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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Senegal (West Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
79
173
265
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
69
156
240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
28
96
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
25
92
139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
22
88
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
22
88
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
12
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
6
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Senegal
6 Genera with 16 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1961Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Aranoethra Butler, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1837Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Senegal
16 Species
Araneus aethiopicus Roewer, 1961
Araneus aethiopissa Simon, 1907
Araneus albilunatus Roewer, 1961
Araneus cereolus Simon, 1885
Araneus royi Roewer, 1961
Araneus strupifer Simon, 1885
Araneus subumbrosus Roewer, 1961
Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Argiope sector Forsskål, 1776
Argiope tapinolobata Bjørn, 1997
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gasteracantha curvispina (Félix Édouar..., 1837)⇒ Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873
Nemoscolus rectifrons Carl Friedri..., 1961

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Senegal
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
2
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