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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
56
127
196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
37
85
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
21
66
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
19
64
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
19
64
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
19
64
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
14
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
6
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tamil Nadu
6 Genera with 13 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1900Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1881Garden orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1837Spiny Backed Orb Weaver3SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Thelacantha Hasselt, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tamil Nadu
13 Species
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus bilunifer Pocock, 1900Shyleaf
Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842
Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887Signature Spider
Argiope catenulata Doleschall, 1859Grass cross spider
Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881Golden cricket wasp
Cyrtophora cicatrosa Stoliczka, 1869
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Gasteracantha dalyi Pocock, 1900Shyleaf
Gasteracantha geminata Johan Christ..., 1798
Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Tamil Nadu
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
4
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