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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
63
112
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
47
92
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
26
66
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
26
66
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
24
64
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
24
64
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
20
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
8
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Santa Clara County
8 Genera with 8 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1842Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1850Angling spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopachys Simon, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Santa Clara County
8 Species
Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin &..., 1935Cat-faced Spider
Araneus pegnia Walckenaer, 1842Orb weavers
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Mastophora cornigera (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Mastophora hutchinsoni Willis J. Ge..., 1955
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Poecilopachys australasia Griffith & P..., 1833Two-spined Spider
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Santa Clara County
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
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