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Checklist for Tribe Araneini Simon, 1895
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
531
4342
23365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
462
3675
20216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
99
1782
11863
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
91
1742
11733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
70
1611
10817
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
68
1598
10759
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
11
449
2392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
99
514
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
55
330
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeAraneini
Simon, 1895
16
153
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
16 Genera with 153 Species
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18754SpeciesTaxom
Agalenatea Archer, 17632SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1907Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers117SpeciesTaxom
Chorizopes O. P.-Cambridge, 19973SpeciesTaxom
Gibbaranea Archer, 19925SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18982SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 18491SpeciesTaxom
Nemosinga Caporiacco, 19474SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 19075SpeciesTaxom
Perilla Thorell, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pherenice Thorell, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1929Striped orbweavers7SpeciesTaxom
Zilla C. L. Koch, 18021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
153 Species and 6 Subspecies
Aculepeira annulipes Lucas, 1838
Aculepeira armida Audouin, 1826
Aculepeira ceropegia Walckenaer, 1802Oak spider
Aculepeira packardi Thorell, 1875
Agalenatea liriope L. Koch, 1875
Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Alpaida natal Levi, 1988
Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Alpaida tabula Simon, 1895
Araneus aballensis Strand, 1906
Araneus adiantiformis Caporiacco, 1941
Araneus aethiopicus Roewer, 1961
Araneus aethiopissa Simon, 1907
Araneus akakensis Strand, 1906
Araneus albiaculeis Strand, 1906
Araneus albilunatus Roewer, 1961
Araneus amygdalaceus Keyserling, 1864
Araneus angulatus Clerck, 1758Colletid bees
Araneus annulipes Lucas, 1838
Araneus apicalis Thorell, 1899
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Araneus arganicola Simon, 1909
Araneus bagamoyensis Strand, 1906
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus blackwalli Sherwood, 2021
Araneus bosmani Simon, 1903
Araneus braueri Strand, 1906
Araneus bryantae Brignoli, 1983
Araneus bufo Denis, 1941
Araneus canalae Berland, 1924
Araneus caplandensis Strand, 1907
Araneus carabellus Strand, 1913
Araneus carnifex O. P.-Cambridge, 1885
Araneus catospilotus Simon, 1907
Araneus cereolus Simon, 1885
Araneus chiaramontei Caporiacco, 1940
Araneus coccinella Pocock, 1898
Araneus cyclops Caporiacco, 1940
Araneus cyrtoscapus Pocock, 1898
Araneus decoratus Thorell, 1899
Araneus demoniacus Caporiacco, 1939
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus domesticus (Panzer, 1804)⇒ Amaurobius candia Konrad Thale..., 2002
Araneus drygalskii Strand, 1909
Araneus ealensis Giltay, 1935
Araneus eresifrons Pocock, 1898
Araneus fishoekensis Strand, 1909
Araneus fuscinotus Strand, 1908
Araneus gazerti Strand, 1909
Araneus graemii Pocock, 1900Shyleaf
Araneus guessfeldi Karsch, 1879
Araneus guttulatus (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Araneus niveus Hentz, 1847
Araneus haematocnemis
Araneus haematomerus Gerstäcker, 1873
Araneus haploscapellus Strand, 1907
Araneus hirsti Lessert, 1915
Araneus holzapfelae Lessert, 1936
Araneus hortensis Blackwall, 1859
Araneus isabella Vinson, 1863
Araneus kalaharensis Simon, 1910Stocky cerith
Araneus karissimbicus Strand, 1913
Araneus kiwuanus Strand, 1913
Araneus klaptoczi Simon, 1908
Araneus kraepelini Lenz, 1891
Araneus ladschicola Strand, 1906
Araneus lamperti Strand, 1907
Araneus lateriguttatus Karsch, 1879
Araneus legonensis Grasshoff & ..., 1979
Araneus lenzi Roewer, 1942
Araneus liberiae Strand, 1906
Araneus luteofaciens Roewer, 1942
Araneus madagascaricus Strand, 1908
Araneus margaritae Caporiacco, 1940
Araneus margitae Strand, 1917
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus marshalli (Pocock, 1898)⇒ Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865
Araneus masculus Caporiacco, 1941
Araneus mauensis Caporiacco, 1949
Araneus mauensis mauensis Caporiacco, 1949
Araneus mauensis ocellatus Caporiacco, 1949
Araneus mbogaensis Strand, 1913
Araneus mendoza Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Araneus mensamontis Pocock, 1900
Araneus meus Strand, 1907
Araneus microsoma Banks, 1909Orb weavers
Araneus mimosicola Simon, 1884
Araneus missouri Levi, 2008
Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898
Araneus mossambicanus Pavesi, 1881
Araneus nanus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Araneus nigmanni Strand, 1906
Araneus nigrodecoratus Strand, 1908
Araneus nigroquadratus Lawrence, 1937
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus nossibeus Strand, 1907
Araneus oxygaster Caporiacco, 1940
Araneus pahli Strand, 1906
Araneus pallescens Lenz, 1891
Araneus pallidus Olivier, 1789
Araneus perincertus Caporiacco, 1947
Araneus petersi Karsch, 1878
Araneus phlyctogena Simon, 1907
Araneus principis Simon, 1907
Araneus punctipedellus Strand, 1908
Araneus purus Simon, 1907
Araneus quadratus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus raui (Strand, 1907)⇒ Araneus missouri Levi, 2008
Araneus royi Roewer, 1961
Araneus saccalava Strand, 1907
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus sambava Strand, 1907
Araneus septemtuberculatus Thorell, 1899
Araneus striatus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Icius hamatus Carl Ludwig ..., 1846
Araneus strigatellus Strand, 1908
Araneus strupifer Simon, 1885
Araneus subumbrosus Roewer, 1961
Araneus sulfurinus Pavesi, 1883
Araneus tatianae Lessert, 1938
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus thevenoti Simon, 1895
Araneus ursimorphus Strand, 1906
Araneus v-notatus Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Araneus varus Kauri, 1950
Araneus volgeri Simon, 1897
Araneus zelus Strand, 1907
Araneus zuluanus Strand, 1907
Chorizopes antongilensis M. Emerit, 1997
Chorizopes casictones Kallal & Hor..., 2019
Chorizopes madagascariensis M. Emerit, 1997
Gibbaranea bituberculata Walckenaer, 1802
Gibbaranea bituberculata cuculligera Simon, 1909
Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner, 2016
Gibbaranea occidentalis Wunderlich, 1989
Gibbaranea tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992
Metazygia lagiana Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia zilloides Richard C. B..., 1898
Metepeira rectangula Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Nemosinga atra Lodovico di ..., 1947
Nemosinga atra atra Caporiacco, 1947
Nemosinga atra bimaculata Caporiacco, 1947
Nemosinga strandi Lodovico di ..., 1947
Nuctenea cedrorum Simon, 1929
Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1758Toad Spider
Ocrepeira gulielmi Herbert Walt..., 1993
Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Pararaneus perforatus Tord Tamerla..., 1899
Pararaneus pseudostriatus Embrik Strand, 1908
Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885
Pararaneus uncivulva Strand, 1907
Perilla teres Tord Tamerla..., 1895
Pherenice tristis Tord Tamerla..., 1899Black carpenter ant
Singa albobivittata Lodovico di ..., 1947
Singa albodorsata Kauri, 1950
Singa concinna Ferdinand Ka..., 1884
Singa hamata Clerck, 1758
Singa lawrencei Roger de Les..., 1930
Singa lucina Jean Victor ..., 1826
Singa lucina eburnea Simon, 1929
Zilla diodia Charles Atha..., 1802Zilla diodia