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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Tunica County (Mississippi, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
20
39
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
18
36
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
18
36
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
18
36
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
17
35
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
17
35
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
17
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
10
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tunica County
10 Genera with 15 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1842Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1847Spotted orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18421SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tunica County
15 Species
Araneus pegnia Walckenaer, 1842Orb weavers
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Cyclosa turbinata Charles Atha..., 1842Orb weavers
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Eustala cepina Charles Atha..., 1842
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842Basilica orbweaver
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Neoscona domiciliorum Hentz, 1847Red-Femured Spotted Orbweaver
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Tunica County
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
6
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
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