Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Pretoria (Gauteng)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 70
173
81 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 61
157
66 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 42
133
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 42
133
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 33
116
37 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
| 33
116
37 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
| 5
24
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Araneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders | 12
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Pretoria
12 Genera with 17 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1898 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Isoxya Simon, 1885 | Box kite spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Kilima Grasshoff, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Megaraneus Lawrence, 1968 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Nemoscolus Simon, 1895 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1865 | Spotted orbweavers | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1885 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Poltys C. L. Koch, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Pretoria
17 Species | Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884 | Green orb-web spider | | Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898 | | | Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805 | | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793 | African bark orb-web spider | | Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866 | | | Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886 | | | Neoscona hirta Carl Ludwig ..., 1844 | | | Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863 | | | Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 | | | Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865 | | | Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885 | | | Poltys furcifer Eugène Simon, 1881 | | | Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781 | |
Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Pretoria
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
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