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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region The Palisades (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
47
208
406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
42
198
397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
24
178
384
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
24
178
384
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
22
176
374
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
22
176
374
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
114
235
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
11
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for The Palisades
11 Genera with 25 Species
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18752SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1971Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers9SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1885Cucumber spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1772Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1838Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Parazygiella Wunderlich, 18851SpeciesTaxom


Species list for The Palisades
25 Species
Aculepeira carbonarioides Keyserling, 1892
Aculepeira packardi Thorell, 1875
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus corticarius Emerton, 1884
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin &..., 1935Cat-faced Spider
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus washingtoni Levi, 1971
Araneus yukon Levi, 1971
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Araniella proxima Kulczyński, 1885
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cercidia prominens Johan Peter ..., 1851
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Hypsosinga alberta Herbert Walt..., 1972
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides jalimovi Bakhvalov, 1981
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Parazygiella dispar Kulczyn´ski, 1885

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in The Palisades
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
9
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
1
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