Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Athens (Attica, Greece)
List of families for Athens
5 Families width 20 Species
Genera for Athens
15 Genera with 20 Species | Acacesia Simon, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1847 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1772 | Three-lobed Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dactylopisthes Simon, 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Frontinella Cambridge, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grammonota Emerton, 1875 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758 | Furrow spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1935 | Black widow spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Micrathena Sundevall, 1842 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Mysmena Simon, 1894 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Ocrepeira Marx, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1901 | False black widows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Taranucnus Simon, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842 | Four-jawed spider | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Athens
20 Species | Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847 | Orb weavers | | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Araneus niveus Hentz, 1847 | | | Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772 | Conical Trashline Orbweaver | | Dactylopisthes diphyus Heimer, 1987 | | | Frontinella pyramitela (Walckenaer, 1841) | ⇒ Frontinella communis Hentz, 1850 | | Grammonota angusta Charles Dent..., 1959 | | | Grammonota pictilis Octavius Pic..., 1875 | | | Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758) | ⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757 | | Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935 | Western black widow | | Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847) | ⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930 | | Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805 | Orb Weavers | | Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842 | Arrowshaped micrathena | | Ocrepeira ectypa Charles Atha..., 1842 | | | Steatoda grandis (Richard C. B..., 1901) | ⇒ Steatoda mexicana Herbert Walt..., 1957 | | Taranucnus ornithes Barrows, 1940 | | | Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842 | Elongate stilt spider | | Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850 | Longjawed orb weavers | | Tetragnatha shoshone Herbert W. Levi, 1981 | | | Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Athens | Family | Araneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders, Orb Weaver Spiders, Orb weavers, Orb-weaver spider, Orb-weaver spiders, Orb-weavers, Orb-Weaving Spider, Orbweavers, Typical Orb Weavers, Typical orb-weaver spiders | 7
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Linyphiidae
Blackwall, 1859
Dwarf spiders, Dwarf weavers, Lattice web spiders, Line Weavers, Line Weaving Spiders, Line-Weaving Spiders, Money Spider/Sheet Weaver, Money Spiders, Sheet weavers, Sheet web spider, Sheet-Web Spinners, Sheet-Web Weavers, Sheetweb And Dwarf Weavers, Sheetweb weavers | 4
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Tetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Horizontal Orb-Web Weavers, Large-Jawed Orb Weavers, Long jawed orb-weavers, Long jawed spiders, Long-jawed orb weavers, Long-Jawed Orbweavers, Long-Jawed Spiders, Longjawed Orb Weavers, Longjawed orbweavers, Stretch spider, Thick-Jawed Spiders | 1
4 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Theridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders, Cobweb weavers, Comb-footed spiders, Combfooted Spiders, Scaffold web spider, Scaffolding-Web Spiders, Tangle-web spiders, Theridiids | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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