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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Portugal (Iberian Peninsula)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
209
863
2636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
179
793
2495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
64
548
2046
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
59
542
2039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
48
526
1961
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
46
524
1958
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
10
243
786
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
39
125
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Portugal
39 Genera with 125 Species
#ACDEGHKLMNOPSZ
Acacesia Simon, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18023SpeciesTaxom
Agalenatea Archer, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Aranea Linnaeus, 17633SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1834Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers31SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1885Cucumber spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1889Three-lobed Spiders13SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Dubiepeira Levi, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Enacrosoma Mello-Leitao, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Gibbaranea Archer, 18356SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18444SpeciesTaxom
Kapogea Levi, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1876Furrow spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Leviellus Wunderlich, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 20075SpeciesTaxom
Manogea Levi, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19952SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 17788SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1837Spotted orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 1883
0SpeciesTaxom
Ordgarius Keyserling, 1877Bolas spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19922SpeciesTaxom
Parazygiella Wunderlich, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1844Striped orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Stroemiellus Wunderlich, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Zilla C. L. Koch, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 19097SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Portugal
125 Species and 15 Subspecies
Acacesia benigna Glueck, 1994
Aculepeira armida Audouin, 1826
Aculepeira carbonaria L. Koch, 1869
Aculepeira ceropegia Walckenaer, 1802Oak spider
Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Alpaida truncata Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Alpaida urucuca Levi, 1988
Aranea drypta Walckenær, 1802
Aranea oculata Walckenaer, 1802
Aranea redii (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Araneus alsine Walckenaer, 1802Orange Wheelweaving Spider
Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1758Colletid bees
Araneus angulatus afolius Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus castaneus Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus crucinceptus Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus fuscus Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus iberoi Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus levifolius Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus nitidifolius Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus pallidus Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus serifolius Franganillo, 1909
Araneus armida (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Aculepeira armida Audouin, 1826
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus circe Audouin, 1826
Araneus cucurbitina Clerck, 1757
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin &..., 1935Cat-faced Spider
Araneus grossus C. L. Koch, 1844
Araneus hortensis Blackwall, 1859
Araneus hoshi Tanikawa, 2001
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus pallidus Olivier, 1789
Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus quadratus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus sericinus Roewer, 1955
Araneus sturmi Hahn, 1831
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus triguttatus (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Araneus hoshi Tanikawa, 2001
Araneus vulpinus Hahn, 1834
Araniella alpica Koch, 1869
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Araniella proxima KulczyÅ„ski, 1885
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Araniella inconspicua Simon, 1874
Araniella maderiana Kulczyński, 1905
Araniella opisthographa Kulczyn´ski, 1905
Araniella proxima Kulczyński, 1885
Argiope acuminata (Franganillo, 1920)⇒ Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope aurelia (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Argiope bruennichi nigrofasciata Franganillo, 1910
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cercidia prominens Johan Peter ..., 1851
Cyclosa algerica Eugène Simon, 1885
Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa conica zamezai Franganillo, 1909
Cyclosa fililineata Hingston, 1932Orb weavers
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa maderiana Wladislaus K..., 1899
Cyclosa oculata (Walckenaer, 1802)⇒ Cyclosa walckenaeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1889
Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa psylla Thorell, 1887
Cyclosa sierrae Eugène Simon, 1870
Cyclosa tapetifaciens Hingston, 1932Orb weavers
Cyclosa walckenaeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Cyrtarachne ixoides Eugène Simon, 1870
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Dubiepeira dubitata Soares & Cam..., 1948
Enacrosoma anomalum Władysław ..., 1873
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gibbaranea bituberculata Walckenaer, 1802
Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner, 2016
Gibbaranea gibbosa Walckenaer, 1802
Gibbaranea occidentalis Wunderlich, 1989
Gibbaranea omoeda Thorell, 1870
Gibbaranea ullrichi Hahn, 1835
Hypsosinga albovittata Johan Peter ..., 1851
Hypsosinga heri Carl Wilhelm..., 1831
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Hypsosinga sanguinea C. L. Koch, 1844
Kapogea isosceles Mello-Leitao, 1939
Larinia lineata Lucas, 1846
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides ixobolus Thorell, 1873
Larinioides jalimovi Bakhvalov, 1981
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757Gray Cross Spider
Larinioides suspicax (O. P.-Cambridge, 1876)⇒ Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758
Leviellus kochi Tord Tamerla..., 1870
Leviellus stroemi Thorell, 1870
Leviellus thorelli Ausserer, 1871
Mangora acalypha Walckenaer, 1802Cricket-bat Orb Weaver
Mangora chao Levi, 2007
Mangora melanocephala Taczanowski, 1874Orb weavers
Mangora pia Chamberlin &..., 1936Orb weavers
Mangora semiatra Levi, 2007
Manogea porracea Carl Ludwig ..., 1838Orb weavers
Mecynogea erythromela Holmberg, 1876
Metazygia lagiana Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia uraricoera Herbert Walt..., 1995
Micrathena acuta Charles Atha..., 1842
Micrathena aureola C.L.Koch, 1836
Micrathena evansi Arthur Merto..., 1960Orb weavers
Micrathena plana Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena schreibersi Josef Anton ..., 1833Orb weavers
Micrathena sexspinosa Carl Wilhelm..., 1822Orb weavers
Micrathena spinosa Linnaeus, 1758
Micrathena triangularispinosa Charles De Geer, 1778
Nemoscolus laurae Eugène Simon, 1868
Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1758Toad Spider
Nuctenea umbratica nigricans Franganillo, 1909
Nuctenea umbratica obscura Franganillo, 1909
Ordgarius furcatus Octavius Pic..., 1877Hairy imperial spider
Parawixia kochi Taczanowski, 1873
Parawixia ouro Levi, 1992
Parazygiella dispar Kulczyn´ski, 1885
Parazygiella montana Carl Ludwig ..., 1834
Pronous intus Herbert Walt..., 1995Orb weavers
Singa aussereri Tord Tamerla..., 1873
Singa hamata Clerck, 1758
Singa lucina Jean Victor ..., 1826
Singa neta Octavius Pic..., 1872
Singa nitidula Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Stroemiellus stroemi Tord Tamerla..., 1870
Zilla diodia Charles Atha..., 1802Zilla diodia
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella keyserlingi Ausserer, 1871
Zygiella montana (Koch, 1839)⇒ Parazygiella montana Carl Ludwig ..., 1834
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984
Zygiella x-notata chelata Franganillo, 1909
Zygiella x-notata percechelata Franganillo, 1909

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Portugal
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
27
99
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
8
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