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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Vanuatu (Melanesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
51
110
159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
41
98
150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
23
71
119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
21
69
117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
17
63
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
16
62
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
21
58
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
12
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Vanuatu
12 Genera with 32 Species
Aranea Linnaeus, 02SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1899Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1871Garden orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1867Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1775Spiny Backed Orb Weaver6SpeciesTaxom
Hortophora Framenau & C..., 18711SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Plebs Joseph & Fra..., 20122SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopachys Simon, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Thelacantha Hasselt, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 18041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Vanuatu
32 Species
Aranea fornicata Fabricius, 1775
Aranea moluccensis
Araneus aubertorum Berland, 1938
Araneus cheesmanae Berland, 1938
Araneus finneganae Berland, 1938
Araneus neocaledonicus (Berland, 1924)⇒ Plebs opacus Joseph & Fra..., 2012
Araneus omoedus (Thorell, 1870)⇒ Gibbaranea omoeda Thorell, 1870
Araneus suavis Rainbow, 1899
Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842
Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
Argiope aetheroides Yin & al., 1989
Argiope caledonia Levi, 1983
Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878St Andrew's Cross spider
Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871
Cyclosa litoralis Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Cyrtophora cylindroides Charles Atha..., 1842
Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Gasteracantha fornicata (Johan Christ..., 1775)⇒ Gasteracantha sauteri Maria Dahl, 1914
Gasteracantha irradiata Charles Atha..., 1842
Gasteracantha regalis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Gasteracantha taeniata Charles Atha..., 1842
Gasteracantha vittata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844
Hortophora capitalis L. Koch, 1871
Neoscona cheesmanae Lucien Berland, 1938
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Plebs neocaledonicus Berland, 1924
Plebs opacus Joseph & Fra..., 2012
Poecilopachys jenningsi William Jose..., 1899
Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857
Trichonephila plumipes Latreille, 1804

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Vanuatu
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
7
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