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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Cambridge (Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
44
135
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
37
125
172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
24
111
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
24
111
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
22
108
156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
22
108
156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
50
76
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cambridge (Middlesex County Massachusetts)
5 Families width 76 Species
Araneidae (Simon, 1895)Golden orb web spiders19SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders32SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders15SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers9SpeciesTaxom
Nesticidae Simon, 1894Cave cobweb spider1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cambridge (Middlesex County Massachusetts)
50 Genera with 76 Species
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Acanthepeira Marx, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Agyneta Hull, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Bathyphantes Menge, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Centromerus Dahl, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Ceraticelus Simon, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinella Emerton, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinops Banks, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinopsis Emerton, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Collinsia O. P.-Cambridge, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Diplostyla Emerton, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Eridantes Crosby & Bishop, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Erigone Audouin, 1882Black Dwarf Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Frontinella Cambridge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Grammonota Emerton, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Hentziectypus Archer, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Hypselistes Simon, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18473SpeciesTaxom
Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Neospintharus Exline, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Neriene Blackwall, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Nesticus Thorell, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1845Thickjawed Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1841Comb-Clawed Spider2SpeciesTaxom
Pityohyphantes Simon, 1943Hammock Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Satilatlas Keyserling, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Souessa Crosby & Bishop, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Soulgas Crosby & Bishop, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Tapinopa Westring, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider6SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1882Tangle-Web Spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Walckenaeria Blackwall, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Yunohamella Yoshida, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cambridge (Middlesex County Massachusetts)
76 Species
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Agyneta fabra Keyserling, 1886
Agyneta micaria Emerton, 1882
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Bathyphantes brevis Emerton, 1911
Bathyphantes pallidus (Banks, 1892)⇒ Agyneta angulata Emerton, 1882
Centromerus sylvaticus Blackwall, 1841
Ceraticelus atriceps Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus similis Richard C. B..., 1892
Ceratinella brunnea James Henry ..., 1882
Ceratinops crenatus James Henry ..., 1882
Ceratinops latus James Henry ..., 1882
Ceratinopsis laticeps James Henry ..., 1882
Collinsia plumosa James Henry ..., 1882
Crustulina sticta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861)⇒ Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Diplostyla concolor Wider, 1834
Dipoena nigra (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridula nigerrima Alexander Pe..., 1911
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Eridantes erigonoides James Henry ..., 1882
Erigone autumnalis James Henry ..., 1882Dwarf weaver
Euryopis funebris Hentz, 1850
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Eustala emertoni Richard C. B..., 1904
Frontinella pyramitela (Walckenaer, 1841)⇒ Frontinella communis Hentz, 1850
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Grammonota capitata James Henry ..., 1924
Grammonota inornata James Henry ..., 1882
Grammonota pictilis Octavius Pic..., 1875
Hentziectypus globosus Hentz, 1850
Hypselistes florens Octavius Pic..., 1875Peatland Sheetweb Weaver
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Hypsosinga rubens Nicholas Mar..., 1847
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Mangora gibberosa (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Mangora fascialata Franganillo, 1936
Mangora maculata Keyserling, 1865Greenlegged orbweaver
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Mermessus contortus James Henry ..., 1882
Mermessus trilobatus James Henry ..., 1882
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850Horned Parasitic Cobweaver
Neriene clathrata Sundevall, 1830
Neriene variabilis Richard C. B..., 1892
Nesticus cellulanus Clerck, 1758Comb-footed Cellar Spider
Pachygnatha tristriata C. L. Koch, 1845
Parasteatoda tabulata Levi, 1980Comb-footed spider
Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841American house false widow spider
Pityohyphantes costatus Nicholas Mar..., 1850Hammock spider
Pityohyphantes subarcticus Ralph Vary C..., 1943Maricopa harvester ant
Satilatlas marxi Eugen von Ke..., 1886Thin-ribbed mountainsnail
Souessa spinifera Octavius Pic..., 1874
Soulgas corticarius (James Henry ..., 1909)⇒ Oedothorax seminolus Wilton Ivie ..., 1935
Tapinopa bilineata Richard C. B..., 1893
Tenuiphantes zebra James Henry ..., 1882
Tetragnatha caudata Emerton, 1884Longjawed Orb Weavers
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha straminea Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842Green Long-Jawed Spider
Theridion albidum (Richard C. B..., 1895)⇒ Theridion berlandi Carl Friedri..., 1942
Theridion differens (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridion glaucescens Lawrence Becker, 1879
Theridion glaucescens Lawrence Becker, 1879
Theridion murarium James Henry ..., 1882
Theridula emertoni Herbert Walt..., 1954Emerton'S Bitubercled Cobweaver
Thymoites unimaculatus James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria directa Octavius Pic..., 1874
Yunohamella lyrica Walckenaer, 1842
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Cambridge (Middlesex County Massachusetts)
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
11
19
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
23
32
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyNesticidae
Simon, 1894
cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders, Comb-footed Cellar Spiders, Scaffold web spiders, Tangle web spiders
1
1
Genus
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
4
9
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
11
15
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


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