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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Cook County (Illinois, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
60
176
255
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
52
166
243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
27
136
219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
27
136
219
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
24
132
213
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
24
132
213
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
52
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cook County (Illinois)
5 Families width 94 Species and 1 Subspecies
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders19SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders42SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders21SpeciesTaxom
Nesticidae Simon, 1894Cave cobweb spider1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers11SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cook County (Illinois)
52 Genera with 94 Species
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Acanthepeira Marx, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Agyneta Hull, 18925SpeciesTaxom
Anthrobia Tellkampf, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Asagena Sundevall, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Bathyphantes Menge, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Centromerus Dahl, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Ceraticelus Simon, 18743SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1772Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Diplostyla Emerton, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Eidmannella Roewer, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Eridantes Crosby & Bishop, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Erigone Audouin, 1884Black Dwarf Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Grammonota Emerton, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Hentziectypus Archer, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Hypselistes Simon, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Islandiana Braendegaard, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1837Black widow spider1SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18473SpeciesTaxom
Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 19145SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1882Platform spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Microneta Menge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Neriene Blackwall, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1884Thickjawed Orb Weavers2SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1841Comb-Clawed Spider2SpeciesTaxom
Pholcomma Thorell, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Rhomphaea L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Soulgas Crosby & Bishop, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1802False black widows2SpeciesTaxom
Tennesseellum Petrunkevitch, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 18861SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider7SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1913Tangle-Web Spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 18421SpeciesTaxom
Tmeticus Menge, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Walckenaeria Blackwall, 18827SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cook County (Illinois)
94 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Agyneta evadens Chamberlin, 1925
Agyneta fabra Keyserling, 1886
Agyneta micaria Emerton, 1882
Agyneta parva Banks, 1896
Agyneta unimaculata Banks, 1892
Anthrobia acuminata James Henry ..., 1913
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin &..., 1935Cat-faced Spider
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Asagena americana James Henry ..., 1882Two-Spotted Cobweb Spider
Bathyphantes alboventris Richard C. B..., 1892
Bathyphantes gracilis Blackwall, 1841
Bathyphantes nigrinus Johan Peter ..., 1851
Bathyphantes pallidus (Banks, 1892)⇒ Agyneta angulata Emerton, 1882
Centromerus cornupalpis Octavius Pic..., 1875
Ceraticelus alticeps Irving Fox, 1891
Ceraticelus bulbosus James Henry ..., 1882
Ceraticelus fissiceps Octavius Pic..., 1874
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Diplostyla concolor Wider, 1834
Dipoena nigra (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridula nigerrima Alexander Pe..., 1911
Eidmannella pallida James Henry ..., 1875Cave cobweb spider
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Eridantes erigonoides James Henry ..., 1882
Erigone autumnalis James Henry ..., 1882Dwarf weaver
Erigone cristatopalpus Eugène Simon, 1884White meadowbeauty
Euryopis argentea Emerton, 1882
Euryopis funebris Hentz, 1850
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Eustala cepina Charles Atha..., 1842
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Grammonota maritima James Henry ..., 1925
Hentziectypus globosus Hentz, 1850
Hypselistes florens Octavius Pic..., 1875Peatland Sheetweb Weaver
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Islandiana flaveola Richard C. B..., 1892
Islandiana holmi Wilton Ivie, 1965
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Latrodectus variolus (Walckenaer, 1837)⇒ Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935
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 brevidentatus James Henry ..., 1909
Mermessus maculatus Richard C. B..., 1892Sheet-web spiders
Mermessus tridentatus James Henry ..., 1882Spider
Mermessus trilobatus James Henry ..., 1882
Mermessus undulatus James Henry ..., 1914
Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowshaped micrathena
Microlinyphia mandibulata James Henry ..., 1882
Microneta viaria Blackwall, 1841
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Neriene clathrata Sundevall, 1830
Neriene variabilis Richard C. B..., 1892
Pachygnatha autumnalis Marx, 1884Big-Eyed Thick-Jawed Spider
Pachygnatha brevis Eugen von Ke..., 1884Guinea ant
Parasteatoda tabulata Levi, 1980Comb-footed spider
Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841American house false widow spider
Pholcomma hirsutum James Henry ..., 1882
Rhomphaea fictilium Hentz, 1850Lizard Spider
Soulgas corticarius (James Henry ..., 1909)⇒ Oedothorax seminolus Wilton Ivie ..., 1935
Steatoda borealis Nicholas Mar..., 1850Boreal Combfoot
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider
Tennesseellum formica James Henry ..., 1882
Tenuiphantes sabulosus Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Tetragnatha branda Herbert W. Levi, 1981
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha straminea Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha trichodes trichodes Thorell, 1878
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842
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 frondeum Nicholas Mar..., 1850Eastern Long-Legged Cobweaver
Theridion murarium James Henry ..., 1882
Theridion pennsylvanicum James Henry ..., 1913
Theridula emertoni Herbert Walt..., 1954Emerton'S Bitubercled Cobweaver
Thymoites unimaculatus James Henry ..., 1882
Tidarren sisyphoides Charles Atha..., 1842Cobweb spiders
Tmeticus ornatus James Henry ..., 1914
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver
Walckenaeria arctica Millidge, 1983
Walckenaeria atrotibialis Octavius Pic..., 1878
Walckenaeria brevicornis James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria castanea James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria directa Octavius Pic..., 1874
Walckenaeria pallida James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria spiralis James Henry ..., 1882

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Cook County (Illinois)
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
12
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
20
42
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
11
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
15
21
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


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