Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Contra Costa County (California, USA)
List of families for Contra Costa County
4 Families width 26 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Contra Costa County
20 Genera with 26 Species | Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agyneta Hull, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1847 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1833 | Garden orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1772 | Three-lobed Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dipoena Thorell, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Incestophantes Tanasevitch, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758 | Furrow spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1775 | Black widow spider | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mastophora Holmberg, 1850 | Angling spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melychiopharis Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1864 | Spotted orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neriene Blackwall, 1886 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pityohyphantes Simon, 1943 | Hammock Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poecilopachys Simon, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1838 | False black widows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842 | Four-jawed spider | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1904 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 1757 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Contra Costa County
26 Species and 1 Subspecies | Aculepeira packardi Thorell, 1875 | | | Agyneta fillmorana Chamberlin, 1919 | | | Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870 | Nordmann'S Orbweaver | | Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872 | Fierce Orbweaver | | Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847) | ⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865 | | Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847 | Shamrock orbweaver | | Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833 | American garden spider | | Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772 | Conical Trashline Orbweaver | | Dipoena nigra (James Henry ..., 1882) | ⇒ Theridula nigerrima Alexander Pe..., 1911 | | Incestophantes amotus Andrei V. Ta..., 1990 | | | Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758 | Furrow orb spider | | Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 | Brown black widow | | Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790 | | Mangora placida Hentz, 1847 | Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver | | Mastophora cornigera (Nicholas Mar..., 1850) | ⇒ Mastophora hutchinsoni Willis J. Ge..., 1955 | | Melychiopharis cynips Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864 | Orb weavers | | Neriene clathrata Sundevall, 1830 | | | Neriene digna Eugen von Ke..., 1886 | | | Pityohyphantes subarcticus Ralph Vary C..., 1943 | Maricopa harvester ant | | Poecilopachys australasia Griffith & P..., 1833 | Two-spined Spider | | Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838 | Brown house spider | | Tetragnatha trichodes trichodes Thorell, 1878 | | | Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842 | | | Theridion californicum Richard C. B..., 1904 | | | Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757) | ⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984 |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Contra Costa County | 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 | 10
13 | 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 | 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
2 | 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 | 5
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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