Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Ecuador (Northern South America)
List of families for Ecuador
10 Families width 553 Species | Anapidae Simon, 1895 | Anapid spiders | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Araneidae Simon, 1895 | Golden orb web spiders | 224 | Species | Taxom | | Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 | Dwarf spiders | 61 | Species | Taxom | | Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928 | Dwarf cobweb spiders | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Nesticidae Simon, 1894 | Cave cobweb spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931 | Dwarf orb-weavers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Synotaxidae Simon, 1894 | Synotaxid spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 | Elongated Orb Weavers | 59 | Species | Taxom | | Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 | Cobweb And Widow Spiders | 143 | Species | Taxom | | Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881 | Ray orbweavers | 16 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Ecuador | Family | Anapidae ♰
Simon, 1895
Anapid spiders, Tiny Orbweavers | 3
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | 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 | 51
224 | 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 | 29
61 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers | 4
29 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nesticidae
Simon, 1894
cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders, Comb-footed Cellar Spiders, Scaffold web spiders, Tangle web spiders | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Symphytognathidae
Hickman, 1931
Dwarf orb-weavers, Dwarf orbweavers | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Synotaxidae ♰
Simon, 1894
Synotaxid spiders | 1
3 | Genus
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 | 11
59 | Genera
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 | 42
143 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Theridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders | 7
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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