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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Penang (Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
19
67
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
11
54
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
11
54
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
11
54
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
10
53
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
10
53
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
16
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
8
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Penang
8 Genera with 11 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1886Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1859Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Eriovixia Archer, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1859Spiny Backed Orb Weaver3SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Macracantha Simon, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Thelacantha Hasselt, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Penang
11 Species
Araneus mitificus Simon, 1886Kidney garden spider
Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842
Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
Argiope versicolor Carl Ludwig ..., 1859
Eriovixia laglaizei Eugène Simon, 1877
Gasteracantha diardi Hippolyte Lucas, 1835
Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837
Gasteracantha mediofusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1859
Gea spinipes Carl Ludwig ..., 1843
Macracantha arcuata Fabricius, 1793
Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Penang
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
3
5
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