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Checklist for Subfamily Araneinae Simon, 1895
and region Tanzania (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
210
775
1695
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
185
672
1471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
64
395
981
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
60
388
966
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
50
361
917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
49
360
915
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
96
273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
27
69
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
15
39
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
15 Genera with 39 Species
Acusilas Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1897Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers11SpeciesTaxom
Chorizopes O. P.-Cambridge, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1910Three-lobed Spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Cyphalonotus Simon, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Kilima Grasshoff, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Nemosinga Caporiacco, 19473SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1865Spotted orbweavers9SpeciesTaxom
Paralarinia Grasshoff, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Prasonica Simon, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1947Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Umbonata Grasshoff, 19101SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
39 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Araneus carnifex O. P.-Cambridge, 1885
Araneus cereolus Simon, 1885
Araneus coccinella Pocock, 1898
Araneus hirsti Lessert, 1915
Araneus karissimbicus Strand, 1913
Araneus perincertus Caporiacco, 1947
Araneus strupifer Simon, 1885
Araneus sulfurinus Pavesi, 1883
Araneus thevenoti Simon, 1895
Araneus volgeri Simon, 1897
Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa meruensis Albert Tullgren, 1910
Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa tripartita Albert Tullgren, 1910
Cyphalonotus larvatus Eugène Simon, 1881
Kilima griseovariegata Albert Tullgren, 1910
Larinia assimilis Albert Tullgren, 1910
Larinia bifida (Albert Tullgren, 1910)⇒ Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910
Larinia trifida Albert Tullgren, 1910
Nemosinga atra Lodovico di ..., 1947
Nemosinga atra bimaculata Caporiacco, 1947
Nemosinga strandi Lodovico di ..., 1947
Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886
Neoscona chiarinii Pavesi, 1883
Neoscona hirta Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona subfusca alboplagiata Caporiacco, 1947
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865
Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910
Pararaneus pseudostriatus Embrik Strand, 1908
Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885
Poltys furcifer Eugène Simon, 1881
Prasonica nigrotaeniata Eugène Simon, 1909
Singa albobivittata Lodovico di ..., 1947
Umbonata spinosissima Albert Tullgren, 1910

Subnodes of Araneinae with occurrences in Tanzania
TribeAraneini
Simon, 1895
5
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCyclosini
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMangorini
Simon, 1895
6
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePoltyini
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom