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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Okinawa Prefecture (Southern Kyushu, Japan)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
83
259
459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
76
252
454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
45
210
405
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
43
207
403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
36
196
346
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
35
195
345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
72
131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
20
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Okinawa Prefecture
20 Genera with 40 Species
Aoaraneus Tanikawa, Ya..., 20011SpeciesTaxom
Arachnura Vinson, 1867Tailed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1969Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1879Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Cnodalia Thorell, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1992Three-lobed Spiders6SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eriovixia Archer, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1859Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Lariniaria Grasshoff, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Lipocrea Thorell, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1865Spotted orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Paraplectana Brito Capello, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Plebs Joseph & Fra..., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Thelacantha Hasselt, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Okinawa Prefecture
40 Species
Aoaraneus amabilis Tanikawa, 2001
Arachnura melanura Simon, 1867Black tail spider
Araneus amabilis Tanikawa, 2001
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus iriomotensis Tanikawa, 2001
Araneus komi Tanikawa, 2001
Araneus ryukyuanus Tanikawa, 2001
Araneus ventricosus L. Koch, 1878
Araneus viridiventris Yaginuma, 1969
Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842
Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879Uinta sandwort
Cnodalia harpax Thorell, 1890Sand bee
Cyclosa alba Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa angusta Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa ginnaga (Yaginuma, 1959)⇒ Cyclosa kumadai Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa mulmeinensis Thorell, 1887
Cyclosa sachikoae Tanikawa, 1992
Cyrtarachne nagasakiensis Strand, 1918
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Cyrtophora unicolor Doleschall, 1857
Eriovixia pseudocentrodes (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Eriovixia sticta Mi, Peng & Yin, 2010
Eriovixia sakiedaorum Tanikawa, 1999
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gasteracantha mediofusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1859
Gea subarmata Tord Tamerla..., 1890Sand bee
Hypsosinga sanguinea C. L. Koch, 1844
Larinia onoi Tanikawa, 1989
Larinia phthisica L. Koch, 1871
Lariniaria argiopiformis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Lipocrea fusiformis Thorell, 1877
Neoscona punctigera Doleschall, 1857
Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879)⇒ Neoscona multiplicans Chamberlin, 1924
Neoscona scylloides Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Neoscona subpullata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865
Paraplectana tsushimensis Yamaguchi, 1960
Plebs yanbaruensis Tanikawa, 2000
Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Okinawa Prefecture
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
10
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
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