Species list, Checklist of Family Araneidae (Golden orb web spiders) for Santa Fe (Galveston County, Texas, USA)

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Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
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Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Santa Fe (Galveston County, Texas, USA)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	36 82 87	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	31 75 82	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	25 69 80	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	25 69 80	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 True Spiders	24 68 79	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Araneomorphi Smith, 1902	24 68 79	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Araneoidea Latreille, 1806	4 22 21	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Araneidae Simon, 1895 Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders	9 8	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Santa Fe (Galveston County)
9 Genera with 8 Species

Araneus Clerck, 1870	Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers	2	Species	Taxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775	Garden orbweavers	2	Species	Taxom
Eustala Simon, 1898		1	Species	Taxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833	Spiny Backed Orb Weaver	0	Species	Taxom
Mecynogea Simon, 1842		1	Species	Taxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 1847		1	Species	Taxom
Neoscona Simon, 1838	Spotted orbweavers	1	Species	Taxom
Scoloderus Simon, 1887		0	Species	Taxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911		0	Species	Taxom

Species list for Santa Fe (Galveston County)
8 Species

Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870	Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775	Banded Garden Spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775	Banded Argiope
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898	Orb weavers
Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842	Basilica orbweaver
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)	⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838	Barn spider

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Santa Fe (Galveston County)

Subfamily	Araneinae Simon, 1895	5 5	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Argiopinae Simon, 1890	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Cyrtophorinae Simon, 1895	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Gasteracanthinae Elgar & al., 1990	1 0	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