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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Belize (Central America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
88
266
389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
72
235
340
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
44
196
294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
40
189
286
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
36
176
270
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
36
176
270
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
8
72
137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Belize
8 Families width 137 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders64SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders45SpeciesTaxom
Anapidae Simon, 1895Anapid spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931Dwarf orb-weavers3SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers15SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928Dwarf cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881Ray orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Belize
72 Genera with 137 Species
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Acacesia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Achaearanea Strand, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 19482SpeciesTaxom
Allocyclosa Levi, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Anapis Simon, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Anapistula Gertsch, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Anelosimus Simon, 1916Social cobweb spiders6SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1842Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Chrosiothes Simon, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometa Simon, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 1911Comb-footed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Coleosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 19442SpeciesTaxom
Cryptachaea Archer, 1896cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1904Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Eperigone Crosby & Bishop, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Erigone Audouin, 1894Black Dwarf Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18443SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19554SpeciesTaxom
Faiditus Keyserling, 18984SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Globignatha Balogh & Loksa, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Hentziectypus Archer, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Kaira O. P.-Cambridge, 1890Frilled Orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Kapogea Levi, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies3SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18897SpeciesTaxom
Manogea Levi, 1997
0SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1955Angling spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Mecynometa Simon, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18644SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19361SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 19558SpeciesTaxom
Microdipoena Banks, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Mysmenopsis Simon, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Neopisinus Marques, Buc..., 18931SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1767Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Nihonhimea Yoshida, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Notiohyphantes Millidge, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1884Comb-Clawed Spider2SpeciesTaxom
Paratheridula Levi, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19043SpeciesTaxom
Phycosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Scoloderus Simon, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Sisicottus Bishop & Crosby, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Smermisia Simon, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1896False black widows3SpeciesTaxom
Stemmops O. P.-Cambridge, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Styposis Simon, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Symphytognatha Hickman, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1889Four-jawed spider4SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1898Tangle-Web Spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 19365SpeciesTaxom
Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 18421SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 18892SpeciesTaxom
Walckenaeria Blackwall, 1833
0SpeciesTaxom
Wendilgarda Keyserling, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Witica O. P.-Cambridge, 18652SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Belize
137 Species
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Achaearanea nigrovittata (Eugen von Ke..., 1884)⇒ Parasteatoda nigrovittata Keyserling, 1884
Aculepeira aculifera O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Aculepeira travassosi Soares & Cam..., 1948Orb weavers
Allocyclosa bifurca McCook, 1887Orb weavers
Alpaida septemmammata O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Alpaida truncata Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Anapis mexicana Raymond Robe..., 1958
Anapistula secreta Gertsch, 1941Minute litter spiders
Anelosimus chickeringi Herbert Walt..., 1956Cobweb spiders
Anelosimus elegans Agnarsson, 2006Cobweb spiders
Anelosimus jucundus (Octavius Pic..., 1896)⇒ Anelosimus tosus Ralph Vary C..., 1916
Anelosimus oritoyacu Agnarsson, 2006Odorous house ant
Anelosimus puravida Agnarsson, 2006Cobweb spiders
Anelosimus tosus Ralph Vary C..., 1916Bicolor cactussnail
Araneus detrimentosus O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus flavus O. P.-Cambridge, 1894Orb weavers
Araneus habilis O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus lineatipes O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus pegnia Walckenaer, 1842Orb weavers
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope savignyi Levi, 1968
Argiope submaronica (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Chrosiothes silvaticus Simon, 1894Cobweb spiders
Chrosiothes tonala Herbert Walt..., 1954Cobweb spiders
Chrysometa alboguttata Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa palenque Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysso cambridgei Alexander Pe..., 1911Cobweb spiders
Coleosoma acutiventer Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Coleosoma normale Elizabeth Ba..., 1944
Cryptachaea rostrata O. P.-Cambridge, 1896Cobweb spiders
Cyclosa conigera Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Dipoena dorsata Muma, 1944Cobweb spiders
Dolichognatha pentagona Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Eperigone eschatologica (Crosby, 1924)⇒ Mermessus denticulatus Richard C. B..., 1898
Episinus cognatus (Octavius Pic..., 1893)⇒ Neopisinus putus O. P.-Cambridge, 1894
Erigone bereta Arthur Merto..., 1970Sheet-web spiders
Erigone dentosa Octavius Pic..., 1894Dwarf weaver
Eriophora edax Blackwall, 1863Orb weavers
Eriophora nephiloides O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Eriophora ravilla C. L. Koch, 1844Orb weavers
Euryopis lineatipes O. P.-Cambridge, 1893Cobweb spiders
Euryopis spinigera O. P.-Cambridge, 1895Cobweb spiders
Eustala fuscovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Eustala ingenua Arthur Merto..., 1955Orb weavers
Eustala latebricola Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Eustala longembola (Arthur Merto..., 1955)⇒ Eustala ingenua Arthur Merto..., 1955
Faiditus americanus Władysław ..., 1874Cobweb spiders
Faiditus dracus Ralph Vary C..., 1936Cobweb spiders
Faiditus globosus Eugen von Ke..., 1884Cobweb spiders
Faiditus subdolus Octavius Pic..., 1898Cobweb spiders
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha spherella Chamberlin &..., 1936
Globignatha sedgwicki Forster & Pl..., 1977
Hentziectypus florendidus Levi, 1959Cobweb spiders
Kaira altiventer Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Kaira gibberosa Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Kapogea cyrtophoroides Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Larinia directa Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Leucauge argyra Walckenaer, 1842Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge argyrobapta (White, 1841)⇒ Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Mangora calcarifera F. O. P.-Cam..., 1904Orb weavers
Mangora chicanna Levi, 2005Orb weavers
Mangora fascialata Franganillo, 1936Orb weavers
Mangora melanocephala Taczanowski, 1874Orb weavers
Mangora mobilis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889)⇒ Mangora amchickeringi Levi, 2005
Mangora passiva O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Mangora picta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889)⇒ Mangora melanocephala Taczanowski, 1874
Mastophora cornigera (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Mastophora hutchinsoni Willis J. Ge..., 1955
Mastophora leucabulba Willis J. Ge..., 1955Orb weavers
Mecynometa globosa Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Mermessus denticulatus Richard C. B..., 1898
Mermessus dentiger O. P.-Cambridge, 1899Sheet-web spiders
Metabus debilis Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Metazygia chicanna Herbert Walt..., 1995Orb weavers
Metazygia incerta Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Metazygia laticeps Octavius Pic..., 1889
Metazygia pallidula Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Metepeira minima Willis J. Ge..., 1936Orb weavers
Micrathena flaveola Josef Anton ..., 1839Orb weavers
Micrathena horrida Władysław ..., 1873Orb weavers
Micrathena mitrata Nicholas Mar..., 1850Orb Weavers
Micrathena quadriserrata Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowshaped micrathena
Micrathena triserrata (Frederick Oc..., 1904)⇒ Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758
Micrathena vigorsi Josef Anton ..., 1833
Micrathena zilchi Otto Kraus, 1955Orb weavers
Microdipoena guttata Banks, 1895
Neopisinus cognatus O.Pickard-Ca..., 1893Cobweb spiders
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Nihonhimea tesselata Keyserling, 1884
Notiohyphantes excelsus Eugen von Ke..., 1886Sheet-web spiders
Ocrepeira redempta Willis J. Ge..., 1936Orb weavers
Parasteatoda nigrovittata Keyserling, 1884
Parasteatoda tesselata Keyserling, 1884Cobweb spiders
Paratheridula perniciosa Eugen von Ke..., 1886Cobweb spiders
Parawixia hoxaea O.P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Parawixia rigida O.P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Parawixia tredecimnotata F.P.-Cambridge, 1904Orb weavers
Phycosoma lineatipes Elizabeth Ba..., 1933
Scoloderus ackerlyi Traw, 1996Orb weavers
Scoloderus cordatus (WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw ..., 1879)⇒ Scoloderus nigriceps Octavius Pic..., 1895
Scoloderus gibber Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Sisicottus panopeus František M..., 1999
Steatoda anchorata Holmberg, 1876
Steatoda ancorata Holmberg, 1876Cobweb spiders
Steatoda quadrimaculata Octavius Pic..., 1896Cobweb spiders
Stemmops questus Herbert Walt..., 1955
Styposis clausis Herbert Walt..., 1960Cobweb spiders
Symphytognatha goodnightorum Forster & Pl..., 1977
Tetragnatha bogotensis Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Tetragnatha cognata Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898
Tetragnatha tenuis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Theridion grecia Herbert Walt..., 1959Cobweb spiders
Theridion nudum Herbert Walt..., 1959Cobweb spiders
Theridion parvum Eugen von Ke..., 1884Guinea ant
Theridion positivum Ralph Vary C..., 1924
Theridion trepidum Octavius Pic..., 1898Cobweb spiders
Theridula gonygaster Eugène Simon, 1873Cobweb spiders
Thymoites caracasanus Eugène Simon, 1895Cobweb spiders
Thymoites confraternus Richard C. B..., 1898
Thymoites delicatulus Herbert Walt..., 1959
Thymoites expulsus Willis J. Ge..., 1936
Thymoites illudens Willis J. Ge..., 1936
Tidarren sisyphoides Charles Atha..., 1842Cobweb spiders
Verrucosa undecimvariolata Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Wagneriana neblina Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Wagneriana tauricornis Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Wendilgarda mexicana Keyserling, 1886
Witica crassicauda Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Witica crassicaudus Eugen von Ke..., 1865

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Belize
FamilyAnapidae
Simon, 1895
Anapid spiders, Tiny Orbweavers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyAraneidae
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
27
64
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLinyphiidae
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
7
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySymphytognathidae
Hickman, 1931
Dwarf orb-weavers, Dwarf orbweavers
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTetragnathidae
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
8
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTheridiidae
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
23
45
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTheridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


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