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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Wake County (North Carolina, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
40
76
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
33
69
79
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
20
50
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
20
50
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
20
50
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
19
49
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
22
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
10
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Wake County
10 Genera with 15 Species
Acanthepeira Marx, 18052SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1872Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1842Three-lobed Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 2003Angling spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 18471SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wake County
15 Species
Acanthepeira cherokee Levi, 1976
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Araneus cingulatus Walckenaer, 1842
Araneus guttulatus (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Araneus niveus Hentz, 1847
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa turbinata Charles Atha..., 1842Orb weavers
Eustala cepina Charles Atha..., 1842
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Mastophora timuqua Herbert Walt..., 2003
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Wake County
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
8
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
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