Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Zululand District (Kwazulu-Natal)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 70
127
129 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 60
111
108 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 37
81
80 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 35
78
77 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 30
71
69 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
| 29
70
68 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
| 4
18
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Araneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders | 11
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Zululand District
11 Genera with 13 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1859 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1866 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Cyclosa Menge, 1866 | Three-lobed Spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1842 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Isoxya Simon, 1859 | Box kite spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megaraneus Lawrence, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Nemoscolus Simon, 1895 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1864 | Spotted orbweavers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pronous Keyserling, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Zululand District
13 Species | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793 | African bark orb-web spider | | Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | | Gasteracantha versicolor Charles Atha..., 1842 | Kite-spider | | Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859 | | | Megaraneus gabonensis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886 | | | Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863 | | | Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 | | | Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895 | |
Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Zululand District
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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