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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Tamaulipas (Northeast Mexico, Mexico)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
84
198
247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
67
172
213
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
43
142
180
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
39
136
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
32
125
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
32
125
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
41
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
18
37
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tamaulipas
18 Genera with 37 Species
Allocyclosa Levi, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1842Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1889Three-lobed Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18654SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18641SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 19047SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1904Spotted orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Testudinaria Taczanowski, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18421SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tamaulipas
37 Species
Allocyclosa bifurca McCook, 1887Orb weavers
Alpaida simla Levi, 1988
Alpaida truncata Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1758Colletid bees
Araneus pegnia Walckenaer, 1842Orb weavers
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cyclosa caroli Hentz, 1850Orb weavers
Cyclosa walckenaeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Eriophora edax Blackwall, 1863Orb weavers
Eriophora ravilla C. L. Koch, 1844Orb weavers
Eustala californiensis Eugen von Ke..., 1885
Eustala illicita Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Eustala vegeta Eugen von Ke..., 1865Orb weavers
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Mangora mobilis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889)⇒ Mangora amchickeringi Levi, 2005
Mangora passiva O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842Basilica orbweaver
Metazygia pallidula Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Micrathena funebris Marx, 1898Orb weavers
Micrathena glyptogonoides Herbert Walt..., 1985
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Micrathena mitrata Nicholas Mar..., 1850Orb Weavers
Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowshaped micrathena
Micrathena sexspinosa Carl Wilhelm..., 1822Orb weavers
Micrathena triserrata (Frederick Oc..., 1904)⇒ Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758
Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Neoscona orizabensis F. O. P.-Cam..., 1904
Pronous felipe Herbert Walt..., 1995
Testudinaria quadripunctata Władysław ..., 1879Delicate giant-turris
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Tamaulipas
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
11
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
7
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