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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Uganda (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
116
335
545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
98
288
473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
35
184
324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
35
184
324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
30
177
313
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
30
177
313
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
43
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
14
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Uganda
14 Genera with 16 Species
Cladomelea Simon, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1842Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1842Box kite spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Kilima Grasshoff, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 19712SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1837Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Paralarinia Grasshoff, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1930Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Togacantha Dahl, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Uganda
16 Species
Cladomelea longipes Octavius Pic..., 1877
Cyrtophora cylindroides Charles Atha..., 1842
Gasteracantha curvispina (Félix Édouar..., 1837)⇒ Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Hypsosinga lithyphantoides Lodovico di ..., 1947
Isoxya mucronata Charles Atha..., 1842
Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866
Larinia bifida (Albert Tullgren, 1910)⇒ Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910
Larinia kampala Manfred Gras..., 1971
Nemoscolus kolosvaryi Lodovico di ..., 1947
Neoscona chiarinii Pavesi, 1883
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910
Pararaneus perforatus Tord Tamerla..., 1899
Singa lawrencei Roger de Les..., 1930
Togacantha nordviei Embrik Strand, 1913

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Uganda
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
8
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
3
4
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