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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Virgin Islands (Leeward Islands)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
74
152
211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
55
122
177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
34
98
151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
30
94
146
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
26
86
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
26
86
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
20
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
10
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Virgin Islands
10 Genera with 9 Species
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1863Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1866
Three-lobed Spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18892SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Virgin Islands
9 Species
Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Alpaida veniliae Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus bogotensis Keyserling, 1863
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Metazygia crewi Richard C. B..., 1903
Metazygia laticeps Octavius Pic..., 1889
Micrathena plana Carl Ludwig ..., 1836

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Virgin Islands
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
6
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
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