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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region West Suffolk (Suffolk, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
75
200
240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
62
169
211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
38
141
197
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
37
140
196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
28
129
179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
28
129
179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
67
96
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
16
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Suffolk
16 Genera with 24 Species
Agalenatea Archer, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Anepsion Strand, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1758Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Austracantha Dahl, 1859Christmas spider1SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1772Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1872Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1775Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Gibbaranea Archer, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17572SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Suffolk
24 Species
Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus quadratus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus sturmi Hahn, 1831
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Araniella proxima KulczyÅ„ski, 1885
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Austracantha minax Thorell, 1859Australian Jewel Spider
Cercidia prominens Johan Peter ..., 1851
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyrtophora parnasia Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Gasteracantha fornicata (Johan Christ..., 1775)⇒ Gasteracantha sauteri Maria Dahl, 1914
Gibbaranea gibbosa Walckenaer, 1802
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Micrathena excavata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in West Suffolk
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
11
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
2
Genera
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