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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Santa Cruz (Argentina)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
70
172
176
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
57
153
147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
37
127
125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
37
127
125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
33
120
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
33
120
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
33
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
11
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Santa Cruz
11 Genera with 12 Species
Argiope Audouin, 1772Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1842Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Spiny Backed Orb Weaver0SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 18471SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18393SpeciesTaxom
Molinaranea Mello-Leitao, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Xylethrus Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Santa Cruz
12 Species
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Cyrtophora cylindroides Charles Atha..., 1842
Mangora acalypha Walckenaer, 1802Cricket-bat Orb Weaver
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Micrathena flaveola Josef Anton ..., 1839Orb weavers
Micrathena kochalkai Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena patruelis Carl Ludwig ..., 1839
Molinaranea magellanica Charles Atha..., 1847
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Ocrepeira venustula Eugen von Ke..., 1879
Xylethrus superbus Eugène Simon, 1895
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Santa Cruz
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
6
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
2
4
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