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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
125
359
471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
98
283
358
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
38
173
252
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
35
169
244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
30
162
220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
30
162
220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
8
38
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
14
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Peninsular Malaysia
14 Genera with 27 Species
Anepsion Strand, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1886Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1859Garden orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1834Three-lobed Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eriovixia Archer, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1859Spiny Backed Orb Weaver6SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Macracantha Simon, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18591SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Thelacantha Hasselt, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Peninsular Malaysia
27 Species
Anepsion fuscolimbatum Simon, 1901
Araneus mitificus Simon, 1886Kidney garden spider
Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842
Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
Argiope chloreis Tord Tamerla..., 1877Sebastopol meadowfoam
Argiope hoiseni Tan , 2018
Argiope versicolor Carl Ludwig ..., 1859
Cyclosa bifida Doleschall, 1859
Cyclosa confraga Tord Tamerla..., 1892
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyrtophora cicatrosa Stoliczka, 1869
Cyrtophora unicolor Doleschall, 1857
Eriovixia bannaensis Zhou, Zhu & ..., 2017
Eriovixia laglaizei Eugène Simon, 1877
Eriovixia pseudocentrodes (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Eriovixia sticta Mi, Peng & Yin, 2010
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Gasteracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Macracantha arcuata Fabricius, 1793
Gasteracantha diardi Hippolyte Lucas, 1835
Gasteracantha doriae Eugène Simon, 1877
Gasteracantha hasselti Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Hasselt's Spiny Spider
Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837
Gasteracantha mediofusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1859
Gea spinipes Carl Ludwig ..., 1843
Macracantha arcuata Fabricius, 1793
Parawixia dehaani Doleschall, 1859
Poltys elevatus Tord Tamerla..., 1890Sand bee
Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Peninsular Malaysia
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
7
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
3
8
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