992
Parawixia matiapa Levi, 1992
Parawixia ouro Levi, 1992
Parawixia tarapoa Levi, 1992
Parawixia tomba Levi, 1992
Parawixia velutina Taczanowski, 1878
Pronous intus Herbert Walt..., 1995Orb weavers
Pronous tuberculifer (Eugen von Ke..., 1881)⇒ Pronous quintana Herbert Walt..., 1995
Rubrepeira rubronigra Cândido Firm..., 1939Orb weavers
Scoloderus cordatus (WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw ..., 1879)⇒ Scoloderus nigriceps Octavius Pic..., 1895
Scoloderus tuberculifer Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Spilasma duodecimguttata Eugen von Ke..., 1879Orb weavers
Spilasma utaca Herbert Walt..., 1995
Spintharidius rhomboidalis Eugène Simon, 1893
Taczanowskia mirabilis Eugène Simon, 1897
Tatepeira tatarendensis Albert Tullgren, 1905
Testudinaria debsmithae Levi, 2005
Testudinaria quadripunctata Władysław ..., 1879Delicate giant-turris
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver
Verrucosa galianoae Lise, Kesste..., 2015
Verrucosa tarapoa Lise, Kesste..., 2015
Wagneriana acrosomoides Cândido Firm..., 1939
Wagneriana atuna Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana bamba Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana grandicornis Cândido Firm..., 1935Orb weavers
Wagneriana hassleri Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana jacaza Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana jelskii Władysław ..., 1873
Wagneriana lechuza Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana maseta Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana neblina Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana neglecta Cândido Firm..., 1939
Wagneriana roraima Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana silvae Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana taim Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana tayos Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana transitoria Carl Ludwig ..., 1839
Wagneriana undecimtuberculata Eugen von Ke..., 1865Orb weavers
Wagneriana vegas Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Xylethrus scrupeus Eugène Simon, 1895Orb weavers
Xylethrus superbus Eugène Simon, 1895

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in North Brazil
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
34
202
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
3
49
Genera
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