Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)
List of families for Botswana
5 Families width 44 Species
Genera for Botswana
35 Genera with 44 Species #ACDEGHKLMNPST
| Afracantha Dahl, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1885 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 5 | Species | Taxom | Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1942 | Cucumber spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1842 | Dewdrop spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1793 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratinopsis Emerton, 1980 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyphalonotus Simon, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | Dipoena Thorell, 1869 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Dipoenura Simon, 1909 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Episinus Walckenaer, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gea C. L. Koch, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gmogala Keyserling, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Histagonia Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Kilima Grasshoff, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Larinia Simon, 1971 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1972 | Black widow spider | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1960 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lipocrea Thorell, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Meioneta Hull, 1920 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928 | Platform spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Mysmenopsis Simon, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Nemoscolus Simon, 1895 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1864 | Spotted orbweavers | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1842 | Banana spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paralarinia Grasshoff, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prasonica Simon, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pronous Keyserling, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Singafrotypa Benoit, 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1910 | Four-jawed spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | Theridula Emerton, 1882 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Botswana
44 Species | Afracantha camerunensis Thorell, 1899 | | | Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884 | Green orb-web spider | | Araneus kalaharensis Simon, 1910 | Stocky cerith | | Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898 | | | Araneus nigroquadratus Lawrence, 1937 | | | Araneus strupifer Simon, 1885 | | | Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805 | | | Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772 | Geometric spider | | Argiope protensa Koch, 1872 | Longtailed orb-weaving spider | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850 | | Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902 | | | Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793 | African bark orb-web spider | | Ceratinopsis idanrensis George Hazel..., 1980 | | | Cyphalonotus larvatus Eugène Simon, 1881 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Episinus bilineatus Eugène Simon, 1894 | | | Gea infuscata Albert Tullgren, 1910 | | | Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890 | | | Histagonia deserticola Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866 | | | Larinia bifida (Albert Tullgren, 1910) | ⇒ Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910 | | Larinia ishango Manfred Gras..., 1971 | | | Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 | Brown black widow | | Latrodectus rhodesiensis Mackay, 1972 | | | Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864 | | | Leucauge medjensis Lessert, 1930 | | | Leucauge thomeensis Kraus, 1960 | | | Lipocrea longissima Eugène Simon, 1881 | | | Mysmenopsis mexcala Gertsch, 1960 | | | Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886 | | | Neoscona hirta Carl Ludwig ..., 1844 | | | Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863 | | | Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879 | | | Neoscona rapta Tord Tamerla..., 1899 | | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 | | | Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842 | Banded Golden Orb Spider | | Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910 | | | Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Prasonica nigrotaeniata Eugène Simon, 1909 | | | Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Singafrotypa okavango Kuntner & Gu..., 2002 | | | Tetragnatha unicornis Tullgren, 1910 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Botswana | 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 | 20
31 | 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 | 3
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers | 1
1 | 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 | 3
5 | Genera
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 | 8
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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