Araneoidea (Latreille 1806) ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Superfamily

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Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
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Taxonomy of Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	1342 20133 198818	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	1080 16061 173944	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	282 7084 82599	Families Genera Species
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	242 6840 80976	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 True Spiders	128 5852 73566	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Araneomorphi Smith, 1902	120 5804 73277	Families Genera Species
Group	Entelogynae Simon, 1893	97 5220 64610	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Araneoidea Latreille, 1806	22 1814 22268	Families Genera Species

Subnodes of Araneoidea Latreille, 1806

Family	Anapidae ♰ Simon, 1895 Anapid spiders, Tiny Orbweavers	55 226	Genera Species
Family	Araneidae Simon, 1895 Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders	324 6137	Genera Species
Family	Argiopidae Simon, 1890 ⇒ Araneidae Orb-weaving spider	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Cretamysmenidae Wunderlich, 2018	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Cyatholipidae ♰ Simon, 1894 Cyatholipid spiders, Cyatholipids	31 82	Genera Species
Family	Ephalmatoridae ♰ Petrunkevitch, 1958	1 13	Genus Species
Family	Gasteracanthidae Elgar & al., 1990 ⇒ Gasteracanthinae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Juraraneidae ♰ Eskov, 1984	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Linyphdae Blackwall, 1859 ⇒ Linyphiidae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 Dwarf spiders, Dwarf weavers, Lattice web spiders	858 8175	Genera Species
Family	Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928 Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers	35 257	Genera Species
Family	Nephilidae Simon, 1894 ⇒ Nephilinae Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders	1 0	Genus Species
Family	Nesticidae Simon, 1894 Cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders	37 451	Genera Species
Family	Pimoidae Wunderlich, 1986 Pimoid spiders	7 116	Genera Species
Family	Pumiliopimoidae ♰ Wunderlich, 2008	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Symphtognathidae Hickman, 1931 ⇒ Symphytognathidae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931 Dwarf orb-weavers, Dwarf orbweavers	9 117	Genera Species
Family	Synaphridae ♰ Wunderlich, 1986 Midget Spiders	4 14	Genera Species
Family	Synotaxidae ♰ Simon, 1894 Synotaxid spiders	28 116	Genera Species
Family	Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider	108 1797	Genera Species
Family	Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders	272 4556	Genera Species
Family	Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881 Ray orbweavers, Ray spider, Ray spiders	41 208	Genera Species

Synonyms

Symphytognathoidea (Hajer & Řeháková, 2003)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Araneoidea

German

Radnetzspinnen

Distribution and Species lists of Araneoidea Latreille, 1806

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Afghanistan
6 Families  41 Genera  64 SpeciesAlbania
5 Families  90 Genera  197 SpeciesAlgeria
5 Families  72 Genera  184 SpeciesAndorra
4 Families  47 Genera  82 SpeciesAngola
7 Families  59 Genera  102 SpeciesAntigua and Barbuda
2 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesArgentina
11 Families  183 Genera  671 SpeciesArmenia
4 Families  20 Genera  26 SpeciesAustralia
12 Families  237 Genera  1091 SpeciesAustria
8 Families  226 Genera  744 SpeciesAzerbaijan
6 Families  58 Genera  83 SpeciesBahamas
6 Families  40 Genera  59 SpeciesBangladesh
4 Families  23 Genera  54 SpeciesBarbados
3 Families  7 Genera  9 SpeciesBelarus
5 Families  132 Genera  308 SpeciesBelgium
7 Families  205 Genera  570 SpeciesBelize
8 Families  72 Genera  137 SpeciesBenin
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesBhutan
4 Families  8 Genera  8 SpeciesBolivia
7 Families  100 Genera  241 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
5 Families  44 Genera  78 SpeciesBotswana
5 Families  35 Genera  44 SpeciesBrazil
10 Families  218 Genera  1552 SpeciesBrunei
5 Families  17 Genera  19 SpeciesBulgaria
8 Families  167 Genera  462 SpeciesBurkina Faso
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBurundi
5 Families  8 Genera  14 SpeciesCambodia
3 Families  22 Genera  42 SpeciesCameroon
6 Families  78 Genera  157 SpeciesCanada
9 Families  254 Genera  937 SpeciesCape Verde
7 Families  73 Genera  152 SpeciesCentral African Republic
2 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesChad
3 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesChile
9 Families  122 Genera  338 SpeciesChina
10 Families  434 Genera  2413 SpeciesColombia
9 Families  176 Genera  803 SpeciesComoros
5 Families  31 Genera  46 SpeciesCook Islands
4 Families  7 Genera  6 SpeciesCosta Rica
10 Families  133 Genera  428 SpeciesCroatia
7 Families  122 Genera  323 SpeciesCuba
8 Families  89 Genera  161 SpeciesCyprus
4 Families  35 Genera  50 SpeciesCzech Republic
9 Families  204 Genera  543 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
8 Families  54 Genera  107 SpeciesDenmark
12 Families  219 Genera  507 SpeciesDjibouti
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesDominica
4 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesDominican Republic
9 Families  84 Genera  170 SpeciesEast Timor
3 Families  13 Genera  11 SpeciesEcuador
10 Families  152 Genera  553 SpeciesEgypt
5 Families  23 Genera  43 SpeciesEl Salvador
7 Families  77 Genera  194 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
5 Families  29 Genera  50 SpeciesEritrea
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesEstonia
10 Families  180 Genera  410 SpeciesEthiopia
5 Families  51 Genera  103 SpeciesFiji
9 Families  31 Genera  48 SpeciesFinland
5 Families  182 Genera  481 SpeciesFrance
11 Families  310 Genera  1107 SpeciesGabon
5 Families  29 Genera  34 SpeciesGambia
3 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesGeorgia
6 Families  93 Genera  147 SpeciesGermany
11 Families  286 Genera  996 SpeciesGhana
3 Families  14 Genera  20 SpeciesGreece
9 Families  170 Genera  512 SpeciesGrenada
3 Families  8 Genera  9 SpeciesGuatemala
9 Families  113 Genera  325 SpeciesGuinea
3 Families  8 Genera  9 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
3 Families  13 Genera  17 SpeciesGuyana
9 Families  62 Genera  122 SpeciesHaiti
4 Families  31 Genera  53 SpeciesHonduras
8 Families  105 Genera  264 SpeciesHungary
8 Families  152 Genera  392 SpeciesIceland
6 Families  112 Genera  260 SpeciesIndia
10 Families  260 Genera  865 SpeciesIndonesia
10 Families  242 Genera  811 SpeciesIran
7 Families  100 Genera  225 SpeciesIraq
3 Families  11 Genera  18 SpeciesIreland
5 Families  159 Genera  366 SpeciesIsrael
7 Families  70 Genera  131 SpeciesItaly
10 Families  251 Genera  1032 SpeciesIvory Coast
5 Families  24 Genera  29 SpeciesJamaica
10 Families  68 Genera  108 SpeciesJapan
10 Families  259 Genera  913 SpeciesJordan
3 Families  8 Genera  12 SpeciesKazakhstan
4 Families  123 Genera  292 SpeciesKenya
8 Families  87 Genera  241 SpeciesKiribati
2 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesKosovo
4 Families  11 Genera  14 SpeciesKuwait
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesKyrgyzstan
4 Families  67 Genera  104 SpeciesLaos
9 Families  83 Genera  188 SpeciesLatvia
10 Families  156 Genera  346 SpeciesLebanon
4 Families  26 Genera  30 SpeciesLesotho
4 Families  10 Genera  8 SpeciesLiberia
4 Families  25 Genera  31 SpeciesLibya
3 Families  10 Genera  20 SpeciesLiechtenstein
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesLithuania
10 Families  156 Genera  339 SpeciesLuxembourg
6 Families  127 Genera  302 SpeciesMadagascar
10 Families  102 Genera  229 SpeciesMalawi
5 Families  35 Genera  43 SpeciesMalaysia
9 Families  106 Genera  208 SpeciesMaldives
3 Families  12 Genera  13 SpeciesMali
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesMalta
4 Families  20 Genera  26 SpeciesMarshall Islands
2 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesMauritania
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMauritius
5 Families  38 Genera  55 SpeciesMexico
9 Families  175 Genera  822 SpeciesMicronesia
5 Families  32 Genera  53 SpeciesMoldova
4 Families  66 Genera  126 SpeciesMonaco
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMongolia
4 Families  84 Genera  137 SpeciesMontenegro
6 Families  29 Genera  52 SpeciesMorocco
4 Families  49 Genera  124 SpeciesMozambique
5 Families  44 Genera  66 SpeciesMyanmar
7 Families  84 Genera  246 SpeciesNamibia
6 Families  37 Genera  72 SpeciesNepal
8 Families  68 Genera  177 SpeciesNetherlands
8 Families  214 Genera  608 SpeciesNew Zealand
10 Families  115 Genera  390 SpeciesNicaragua
8 Families  101 Genera  244 SpeciesNiger
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesNigeria
4 Families  25 Genera  39 SpeciesNiue
4 Families  7 Genera  8 SpeciesNorth Korea
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesNorway
7 Families  216 Genera  637 SpeciesOman
3 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesPakistan
5 Families  61 Genera  129 SpeciesPalau
4 Families  22 Genera  31 SpeciesPalestine
4 Families  9 Genera  17 SpeciesPanama
10 Families  146 Genera  588 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
9 Families  70 Genera  242 SpeciesParaguay
6 Families  71 Genera  187 SpeciesPeru
8 Families  146 Genera  672 SpeciesPhilippines
8 Families  81 Genera  267 SpeciesPoland
12 Families  243 Genera  639 SpeciesPortugal
10 Families  243 Genera  786 SpeciesRepublic of the Congo
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
10 Families  187 Genera  427 SpeciesRomania
7 Families  174 Genera  529 SpeciesRussia
15 Families  468 Genera  1679 SpeciesRwanda
6 Families  32 Genera  56 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
3 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesSaint Lucia
4 Families  17 Genera  23 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
7 Families  35 Genera  47 SpeciesSamoa
7 Families  29 Genera  59 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
5 Families  17 Genera  29 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
2 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesSenegal
3 Families  12 Genera  26 SpeciesSerbia
6 Families  157 Genera  372 SpeciesSeychelles
8 Families  66 Genera  120 SpeciesSierra Leone
4 Families  16 Genera  23 SpeciesSingapore
7 Families  57 Genera  126 SpeciesSlovakia
8 Families  193 Genera  543 SpeciesSlovenia
8 Families  158 Genera  394 SpeciesSolomon Islands
6 Families  68 Genera  126 SpeciesSomalia
4 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesSouth Korea
8 Families  110 Genera  252 SpeciesSouth Sudan
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSpain
11 Families  258 Genera  903 SpeciesSri Lanka
7 Families  83 Genera  174 SpeciesSudan
4 Families  13 Genera  17 SpeciesSuriname
7 Families  45 Genera  75 SpeciesSweden
11 Families  285 Genera  878 SpeciesSwitzerland
8 Families  217 Genera  635 SpeciesSyria
4 Families  8 Genera  12 SpeciesTaiwan
10 Families  175 Genera  873 SpeciesTajikistan
4 Families  16 Genera  19 SpeciesTanzania
7 Families  96 Genera  273 SpeciesThailand
8 Families  102 Genera  212 SpeciesTogo
3 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesTonga
4 Families  12 Genera  14 SpeciesTransnistria
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
8 Families  62 Genera  122 SpeciesTunisia
6 Families  40 Genera  68 SpeciesTurkey
8 Families  152 Genera  388 SpeciesTurkmenistan
5 Families  31 Genera  42 SpeciesTuvalu
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesUganda
6 Families  43 Genera  67 SpeciesUkraine
10 Families  193 Genera  531 SpeciesUnited Arab Emirates
3 Families  9 Genera  9 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
10 Families  287 Genera  803 SpeciesUruguay
6 Families  46 Genera  81 SpeciesUSA
11 Families  366 Genera  2105 SpeciesUzbekistan
4 Families  31 Genera  39 SpeciesVanuatu
4 Families  21 Genera  58 SpeciesVenezuela
9 Families  114 Genera  327 SpeciesVietnam
9 Families  96 Genera  189 SpeciesYemen
4 Families  26 Genera  51 SpeciesZambia
5 Families  24 Genera  25 SpeciesZimbabwe
8 Families  43 Genera  56 Species

Distribution on islands

Found in fossile formations

Florissant Fossil Beds
4 Families  12 Genera  32 SpeciesGreen River Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMuch Wenlock Limestone Formation
4 Families  24 Genera  28 SpeciesPosidonia Shale
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRott Formation
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesTiaojishan Formation
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesWellington Formation
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesYixian Formation
2 Families  3 Genera  6 Species

Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)

Links, sources and further information

Araneoidea at irmng.org