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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park (Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
32
99
153
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
29
96
151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
26
93
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
26
93
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
24
91
145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
24
91
145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
37
60
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
9
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park
9 Genera with 14 Species
Acanthepeira Marx, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19422SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1972Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18421SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park
14 Species
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus pratensis (Emerton, 1884)⇒ Neoscona pratensis Hentz, 1847
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Metepeira palustris Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowshaped micrathena
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Singa eugeni Herbert Walt..., 1972
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
7
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
2
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