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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
129
343
516
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
115
301
441
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
35
130
188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
31
125
179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
27
110
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
27
110
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
45
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
22
44
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Suriname
22 Genera with 44 Species
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Acacesia Simon, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Amazonepeira Levi, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1937Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Carepalxis L. Koch, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Spiny Backed Orb Weaver0SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Hingstepeira Levi, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Kaira O. P.-Cambridge, 1890Frilled Orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 20073SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19952SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 177812SpeciesTaxom
Micrepeira Schenkel, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Rubrepeira Levi, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Scoloderus Simon, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Testudinaria Taczanowski, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 17782SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 19912SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Suriname
44 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Acacesia tenella L. Koch, 1871Orb weavers
Alpaida deborae Levi, 1988
Alpaida veniliae Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Amazonepeira beno Levi, 1994
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus pegnia Walckenaer, 1842Orb weavers
Araneus taperae Mello-Leitao, 1937
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Carepalxis salobrensis Eugène Simon, 1895
Eriophora fuliginea C. L. Koch, 1838Orb weavers
Eriophora nephiloides O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Eustala guttata Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Eustala illicita Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Eustala vegeta Eugen von Ke..., 1865Orb weavers
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Hingstepeira folisecens Hingston, 1932
Kaira gibberosa Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Mangora brokopondo Levi, 2007
Mangora browns Levi, 2007
Mangora uraricoera Levi, 2007
Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842Basilica orbweaver
Metazygia jamari Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia uraricoera Herbert Walt..., 1995
Micrathena aureola C.L.Koch, 1836
Micrathena clypeata Charles Atha..., 1805Orb weavers
Micrathena cyanospina Lucas, 1835
Micrathena evansi Arthur Merto..., 1960Orb weavers
Micrathena gurupi Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena lucasi Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Micrathena schenkeli Cândido Firm..., 1939
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 smithae Herbert Walt..., 1995
Rubrepeira rubronigra Cândido Firm..., 1939Orb weavers
Scoloderus tuberculifer Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Testudinaria debsmithae Levi, 2005
Testudinaria debsmithi Herbert Walt..., 2005
Trichonephila clavipes Linnaeus, 1767Golden silk spider
Trichonephila clavipes fasciculata De Geer, 1778
Wagneriana jelskii Władysław ..., 1873
Wagneriana maseta Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Suriname
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
15
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
12
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