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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region San Diego County (California, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
74
160
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
61
131
174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
31
89
138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
30
88
137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
24
80
130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
24
80
130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
29
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
13
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for San Diego County
13 Genera with 25 Species
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18751SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers8SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1772Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1887Three-lobed Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1850Angling spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 18472SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopachys Simon, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for San Diego County
25 Species
Aculepeira packardi Thorell, 1875
Araneus andrewsi Archer, 1951
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus detrimentosus O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus gemma McCook, 1888Cat-faced Spider
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa psylla Thorell, 1887
Eustala californiensis Eugen von Ke..., 1885
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Mastophora cornigera (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Mastophora hutchinsoni Willis J. Ge..., 1955
Metepeira crassipes Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Poecilopachys australasia Griffith & P..., 1833Two-spined Spider
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in San Diego County
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
9
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
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