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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Transcaucasia (Caucasus)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
131
397
712
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
112
361
629
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
42
236
454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
41
235
454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
37
230
435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
37
230
435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
93
147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
16
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Transcaucasia
16 Genera with 22 Species
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 19022SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1997Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1997Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1870Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Leviellus Wunderlich, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18941SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1983Spotted orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1867Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18421SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Transcaucasia
22 Species
Aculepeira ceropegia Walckenaer, 1802Oak spider
Aculepeira talishia Zawadsky, 1902
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus svanetiensis Mcheidze, 1997
Araniella tbilisiensis Mcheidze, 1997
Cyclosa sierrae Eugène Simon, 1870
Cyrtarachne ixoides Eugène Simon, 1870
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Hypsosinga rubens Nicholas Mar..., 1847
Larinia bonneti Spassky, 1939
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Leviellus caspicus Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Leviellus stroemi Thorell, 1870
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Metazygia wittfeldae Henry Christ..., 1894Orb weavers
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowshaped micrathena
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona benjamina (Walckenaer, 1841)⇒ Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838
Neoscona spasskyi Brignoli, 1983
Singa semiatra Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Transcaucasia
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
14
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicratheninae
1
2
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