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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Yemen (Near East)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
76
254
487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
56
197
380
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
37
161
326
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
34
157
319
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
29
148
303
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
29
148
303
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
26
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
17
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Yemen
17 Genera with 28 Species
Agalenatea Archer, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1907Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1858Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1992Three-lobed Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Cyphalonotus Simon, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1882Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eriovixia Archer, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1844Box kite spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Kilima Grasshoff, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Lipocrea Thorell, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Paraplectana Brito Capello, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Prasonica Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 18732SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Yemen
28 Species and 3 Subspecies
Agalenatea liriope L. Koch, 1875
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Araneus cardioceros Pocock, 1899
Araneus sambava Strand, 1907
Argiope flavipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyphalonotus larvatus Eugène Simon, 1881
Cyrtarachne nodosa Tord Tamerla..., 1899Black carpenter ant
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Cyrtophora subacalypha Eugène Simon, 1882
Eriovixia napiformis Tord Tamerla..., 1899
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Kilima griseovariegata Albert Tullgren, 1910
Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Neoscona bucheti Roger de Les..., 1930
Neoscona bucheti flexuosa Lessert, 1930
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Neoscona theisi theisiella Tullgren, 1910
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Paraplectana thorntoni John Blackwall, 1865
Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885
Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895
Trichonephila senegalensis schweinfurthi Simon, 1890
Trichonephila sumptuosa Gerstäcker, 1873

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Yemen
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
10
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
2
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