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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
111
299
402
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
92
255
347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
43
189
272
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
38
183
267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
32
174
252
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
32
174
252
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
93
147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
15
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North England
15 Genera with 24 Species
Acanthepeira Marx, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Agalenatea Archer, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1758Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Austracantha Dahl, 1859Christmas spider1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1834Three-lobed Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1842Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Spiny Backed Orb Weaver0SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17572SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North England
24 Species
Acanthepeira cherokee Levi, 1976
Acanthepeira marion Levi, 1976
Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus miniatus Walckenaer, 1842
Araneus quadratus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Araniella proxima KulczyÅ„ski, 1885
Argiope protensa Koch, 1872Longtailed orb-weaving spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Austracantha minax Thorell, 1859Australian Jewel Spider
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyrtophora cylindroides Charles Atha..., 1842
Eriophora pustulosa Walckenaer, 1841Garden orbweb spider
Eriophora transmarina Keyserling, 1865Australian garden orb weaver spider
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1758Toad Spider
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in North England
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
9
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
1
Genera
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