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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
40
65
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
34
50
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
19
28
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
19
28
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
17
26
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
17
26
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
7
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North Tanzania
2 Genera with 2 Species
Caerostris Thorell, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Tanzania
2 Species
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in North Tanzania
SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
0
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
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