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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
118
247
299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
99
209
236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
43
136
175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
39
130
166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
34
120
157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
34
120
157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
33
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
13
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North-Central Mexico
13 Genera with 26 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1842Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1889Three-lobed Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19951SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19363SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 19555SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1904Spotted orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18421SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North-Central Mexico
26 Species
Araneus pegnia Walckenaer, 1842Orb weavers
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cyclosa coylei Herbert Walt..., 1999Orb weavers
Cyclosa turbinata Charles Atha..., 1842Orb weavers
Cyclosa walckenaeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Eriophora edax Blackwall, 1863Orb weavers
Eriophora ravilla C. L. Koch, 1844Orb weavers
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Mangora picta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889)⇒ Mangora melanocephala Taczanowski, 1874
Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842Basilica orbweaver
Metazygia taman Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metepeira atascadero Piel, 2001
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Metepeira minima Willis J. Ge..., 1936Orb weavers
Micrathena glyptogonoides Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowshaped micrathena
Micrathena sexspinosa Carl Wilhelm..., 1822Orb weavers
Micrathena zilchi Otto Kraus, 1955Orb weavers
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Neoscona orizabensis F. O. P.-Cam..., 1904
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in North-Central Mexico
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
8
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
5
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