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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Corcovado National Park (Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
35
55
54
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
31
48
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
24
41
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
22
39
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
19
33
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
19
33
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
13
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Corcovado National Park
7 Families width 16 Species
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders6SpeciesTaxom
Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928Dwarf cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae (Menge, 1866)Elongated Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Synotaxidae Simon, 1894Synotaxid spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881Ray orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Corcovado National Park
13 Genera with 16 Species
Agyneta Hull, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1842Dewdrop spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Maymena Gertsch, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18224SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1767Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1884Comb-Clawed Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Synotaxus Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 1936Ray spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Wendilgarda Keyserling, 18861SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Corcovado National Park
16 Species
Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850
Episinus rio Herbert Walt..., 1967
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Mangora schneirlai Chickering, 1954Orb weavers
Maymena rica Platnick, 1993Minute litter spiders
Micrathena brevipes Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Micrathena furcula Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Micrathena mitrata Nicholas Mar..., 1850Orb Weavers
Micrathena sexspinosa Carl Wilhelm..., 1822Orb weavers
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Parasteatoda nigrovittata Keyserling, 1884
Synotaxus turbinatus Eugène Simon, 1895
Theridiosoma zygops Chamberlin &..., 1936Ray spiders
Thymoites notabilis Herbert Walt..., 1959Cobweb spiders
Thymoites stylifrons Eugène Simon, 1894Cobweb spiders
Wendilgarda mexicana Keyserling, 1886

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Corcovado National Park
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
3
6
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
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilySynotaxidae
Simon, 1894
Synotaxid 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
1
1
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
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTheridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org