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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
136
505
1017
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
109
436
909
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
51
336
752
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
46
327
733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
41
313
699
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
41
313
699
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
83
174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
24
50
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
24 Genera with 50 Species
#ACEGHILMNOPTU
Acusilas Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Anepsion Strand, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Aranea Linnaeus, 17934SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1891Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1891Garden orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Chorizopes O. P.-Cambridge, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1992Three-lobed Spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Eriovixia Archer, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1873Spiny Backed Orb Weaver3SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Glyptogona Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Indoetra Kuntner, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Macracantha Simon, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Ordgarius Keyserling, 1877Bolas spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Thelacantha Hasselt, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Ursa Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
50 Species
Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895
Anepsion maritatum O. P.-Cambridge, 1877
Aranea longipes (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Aranea maculata (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Aranea pilipes (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Aranea sebae (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus enucleatus Karsch, 1879
Araneus mitificus Simon, 1886Kidney garden spider
Araneus obscuratus Urquhart, 1893
Araneus obtusatus Karsch, 1891
Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842
Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887Signature Spider
Argiope catenulata Doleschall, 1859Grass cross spider
Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881Golden cricket wasp
Argiope taprobanica Tord Tamerla..., 1887
Argiope trivittata (Karsch, 1891)⇒ Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842
Chorizopes frontalis O. P.-Cambridge, 1870
Chorizopes mucronatus Eugène Simon, 1895
Cyclosa bifida Doleschall, 1859
Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyrtarachne perspicillata Carl Ludwig ..., 1859
Cyrtarachne raniceps Mary Agard P..., 1900Shyleaf
Cyrtophora cicatrosa Stoliczka, 1869
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Cyrtophora unicolor Doleschall, 1857
Eriovixia laglaizei Eugène Simon, 1877
Eriovixia sakiedaorum Tanikawa, 1999
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Gasteracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Macracantha arcuata Fabricius, 1793
Gasteracantha geminata Johan Christ..., 1798
Gasteracantha remifera Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gea spinipes Carl Ludwig ..., 1843
Glyptogona duriuscula Eugène Simon, 1895
Hypsosinga taprobanica Eugène Simon, 1895
Indoetra thisbe Simon, 1903
Larinia chloris (Jean Victor ..., 1826)⇒ Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Macracantha arcuata Fabricius, 1793
Mangora semiargentea Eugène Simon, 1895
Neoscona enucleata Karsch, 1879
Neoscona molemensis Benoy Krishn..., 1981
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Ordgarius hobsoni O. P.-Cambridge, 1877
Poltys columnaris Thorell, 1890Sand bee
Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857
Ursa vittigera Eugène Simon, 1895

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Sri Lanka
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
14
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
3
5
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