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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Central Karoo (Western Cape)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
55
117
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
45
100
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
37
92
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
37
92
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
29
84
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
29
84
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
12
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central Karoo
4 Families width 9 Species
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central Karoo
12 Genera with 9 Species
Allomengea Strand, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1805Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1944Black widow spider2SpeciesTaxom
Meioneta Hull, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1907Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1815
Banana spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Ostearius Hull, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1990False black widows1SpeciesTaxom
Vermontia Millidge, 19131SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Karoo
9 Species
Allomengea dentisetis Grube, 1861
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus karrooensis Smithers, 1944
Nemoscolus tubicola Eugène Simon, 1887
Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Eugène Simon, 1897
Neoscona novella Eugène Simon, 1907
Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990Black cobweb
Vermontia thoracica James Henry ..., 1913

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Central Karoo
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
4
4
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
4
2
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
1
0
Genus
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
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org