Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Zimbabwe (East Africa)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 135
439
899 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 111
385
785 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 55
285
601 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 54
283
598 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 44
261
556 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
| 43
259
554 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
| 8
43
56 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Araneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders | 18
30 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Zimbabwe
18 Genera with 30 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1898 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1866 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cladomelea Simon, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Cyclosa Menge, 1866 | Three-lobed Spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hypsacantha Dahl, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Isoxya Simon, 1859 | Box kite spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Kilima Grasshoff, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nemoscolus Simon, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1837 | Spotted orbweavers | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1885 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poltys C. L. Koch, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pronous Keyserling, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Zimbabwe
30 Species | Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884 | Green orb-web spider | | Araneus coccinella Pocock, 1898 | | | Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898 | | | Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805 | | | Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772 | Geometric spider | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902 | | | Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793 | African bark orb-web spider | | Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866 | | | Cladomelea longipes Octavius Pic..., 1877 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Gasteracantha lunata Félix Édouar..., 1838 | | | Gasteracantha milvoides Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | | Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Hypsacantha crucimaculata Maria Dahl, 1914 | | | Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844 | | | Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859 | | | Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866 | | | Nemoscolus cotti Roger de Les..., 1933 | | | Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Eugène Simon, 1897 | | | Neoscona alberti Embrik Strand, 1913 | | | Neoscona chiarinii Pavesi, 1883 | | | Neoscona hirta Carl Ludwig ..., 1844 | | | Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879 | | | Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885 | | | Poltys furcifer Eugène Simon, 1881 | | | Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781 | |
Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Zimbabwe
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
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