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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Transvaal (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
128
296
474
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
115
267
412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
33
100
106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
32
99
105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
27
89
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
27
89
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
18
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
9
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Transvaal
9 Genera with 9 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1898Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1805Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Spiny Backed Orb Weaver0SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1859Box kite spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1950Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Transvaal
9 Species
Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895
Singa albodorsata Kauri, 1950

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Transvaal
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
3
2
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