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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region El Salvador (Central America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
116
326
560
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
100
296
522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
47
212
428
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
45
207
424
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
39
196
407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
39
196
407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
77
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for El Salvador
7 Families width 194 Species and 2 Subspecies
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders93SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders71SpeciesTaxom
Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931Dwarf orb-weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers22SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928Dwarf cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881Ray orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for El Salvador
77 Genera with 194 Species
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Acacesia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Acanthepeira Marx, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Achaearanea Strand, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 19481SpeciesTaxom
Allocyclosa Levi, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 18654SpeciesTaxom
Anapistula Gertsch, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Anelosimus Simon, 1916Social cobweb spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1991Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers6SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1873Dewdrop spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Azilia Keyserling, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Chrosiothes Simon, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometa Simon, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 1911Comb-footed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Coleosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 19442SpeciesTaxom
Cryptachaea Archer, 1884cobweb spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1889Three-lobed Spiders6SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Edricus O. P.-Cambridge, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Emertonella Bryant, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Eperigone Crosby & Bishop, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Erigone Audouin, 1882Black Dwarf Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18443SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19558SpeciesTaxom
Faiditus Keyserling, 18844SpeciesTaxom
Frontinella Cambridge, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1842Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Hentziectypus Archer, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Kaira O. P.-Cambridge, 1916Frilled Orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Kapogea Levi, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1790Black widow spider10SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies5SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18897SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1955Angling spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Mecynometa Simon, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Metargyra F. O. P.-Cam..., 18891SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18945SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19034SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 195511SpeciesTaxom
Microdipoena Banks, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Mysmenopsis Simon, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Neopisinus Marques, Buc..., 18931SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Neospintharus Exline, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1778Banana spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Nihonhimea Yoshida, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Notiohyphantes Millidge, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1884Comb-Clawed Spider2SpeciesTaxom
Paratheridula Levi, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18893SpeciesTaxom
Phycosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Rhomphaea L. Koch, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Scoloderus Simon, 18893SpeciesTaxom
Spintharus Hentz, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1896False black widows4SpeciesTaxom
Stemmops O. P.-Cambridge, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Styposis Simon, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1884Four-jawed spider8SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1899Tangle-Web Spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 19576SpeciesTaxom
Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 18423SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 17782SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 18892SpeciesTaxom
Wendilgarda Keyserling, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Witica O. P.-Cambridge, 18652SpeciesTaxom


Species list for El Salvador
194 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Achaearanea nigrovittata (Eugen von Ke..., 1884)⇒ Parasteatoda nigrovittata Keyserling, 1884
Aculepeira travassosi Soares & Cam..., 1948Orb weavers
Allocyclosa bifurca McCook, 1887Orb weavers
Alpaida championi O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Alpaida septemmammata O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Alpaida truncata Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Anapistula secreta Gertsch, 1941Minute litter spiders
Anelosimus chickeringi Herbert Walt..., 1956Cobweb spiders
Anelosimus elegans Agnarsson, 2006Cobweb spiders
Anelosimus jucundus (Octavius Pic..., 1896)⇒ Anelosimus tosus Ralph Vary C..., 1916
Anelosimus oritoyacu Agnarsson, 2006Odorous house ant
Anelosimus puravida Agnarsson, 2006Cobweb spiders
Anelosimus studiosus (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Anelosimus fraternus Agnarsson, 2006
Anelosimus tosus Ralph Vary C..., 1916Bicolor cactussnail
Araneus detrimentosus O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus expletus O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus flavus O. P.-Cambridge, 1894Orb weavers
Araneus lineatipes O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Araneus pegnia Walckenaer, 1842Orb weavers
Araneus selva Levi, 1991Digger Bee
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope blanda Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Argiope savignyi Levi, 1968
Argiope submaronica (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Argyrodes elevatus (WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw ..., 1873)⇒ Chrysso pulcherrima Mello-Leitao, 1917
Argyrodes nephilae Władysław ..., 1873
Azilia affinis Octavius Pic..., 1893Longjawed orb weavers
Chrosiothes silvaticus Simon, 1894Cobweb spiders
Chrosiothes tonala Herbert Walt..., 1954Cobweb spiders
Chrysometa alboguttata Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa palenque Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysso cambridgei Alexander Pe..., 1911Cobweb spiders
Coleosoma acutiventer Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Coleosoma normale Elizabeth Ba..., 1944
Cryptachaea porteri Banks, 1896Cobweb spiders
Cryptachaea rostrata O. P.-Cambridge, 1896Cobweb spiders
Cryptachaea taeniata Keyserling, 1884Cobweb spiders
Cyclosa caroli Hentz, 1850Orb weavers
Cyclosa conigera Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Cyclosa diversa Octavius Pic..., 1894Orb weavers
Cyclosa nodosa Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Cyclosa turbinata Charles Atha..., 1842Orb weavers
Cyclosa walckenaeri O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Dipoena dorsata Muma, 1944Cobweb spiders
Dolichognatha pentagona Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Edricus productus Octavius Pic..., 1896
Emertonella taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886Cobweb spiders
Eperigone eschatologica (Crosby, 1924)⇒ Mermessus denticulatus Richard C. B..., 1898
Episinus cognatus (Octavius Pic..., 1893)⇒ Neopisinus putus O. P.-Cambridge, 1894
Erigone autumnalis James Henry ..., 1882Dwarf weaver
Eriophora edax Blackwall, 1863Orb weavers
Eriophora nephiloides O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Eriophora ravilla C. L. Koch, 1844Orb weavers
Euryopis lineatipes O. P.-Cambridge, 1893Cobweb spiders
Euryopis spinigera O. P.-Cambridge, 1895Cobweb spiders
Eustala bifida Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Eustala clavispina Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Eustala devia Willis J. Ge..., 1936Orb weavers
Eustala fuscovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Eustala guttata Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Eustala ingenua Arthur Merto..., 1955Orb weavers
Eustala latebricola Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Eustala longembola (Arthur Merto..., 1955)⇒ Eustala ingenua Arthur Merto..., 1955
Faiditus americanus Władysław ..., 1874Cobweb spiders
Faiditus convolutus H. Exline & ..., 1962Cobweb spiders
Faiditus dracus Ralph Vary C..., 1936Cobweb spiders
Faiditus globosus Eugen von Ke..., 1884Cobweb spiders
Frontinella omega Otto Kraus, 1955Sheet-web spiders
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gasteracantha irradiata Charles Atha..., 1842
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Glenognatha spherella Chamberlin &..., 1936
Hentziectypus florendidus Levi, 1959Cobweb spiders
Hentziectypus florens O. P.-Cambridge, 1896Cobweb spiders
Kaira altiventer Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Kaira gibberosa Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Kaira sexta Ralph Vary C..., 1916Bicolor cactussnail
Kapogea cyrtophoroides Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Larinia directa Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Latrodectus diaguita Carcavallo, 1960
Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935Western black widow
Latrodectus karrooensis Smithers, 1944
Latrodectus katipo Powell, 1871Red Katipo
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790
Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902
Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790European black widow
Leucauge argyra Walckenaer, 1842Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge argyrobapta (White, 1841)⇒ Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Leucauge globosa O. Pickard-C..., 1889
Leucauge idonea Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Mangora calcarifera F. O. P.-Cam..., 1904Orb weavers
Mangora chicanna Levi, 2005Orb weavers
Mangora fascialata Franganillo, 1936Orb weavers
Mangora melanocephala Taczanowski, 1874Orb weavers
Mangora mobilis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889)⇒ Mangora amchickeringi Levi, 2005
Mangora passiva O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Mangora picta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889)⇒ Mangora melanocephala Taczanowski, 1874
Mastophora cornigera (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Mastophora hutchinsoni Willis J. Ge..., 1955
Mastophora leucabulba Willis J. Ge..., 1955Orb weavers
Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842Basilica orbweaver
Mecynometa globosa Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Mermessus denticulatus Richard C. B..., 1898
Metabus debilis Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Metargyra debilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1889)⇒ Metabus debilis Octavius Pic..., 1889
Metazygia incerta Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Metazygia laticeps Octavius Pic..., 1889
Metazygia pallidula Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Metazygia voluptifica Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Metazygia wittfeldae Henry Christ..., 1894Orb weavers
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Metepeira minima Willis J. Ge..., 1936Orb weavers
Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Metepeira uncata Frederick Oc..., 1903Orb weavers
Micrathena duodecimspinosa Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Micrathena flaveola Josef Anton ..., 1839Orb weavers
Micrathena funebris Marx, 1898Orb weavers
Micrathena furcula Octavius Pic..., 1890Orb weavers
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Micrathena horrida Władysław ..., 1873Orb weavers
Micrathena mitrata Nicholas Mar..., 1850Orb Weavers
Micrathena quadriserrata Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Micrathena saccata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836Orb weavers
Micrathena sexspinosa Carl Wilhelm..., 1822Orb weavers
Micrathena zilchi Otto Kraus, 1955Orb weavers
Microdipoena guttata Banks, 1895
Neopisinus cognatus O.Pickard-Ca..., 1893Cobweb spiders
Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875Orb weavers
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Neospintharus furcatus O. P.-Cambridge, 1894Cobweb spiders
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Nephila clavipes fasciculata De Geer, 1778
Nihonhimea tesselata Keyserling, 1884
Notiohyphantes excelsus Eugen von Ke..., 1886Sheet-web spiders
Ocrepeira redempta Willis J. Ge..., 1936Orb weavers
Ocrepeira subrufa Frederick Oc..., 1904Orb weavers
Parasteatoda nigrovittata Keyserling, 1884
Parasteatoda tesselata Keyserling, 1884Cobweb spiders
Paratheridula perniciosa Eugen von Ke..., 1886Cobweb spiders
Parawixia hoxaea O.P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Parawixia hypocrita O.P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Parawixia rigida O.P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Phycosoma lineatipes Elizabeth Ba..., 1933
Rhomphaea projiciens O. P.-Cambridge, 1896Cobweb spiders
Scoloderus cordatus (WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw ..., 1879)⇒ Scoloderus nigriceps Octavius Pic..., 1895
Scoloderus gibber Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Scoloderus tuberculifer Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Spintharus flavidus Nicholas Mar..., 1850Cobweb spiders
Steatoda anchorata Holmberg, 1876
Steatoda ancorata Holmberg, 1876Cobweb spiders
Steatoda moesta Octavius Pic..., 1896Cobweb spiders
Steatoda quadrimaculata Octavius Pic..., 1896Cobweb spiders
Stemmops bicolor Octavius Pic..., 1894Cobweb spiders
Stemmops questus Herbert Walt..., 1955
Styposis clausis Herbert Walt..., 1960Cobweb spiders
Tetragnatha bogotensis Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha cognata Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898
Tetragnatha tenuis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha vermiformis Emerton, 1884
Theridion evexum (Eugen von Ke..., 1884)⇒ Theridion omiltemi Herbert Walt..., 1959
Theridion grecia Herbert Walt..., 1959Cobweb spiders
Theridion istokpoga Herbert Walt..., 1957Cobweb spiders
Theridion omiltemi Herbert Walt..., 1959Cobweb spiders
Theridion salvadorense Kraus, 1955
Theridion santaanae Kraus, 1955
Theridion tessellatum Tord Tamerla..., 1899Black carpenter ant
Thymoites caracasanus Eugène Simon, 1895Cobweb spiders
Thymoites confraternus Richard C. B..., 1898
Thymoites delicatulus Herbert Walt..., 1959
Thymoites illudens Willis J. Ge..., 1936
Thymoites maderae Willis J. Ge..., 1942Cobweb spiders
Thymoites missionensis Herbert Walt..., 1957Cobweb spiders
Tidarren haemorrhoidale Philip Bertkau, 1880Cobweb spiders
Tidarren mixtum (Octavius Pic..., 1896)⇒ Tidarren haemorrhoidale Philip Bertkau, 1880
Tidarren sisyphoides Charles Atha..., 1842Cobweb spiders
Trichonephila clavipes Linnaeus, 1767Golden silk spider
Trichonephila clavipes fasciculata De Geer, 1778
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver
Verrucosa undecimvariolata Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Wagneriana spicata Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Wagneriana tauricornis Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Wendilgarda clara Keyserling, 1886Ray spiders
Witica crassicauda Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Witica crassicaudus Eugen von Ke..., 1865

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in El Salvador
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
30
93
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
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySymphytognathidae
Hickman, 1931
Dwarf orb-weavers, Dwarf orbweavers
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
10
22
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
28
71
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTheridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


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