Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Crete (Aegean Islands, Greece)
List of families for Crete
5 Families width 60 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Crete
41 Genera with 60 Species #ACDEFGKLMNPSTWZ
| Agalenatea Archer, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agyneta Hull, 1980 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alioranus Simon, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araeoncus Simon, 2005 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1758 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1772 | Garden orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1998 | Three-lobed Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Didectoprocnemis Denis, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1884 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Erigonoplus Simon, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Frontinellina van Helsdingen, 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gibbaranea Archer, 1802 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gmogala Keyserling, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kryptonesticus Pavlek & Ribera, 1998 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Larinia Simon, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758 | Furrow spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1790 | Black widow spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepthyphantes Menge, 1945 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Linyphia Latreille, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maculoncus Wunderlich, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mecopisthes Simon, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megalepthyphantes Wunderlich, 2015 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microneta Menge, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1837 | Spotted orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neospintharus Exline, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nesticus Thorell, 1998 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Palliduphantes Saaristo & T..., 1980 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelecopsis Simon, 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 1942 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Savignia Blackwall, 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Simitidion Wunderlich, 1982 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sintula Simon, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1802 | False black widows | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tallusia Lehtinen & S..., 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1878 | Four-jawed spider | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Theonina Simon, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 2011 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Walckenaeria Blackwall, 1995 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 1757 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Crete
60 Species and 1 Subspecies | Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763 | | | Agyneta pseudorurestris Wunderlich, 1980 | | | Alioranus pastoralis Octavius Pic..., 1872 | | | Araeoncus humilis Blackwall, 1841 | | | Araeoncus tauricus Gnelitsa, 2005 | | | Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758 | Cross orbweaver | | Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772 | Orb-weaving Spider | | Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772 | Geometric spider | | Cyclosa groppalii Pesarini, 1998 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Didectoprocnemis cirtensis Eugène Simon, 1884 | | | Enoplognatha mariae Robert Bosma..., 1999 | | | Enoplognatha penelope Heikki Hippa..., 1982 | | | Enoplognatha quadripunctata Eugène Simon, 1884 | White meadowbeauty | | Erigonoplus spinifemuralis Dimitrov, 2003 | | | Frontinellina frutetorum C. L. Koch, 1834 | | | Gibbaranea bituberculata Walckenaer, 1802 | | | Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890 | | | Kryptonesticus beshkovi Deltshev, 1979 | | | Kryptonesticus henderickxi Bosselaers, 1998 | | | Larinia phthisica L. Koch, 1871 | | | Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758 | Furrow orb spider | | Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790 | European black widow | | Lepthyphantes beshkovi Deltshev, 1979 | | | Lepthyphantes brignolianus Deltshev, 1979 | | | Lepthyphantes kratochvili (Jean-Louis Fage, 1945) | ⇒ Lepthyphantes brignolianus Deltshev, 1979 | | Linyphia mimonti Eugène Simon, 1884 | White meadowbeauty | | Maculoncus parvipalpus Jörg Wunderl..., 1995 | | | Mecopisthes nasutus Jörg Wunderl..., 1995 | | | Megalepthyphantes minotaur Tanasevitch ..., 2015 | | | Microneta viaria Blackwall, 1841 | | | Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802 | | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Neospintharus syriacus Octavius Pic..., 1872 | | | Nesticus beshkovi Deltshev, 1979 | | | Nesticus henderickxi Bosselaers, 1998 | | | Palliduphantes malickyi Jörg Wunderl..., 1980 | | | Pelecopsis elongata Wider, 1834 | | | Platnickina alabamensis Willis J. Ge..., 1942 | | | Savignia naniplopi Bosselaers &..., 2002 | | | Simitidion agaricographum Levy & Amitai, 1982 | | | Sintula cretaensis Jörg Wunderl..., 1995 | | | Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778) | ⇒ Chrysso albomaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 | | Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838 | Brown house spider | | Steatoda paykulliana Walckenaer, 1805 | | | Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802 | Triangulate bud spider | | Tallusia vindobonensis Wladislaus K..., 1898 | | | Tenuiphantes flavipes John Blackwall, 1854 | Echinoderms | | Tenuiphantes tenuis Blackwall, 1852 | Dwarf weaver | | Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874 | Shadow Stretch-spider | | Tetragnatha trichodes trichodes Thorell, 1878 | | | Theonina cornix Eugène Simon, 1881 | | | Theridion adrianopoli Drensky, 1915 | | | Theridion corcyraeum Paolo Marcel..., 1984 | | | Theridion cretaensis Wunderlich, 1995 | | | Theridion helena Wunderlich, 2011 | | | Walckenaeria claviloba Jörg Wunderl..., 1995 | | | Walckenaeria cretaensis Jörg Wunderl..., 1995 | | | Walckenaeria hamus Jörg Wunderl..., 1995 | | | Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757) | ⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984 |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Crete | 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
12 | 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 | 20
26 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nesticidae
Simon, 1894
cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders, Comb-footed Cellar Spiders, Scaffold web spiders, Tangle web spiders | 2
4 | 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 | 8
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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