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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Rocky View County (Calgary Metropolitan Region, Alberta, Canada)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
49
136
190
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
43
127
181
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
23
105
170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
23
105
170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
20
102
162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
20
102
162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
51
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
13
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Rocky View County
13 Genera with 16 Species
Acanthepeira Marx, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18751SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1951Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1885Cucumber spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1772Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19421SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Plebs Joseph & Fra..., 20121SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Rocky View County
16 Species
Acanthepeira venusta (Banks, 1896)⇒ Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805
Aculepeira packardi Thorell, 1875
Araneus corticarius Emerton, 1884
Araneus dimidiatus L. Koch, 1871
Araneus iviei Archer, 1951
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Araniella proxima Kulczyński, 1885
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cercidia prominens Johan Peter ..., 1851
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Metepeira palustris Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Plebs patricius Joseph & Fra..., 2012
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Rocky View County
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
11
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
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