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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
55
103
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
48
94
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
27
57
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
26
55
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
21
48
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
21
48
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
16
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Darwin
3 Families width 16 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders12SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Darwin
16 Genera with 16 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1859Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1871Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Ariamnes Thorell, 1869
Whip spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1866
Three-lobed Spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1960Tent spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Deliochus Simon, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 1809
0SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1864Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Keijia Kocak & Kemal, 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1870Black widow spider2SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1804Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 20062SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Darwin
16 Species
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
Argiope katherina Levi, 1983
Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Cyrtophora monulfi Pater Chrysa..., 1960
Deliochus humilis L.Koch, 1867
Eriophora biapicata Ludwig Carl ..., 1871Australian Garden Orb Weaver Spider
Gasteracantha westringi Eugen von Ke..., 1864
Larinia phthisica L. Koch, 1871
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870Jockey Spider
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Nephila plumipes Latreille, 1804Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider
Poltys illepidus C. L. Koch, 1843
Poltys milledgei Smith, 2006

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Darwin
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
10
12
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
2
2
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
4
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org