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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Smith County (Kansas, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
29
48
60
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
25
44
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
13
31
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
13
31
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
12
30
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
12
30
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
14
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
8
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Smith County (Kansas)
8 Genera with 13 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1833Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Smith County (Kansas)
13 Species
Araneus cingulatus Walckenaer, 1842
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus pratensis (Emerton, 1884)⇒ Neoscona pratensis Hentz, 1847
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Eustala emertoni Richard C. B..., 1904
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Smith County (Kansas)
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
5
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
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