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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
139
432
601
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
122
376
528
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
51
246
354
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
46
240
345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
39
216
322
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
39
216
322
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
57
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
27
60
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Northeast Brazil
27 Genera with 60 Species
#ACDEGHKMOPRSTW
Acacesia Simon, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Acanthepeira Marx, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 19481SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 198811SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1838Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 2004Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1932Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Dubiepeira Levi, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Epeiroides Keyserling, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Hypognatha Guérin, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Kaira O. P.-Cambridge, 1890Frilled Orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Manogea Levi, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 18423SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19951SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 18472SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 017SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Rubrepeira Levi, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Spilasma Simon, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Tatepeira Levi, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 18391SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northeast Brazil
60 Species
Acacesia benigna Glueck, 1994
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Acanthepeira labidura Mello-Leitao, 1943
Aculepeira travassosi Soares & Cam..., 1948Orb weavers
Alpaida albocincta Mello-Leitao, 1945
Alpaida alticeps Keyserling, 1879
Alpaida bicornuta Taczanowski, 1878Orb weavers
Alpaida delicata Keyserling, 1892
Alpaida guto Abrahim & Bo..., 2008
Alpaida hoffmanni (Levi, 1988)⇒ Alpaida arvoredo Buckup & Rod..., 2011
Alpaida natal Levi, 1988
Alpaida simla Levi, 1988
Alpaida tayos Levi, 1988
Alpaida truncata Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Alpaida urucuca Levi, 1988
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus galero Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus guttatus Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Araneus venatrix C. L. Koch, 1838Orb weavers
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope blanda Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Argiope ericae Herbert Walt..., 2004
Cyclosa fililineata Hingston, 1932Orb weavers
Dubiepeira neptunina Cândido Firm..., 1948
Epeiroides bahiensis Eugen von Ke..., 1885Orb weavers
Eriophora fuliginea C. L. Koch, 1838Orb weavers
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Hypognatha cryptocephala Cândido Firm..., 1947
Kaira gibberosa Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Mangora missa Levi, 2007
Manogea porracea Carl Ludwig ..., 1838Orb weavers
Mecynogea bigibba Eugène Simon, 1903
Mecynogea buique Herbert Walt..., 1997
Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842Basilica orbweaver
Metazygia enabla Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metepeira compsa Ralph Vary C..., 1916Bicolor cactussnail
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Micrathena acuta Charles Atha..., 1842
Micrathena aureola C.L.Koch, 1836
Micrathena cyanospina Lucas, 1835
Micrathena evansi Arthur Merto..., 1960Orb weavers
Micrathena excavata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Micrathena fissispina Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena horrida Władysław ..., 1873Orb weavers
Micrathena kirbyi Josef Anton ..., 1833
Micrathena lata Arthur Merto..., 1960
Micrathena macfarlanei Arthur Merto..., 1961Orb weavers
Micrathena macfarlnaei
Micrathena schreibersi Josef Anton ..., 1833Orb weavers
Micrathena schreiberzi
Micrathena spinosa Linnaeus, 1758
Micrathena triagularis
Micrathena triangularispinosa Charles De Geer, 1778
Micrathena trianguluarispinosa
Ocrepeira steineri Herbert Walt..., 1993
Pronous tuberculifer (Eugen von Ke..., 1881)⇒ Pronous quintana Herbert Walt..., 1995
Rubrepeira rubronigra Cândido Firm..., 1939Orb weavers
Spilasma duodecimguttata Eugen von Ke..., 1879Orb weavers
Tatepeira tatarendensis Albert Tullgren, 1905
Wagneriana transitoria Carl Ludwig ..., 1839

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Northeast Brazil
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
20
34
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
17
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