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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
159
544
830
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
127
467
648
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
63
365
528
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
62
362
524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
51
340
460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
50
338
457
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
80
105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
26
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
26 Genera with 45 Species
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Arachnura Vinson, 1863Tailed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1937Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1942
Cucumber spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 18663SpeciesTaxom
Chorizopes O. P.-Cambridge, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1834Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Hypsacantha Dahl, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1887Box kite spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Kilima Grasshoff, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 19713SpeciesTaxom
Lipocrea Thorell, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1865Spotted orbweavers12SpeciesTaxom
Paralarinia Grasshoff, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Prasonica Simon, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Pycnacantha Blackwall, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
45 Species
Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus legonensis Grasshoff & ..., 1979
Araneus nigroquadratus Lawrence, 1937
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyrtarachne ixoides Eugène Simon, 1870
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Gea infuscata Albert Tullgren, 1910
Hypsacantha crucimaculata Maria Dahl, 1914
Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Isoxya mossamedensis Pierre L. G...., 1962
Isoxya mucronata Charles Atha..., 1842
Isoxya semiflava Eugène Simon, 1887
Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866
Larinia bifida (Albert Tullgren, 1910)⇒ Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910
Larinia chloris (Jean Victor ..., 1826)⇒ Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Larinia natalensis Manfred Gras..., 1971
Lipocrea longissima Eugène Simon, 1881
Nemoscolus tubicola Eugène Simon, 1887
Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Eugène Simon, 1897
Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886
Neoscona hirta Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Neoscona kivuensis Manfred Gras..., 1986
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Neoscona novella Eugène Simon, 1907
Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879
Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983Jawla paste shrimp
Neoscona rapta Tord Tamerla..., 1899
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865
Paralarinia bartelsi Roger de Les..., 1933
Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Pararaneus perforatus Tord Tamerla..., 1899
Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Western Cape
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
16
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
4
9
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