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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
68
253
390
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
57
225
359
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
31
191
326
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
30
190
325
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
26
186
310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
26
186
310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
106
171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
11
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Wales
11 Genera with 18 Species
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18751SpeciesTaxom
Agalenatea Archer, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Arachnura Vinson, 1872Tailed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1757Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1758Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1847Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 19642SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Wales
18 Species
Aculepeira packardi Thorell, 1875
Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Arachnura higginsi L. Koch, 1872Scorpion Orb Weaver
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus quadratus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Araniella proxima KulczyÅ„ski, 1885
Hypsosinga albovittata Johan Peter ..., 1851
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Mangora acalypha Walckenaer, 1802Cricket-bat Orb Weaver
Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802
Neoscona pratensis Hentz, 1847
Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1758Toad Spider
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella nearctica Willis J. Ge..., 1964

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in South Wales
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
11
18
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