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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Sabah (Malaysia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
60
170
220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
50
158
209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
27
124
166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
25
121
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
22
113
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
21
112
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
24
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
10
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sabah
10 Genera with 20 Species
Acusilas Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Arachnura Vinson, 1867Tailed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1859Garden orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1892Three-lobed Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1864Spiny Backed Orb Weaver5SpeciesTaxom
Macracantha Simon, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18591SpeciesTaxom
Perilla Thorell, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18981SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sabah
20 Species
Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895
Arachnura melanura Simon, 1867Black tail spider
Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842
Argiope chloreis Tord Tamerla..., 1877Sebastopol meadowfoam
Argiope doleschalli Thorell, 1873
Argiope reinwardti Doleschall, 1859
Argiope versicolor Carl Ludwig ..., 1859
Cyclosa bifida Doleschall, 1859
Cyclosa confraga Tord Tamerla..., 1892
Cyrtophora cylindroides Charles Atha..., 1842
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Gasteracantha crucigera Bradley, 1877
Gasteracantha diardi Hippolyte Lucas, 1835
Gasteracantha doriae Eugène Simon, 1877
Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837
Gasteracantha mengei Eugen von Ke..., 1864
Macracantha arcuata Fabricius, 1793
Parawixia dehaani Doleschall, 1859
Perilla teres Tord Tamerla..., 1895
Poltys stygius Tord Tamerla..., 1898

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Sabah
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
6
Genera
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