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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
85
208
247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
75
191
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
36
132
131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
35
131
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
31
123
119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
31
123
119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
24
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
16
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Zambia
16 Genera with 18 Species
Afracantha Dahl, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1898Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1942
Cucumber spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1805Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Chorizopes O. P.-Cambridge, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Cladomelea Simon, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Cyphalonotus Simon, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1889Spiny Backed Orb Weaver3SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1859Box kite spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1865Spotted orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pycnacantha Blackwall, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zambia
18 Species
Afracantha camerunensis Thorell, 1899
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Cladomelea akermani J. Hewitt, 1923
Cyphalonotus benoiti Archer, 1965
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gasteracantha lunata Félix Édouar..., 1838
Gasteracantha unguifera Eugène Simon, 1889
Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859
Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886
Neoscona hirta Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879
Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865
Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895
Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Zambia
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
7
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtarachninae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
4
6
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