Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Rwanda (East Africa)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 103
318
516 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 92
290
478 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 30
129
223 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 29
128
222 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 25
121
203 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
| 25
121
203 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
| 6
32
56 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Araneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders | 18
36 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Rwanda
18 Genera with 36 Species | Acusilas Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afracantha Dahl, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arachnura Vinson, 1863 | Tailed spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1979 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aranoethra Butler, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1992 | Three-lobed Spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gastroxya Benoit, 1962 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isoxya Simon, 1901 | Box kite spiders | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Kilima Grasshoff, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mahembea Grasshoff, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1837 | Spotted orbweavers | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Paraplectana Brito Capello, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pronous Keyserling, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Rwanda
36 Species | Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895 | | | Afracantha camerunensis Thorell, 1899 | | | Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863 | | | Araneus cereolus Simon, 1885 | | | Araneus legonensis Grasshoff & ..., 1979 | | | Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873 | | | Argiope flavipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793 | African bark orb-web spider | | Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | | | Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834) | ⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992 | | Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Gasteracantha curvispina (Félix Édouar..., 1837) | ⇒ Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873 | | Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Gastroxya schoutedeni Pierre L. G...., 1962 | | | Isoxya basilewskyi Pierre L. G...., 1975 | | | Isoxya penizoides Eugène Simon, 1887 | | | Isoxya stuhlmanni Friedrich Wi..., 1895 | | | Isoxya testudinaria Eugène Simon, 1901 | | | Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866 | | | Kilima griseovariegata Albert Tullgren, 1910 | | | Mahembea hewitti Roger de Les..., 1930 | | | Neoscona alberti Embrik Strand, 1913 | | | Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886 | | | Neoscona chiarinii Pavesi, 1883 | | | Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863 | | | Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879 | | | Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Neoscona simoni Manfred Gras..., 1986 | | | Neoscona stanleyi Roger de Les..., 1930 | | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Paraplectana walleri John Blackwall, 1865 | | | Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895 | |
Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Rwanda
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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