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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Northern Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
89
269
370
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
71
232
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
52
202
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
51
200
192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
41
181
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
41
181
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
28
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
11
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Northern Cape
11 Genera with 12 Species
Argiope Audouin, 1805Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1844Box kite spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Kilima Grasshoff, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Prasonica Simon, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pycnacantha Blackwall, 17811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern Cape
12 Species
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866
Nemoscolus tubicola Eugène Simon, 1887
Neoscona rapta Tord Tamerla..., 1899
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895
Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Northern Cape
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
5
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
3
3
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