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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Tsuen Wan District (New Territories West, China)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
14
54
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
13
53
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
13
53
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
13
53
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
12
52
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
12
52
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
21
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
8
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tsuen Wan District
8 Genera with 15 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1878Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1963Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1992Three-lobed Spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Eriovixia Archer, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1837Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1879Spotted orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18591SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18712SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tsuen Wan District
15 Species
Araneus mitificus Simon, 1886Kidney garden spider
Araneus ventricosus L. Koch, 1878
Argiope perforata Ehrenfried S..., 1963
Cyclosa argenteoalba Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa ginnaga (Yaginuma, 1959)⇒ Cyclosa kumadai Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Eriovixia excelsa Eugène Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837
Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802
Neoscona mellotteei (Chikuni, 1989)⇒ Neoscona melloteei Simon, 1895
Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879)⇒ Neoscona multiplicans Chamberlin, 1924
Parawixia dehaani Doleschall, 1859
Poltys columnaris Thorell, 1890Sand bee
Poltys idae Ausserer, 1871

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Tsuen Wan District
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
6
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
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