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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region South Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
443
2235
9481
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
396
2012
8441
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
83
879
4386
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
75
868
4357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
60
819
4214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
58
817
4210
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
12
345
1661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
55
226
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Europe
55 Genera with 226 Species
#ABCDEGHKLMNOPRSTVWZ
Acacesia Simon, 19944SpeciesTaxom
Actinosoma Holmberg, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18024SpeciesTaxom
Agalenatea Archer, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 186513SpeciesTaxom
Aranea Linnaeus, 17674SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1834Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers49SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1885Cucumber spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers9SpeciesTaxom
Backobourkia Framenau, Du..., 18711SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1889Three-lobed Spiders18SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1895Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Dubiepeira Levi, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Edricus O. P.-Cambridge, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Enacrosoma Mello-Leitao, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18655SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Gibbaranea Archer, 18359SpeciesTaxom
Glyptogona Simon, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18446SpeciesTaxom
Kapogea Levi, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18462SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1876Furrow spiders8SpeciesTaxom
Leviellus Wunderlich, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Lipocrea Thorell, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 20076SpeciesTaxom
Manogea Levi, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 18762SpeciesTaxom
Mesozygiella Penney & Ort..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19954SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19403SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 177822SpeciesTaxom
Micrepeira Schenkel, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers9SpeciesTaxom
Novakiella Court & Forster, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 19094SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 1883
0SpeciesTaxom
Ordgarius Keyserling, 1877Bolas spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18785SpeciesTaxom
Parazygiella Wunderlich, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Rubrepeira Levi, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1885Striped orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Siwa Grasshoff, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Stroemiellus Wunderlich, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 19913SpeciesTaxom
Wixia O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Zilla C. L. Koch, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 190911SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Europe
226 Species and 24 Subspecies
Acacesia benigna Glueck, 1994
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Acacesia tenella L. Koch, 1871Orb weavers
Acacesia villalobosi Glueck, 1994
Actinosoma pentacanthum Walckenaer, 1842
Aculepeira armida Audouin, 1826
Aculepeira carbonaria L. Koch, 1869
Aculepeira carbonaria fulva Franganillo, 1913
Aculepeira ceropegia Walckenaer, 1802Oak spider
Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Alpaida alticeps Keyserling, 1879
Alpaida atomaria Simon, 1895
Alpaida biasii Levi, 1988
Alpaida carminea Taczanowski, 1878
Alpaida keyserlingi Levi, 1988
Alpaida negro Levi, 1988
Alpaida scriba Mello-Leitao, 1940
Alpaida tijuca Levi, 1988
Alpaida trispinosa Keyserling, 1892Orb weavers
Alpaida truncata Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Alpaida urucuca Levi, 1988
Alpaida vanzolinii Levi, 1988
Alpaida veniliae Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Aranea drypta Walckenær, 1802
Aranea oculata Walckenaer, 1802
Aranea redii (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Aranea sanguinolenta (Linné, 1767)⇒ Phlegra bresnieri Hippolyte Lucas, 1846
Araneus alsine Walckenaer, 1802Orange Wheelweaving Spider
Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1758Colletid bees
Araneus angulatus afolius Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus castaneus Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus crucinceptus Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus fuscus Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus iberoi Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus levifolius Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus niger Franganillo, 1918
Araneus angulatus nitidifolius Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus pallidus Franganillo, 1909
Araneus angulatus personatus Simon, 1929
Araneus angulatus serifolius Franganillo, 1909
Araneus annulipes Lucas, 1838
Araneus armida (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Aculepeira armida Audouin, 1826
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus bonali Morano, 2018
Araneus bufo Denis, 1941
Araneus canestrinii Thorell, 1873
Araneus circe Audouin, 1826
Araneus cucurbitina Clerck, 1757
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin &..., 1935Cat-faced Spider
Araneus grossus C. L. Koch, 1844
Araneus hortensis Blackwall, 1859
Araneus hoshi Tanikawa, 2001
Araneus iguacu Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus marmoreus trapezius Franganillo, 1913
Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus miniatus Walckenaer, 1842
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus opisthographa Kulczynski, 1905
Araneus pallidus Olivier, 1789
Araneus pegnia Walckenaer, 1842Orb weavers
Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus pulcherrimus Roewer, 1942
Araneus quadratus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus quadratus subviridis Franganillo, 1913
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus sericinus Roewer, 1955
Araneus stabilis Keyserling, 1892
Araneus sturmi Hahn, 1831
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus tijuca Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus triguttatus (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Araneus hoshi Tanikawa, 2001
Araneus unanimus Keyserling, 1879
Araneus uniformis Keyserling, 1879
Araneus vulpinus Hahn, 1834
Araniella alpica Koch, 1869
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Araniella proxima KulczyÅ„ski, 1885
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Araniella inconspicua Simon, 1874
Araniella maderiana Kulczyński, 1905
Araniella opisthographa Kulczyn´ski, 1905
Araniella proxima Kulczyński, 1885
Argiope acuminata (Franganillo, 1920)⇒ Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope aurelia (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775
Argiope avara (Forskål, 1775)⇒ Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Argiope bruennichi nigrofasciata Franganillo, 1910
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Argiope lobata retracta (Franganillo, 1918)⇒ Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Backobourkia heroine L. Koch, 1871
Cercidia prominens Johan Peter ..., 1851
Cyclosa algerica Eugène Simon, 1885
Cyclosa bituberculata Biswamoy Bis..., 1998
Cyclosa caroli Hentz, 1850Orb weavers
Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa conica zamezai Franganillo, 1909
Cyclosa fililineata Hingston, 1932Orb weavers
Cyclosa groppalii Pesarini, 1998
Cyclosa inca Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa maderiana Wladislaus K..., 1899
Cyclosa morretes Herbert Walt..., 1999Scoliid wasps
Cyclosa oculata (Walckenaer, 1802)⇒ Cyclosa walckenaeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1889
Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa psylla Thorell, 1887
Cyclosa sierrae Eugène Simon, 1870
Cyclosa tapetifaciens Hingston, 1932Orb weavers
Cyclosa walckenaeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Cyrtarachne ixodoides (Simon, 1870)⇒ Cyrtarachne ixoides Eugène Simon, 1870
Cyrtarachne ixoides Eugène Simon, 1870
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Cyrtophora larinioides Eugène Simon, 1895
Dubiepeira dubitata Soares & Cam..., 1948
Enacrosoma anomalum Władysław ..., 1873
Eriophora biapicata Ludwig Carl ..., 1871Australian Garden Orb Weaver Spider
Eriophora edax Blackwall, 1863Orb weavers
Eriophora fuliginea C. L. Koch, 1838Orb weavers
Eustala fuscovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Eustala nigerrima Cândido Firm..., 1940
Eustala sagana Eugen von Ke..., 1893
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Eustala vegeta Eugen von Ke..., 1865Orb weavers
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gibbaranea bituberculata Walckenaer, 1802
Gibbaranea bituberculata cuculligera Simon, 1909
Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner, 2016
Gibbaranea gibbosa Walckenaer, 1802
Gibbaranea gibbosa confinis Simon, 1870
Gibbaranea occidentalis Wunderlich, 1989
Gibbaranea omoeda Thorell, 1870
Gibbaranea tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992
Gibbaranea ullrichi Hahn, 1835
Glyptogona sextuberculata Eugen von Ke..., 1863
Hypsosinga albovittata Johan Peter ..., 1851
Hypsosinga aussereri (Thaler & Kno..., 2003)⇒ Singa aussereri Tord Tamerla..., 1873
Hypsosinga decora (C.L. Koch, 1835)⇒ Singa neta Octavius Pic..., 1872
Hypsosinga heri Carl Wilhelm..., 1831
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Hypsosinga sanguinea C. L. Koch, 1844
Kapogea isosceles Mello-Leitao, 1939
Larinia chloris (Jean Victor ..., 1826)⇒ Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Larinia lineata Lucas, 1846
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides folium (Schrank, 1803)⇒ Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758
Larinioides ixobolus Thorell, 1873
Larinioides jalimovi Bakhvalov, 1981
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757Gray Cross Spider
Larinioides suspicax (O. P.-Cambridge, 1876)⇒ Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758
Leviellus kochi Tord Tamerla..., 1870
Leviellus stroemi Thorell, 1870
Leviellus thorelli Ausserer, 1871
Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Mangora acalypha Walckenaer, 1802Cricket-bat Orb Weaver
Mangora chao Levi, 2007
Mangora distincta Chickering, 1963Orb weavers
Mangora melanocephala Taczanowski, 1874Orb weavers
Mangora pia Chamberlin &..., 1936Orb weavers
Mangora semiatra Levi, 2007
Manogea porracea Carl Ludwig ..., 1838Orb weavers
Mecynogea bigibba Eugène Simon, 1903
Mecynogea erythromela Holmberg, 1876
Mesozygiella dunlopi Penney & Ort..., 2006
Metazygia incerta Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Metazygia lagiana Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia pallidula Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Metazygia uraricoera Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metepeira glomerabilis Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Metepeira vigilax Eugen von Ke..., 1893
Metepeira ypsilonota Cândido Firm..., 1940
Micrathena acuta Charles Atha..., 1842
Micrathena aureola C.L.Koch, 1836
Micrathena evansi Arthur Merto..., 1960Orb weavers
Micrathena excavata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Micrathena fissispina Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena flaveola Josef Anton ..., 1839Orb weavers
Micrathena funebris Marx, 1898Orb weavers
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Micrathena horrida Władysław ..., 1873Orb weavers
Micrathena lindenbergi Cândido Firm..., 1940
Micrathena lucasi Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Micrathena macfarlanei Arthur Merto..., 1961Orb weavers
Micrathena mitrata Nicholas Mar..., 1850Orb Weavers
Micrathena peregrinatorum Holmberg, 1883
Micrathena plana Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowshaped micrathena
Micrathena sanctispiritus Brignoli, 1983
Micrathena schreibersi Josef Anton ..., 1833Orb weavers
Micrathena sexspinosa Carl Wilhelm..., 1822Orb weavers
Micrathena spinosa Linnaeus, 1758
Micrathena triangularis Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena triangularispinosa Charles De Geer, 1778
Micrepeira hoeferi Herbert Walt..., 1995
Nemoscolus laurae Eugène Simon, 1868
Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802
Neoscona adiantum (Yaginuma, 1986)⇒ Neoscona holmi Schenkel, 1953
Neoscona byzanthina Pavesi, 1876
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Neoscona holmi Schenkel, 1953
Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875Orb weavers
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Novakiella trituberculosa Carl Friedri..., 1942
Nuctenea silvicultrix Koch, 1844
Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1758Toad Spider
Nuctenea umbratica nigricans Franganillo, 1909
Nuctenea umbratica obscura Franganillo, 1909
Ordgarius furcatus Octavius Pic..., 1877Hairy imperial spider
Parawixia audax Blackwall, 1863
Parawixia kochi Taczanowski, 1873
Parawixia monticola Keyserling, 1892
Parawixia ouro Levi, 1992
Parawixia velutina Taczanowski, 1878
Parazygiella dispar Kulczyn´ski, 1885
Parazygiella montana Carl Ludwig ..., 1834
Pronous intus Herbert Walt..., 1995Orb weavers
Pronous tuberculifer (Eugen von Ke..., 1881)⇒ Pronous quintana Herbert Walt..., 1995
Rubrepeira rubronigra Cândido Firm..., 1939Orb weavers
Singa aussereri Tord Tamerla..., 1873
Singa hamata Clerck, 1758
Singa lucina Jean Victor ..., 1826
Singa neta Octavius Pic..., 1872
Singa nitidula Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Singa semiatra Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Singa simoniana Costa, 1885
Siwa dufouri Eugène Simon, 1874
Stroemiellus stroemi Tord Tamerla..., 1870
Verrucosa meridionalis Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Wagneriana dimastophora Mello-Leitao, 1940
Wagneriana spicata Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Wagneriana taim Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Zilla diodia Charles Atha..., 1802Zilla diodia
Zilla diodia embrikstrandi Kolosváry, 1938
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella keyserlingi Ausserer, 1871
Zygiella kochi (Levi, 1974)⇒ Leviellus kochi Tord Tamerla..., 1870
Zygiella minima Joachim Schmidt, 1968
Zygiella montana (Koch, 1839)⇒ Parazygiella montana Carl Ludwig ..., 1834
Zygiella stroemi (Thorell, 1870)⇒ Stroemiellus stroemi Tord Tamerla..., 1870
Zygiella thorelli (Ausserer, 1871)⇒ Leviellus thorelli Ausserer, 1871
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984
Zygiella x-notata chelata Franganillo, 1909
Zygiella x-notata percechelata Franganillo, 1909

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in South Europe
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
39
177
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
7
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
22
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