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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Royal National Park (New South Wales, Australia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
28
70
89
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
23
63
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
21
60
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
21
60
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
19
56
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
19
56
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
16
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
8
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Royal National Park
8 Genera with 13 Species
Arachnura Vinson, 1872Tailed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1916Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Arkys Walckenaer, 1879Triangular spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1886Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1872Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Dolophones Walckenaer, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopachys Simon, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 20062SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Royal National Park
13 Species
Arachnura higginsi L. Koch, 1872Scorpion Orb Weaver
Araneus apobleptus Rainbow, 1916
Arkys alticephala Urquhart, 1891
Arkys bulburinensis Heimer, 1984
Arkys curtulus Simon, 1903Small Bird Dropping Spider
Arkys speechleyi Mascord, 1968
Arkys walckenaeri Simon, 1879Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider
Cyclosa vallata Keyserling, 1886
Cyrtophora parnasia Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Dolophones conifera Eugen von Ke..., 1886Wrap-around spider
Poecilopachys australasia Griffith & P..., 1833Two-spined Spider
Poltys laciniosus Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Poltys noblei Smith, 2006

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Royal National Park
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
6
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
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