Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)
List of families for Ethiopia
5 Families width 103 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for Ethiopia
51 Genera with 103 Species #ABCEGLMNOPSTW
| Afromynoglenes Merrett & Ru..., 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afroneta Holm, 1996 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Afrophantes Tanasevitch, 2025 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Agalenatea Archer, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agyneta Hull, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arachnura Vinson, 1863 | Tailed spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1906 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1940 | Dewdrop spiders | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Artonis Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Buibui Griswold, 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callitrichia Fage, 2023 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Canariphantes Wunderlich, 2025 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crustulina Menge, 1881 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1906 | Tent spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episinus Walckenaer, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eriophora Simon, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euryopis Menge, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glenognatha Simon, 1876 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gmogala Keyserling, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Laminafroneta Merrett, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Larinia Simon, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Larinioides Caporiacco, 1940 | Furrow spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepthyphantes Menge, 1978 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1863 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Linyphia Latreille, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meta C. L. Koch, 1883 | Cave Orb Weavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metaleptyphantes Locket, 2025 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metellina Chamberlin &..., 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microcyba Holm, 2023 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1875 | Spotted orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1842 | Banana spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedothorax Bertkau, 1978 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ostearius Hull, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1906 | Thickjawed Orb Weavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parameta Simon, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelecopsis Simon, 2023 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Prasonica Simon, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pronous Keyserling, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudartonis Simon, 1947 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Savignia Blackwall, 2023 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Singafrotypa Benoit, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1906 | False black widows | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1940 | Four-jawed spider | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1947 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Trichonephila Dahl, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tybaertiella Jocqué, 1979 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Typhistes Simon, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Walckenaeria Blackwall, 2023 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ethiopia
103 Species and 4 Subspecies | Afromynoglenes parkeri Merrett & Ru..., 1996 | | | Afroneta blesti Merrett & Ru..., 1996 | | | Afroneta locketi (Merrett & Ru..., 1996) | ⇒ Laminafroneta locketi Merrett & Ru..., 1996 | | Afroneta millidgei Merrett & Ru..., 1996 | | | Afroneta snazelli Merrett & Ru..., 1996 | | | Afrophantes acuminifrons Bosmans, 1978 | | | Afrophantes bituberculatus Bosmans, 1978 | | | Afrophantes bryocola Tanasevitch, 2025 | | | Afrophantes chilalo Tanasevitch, 2025 | | | Afrophantes legatus Tanasevitch, 2025 | | | Agalenatea liriope L. Koch, 1875 | | | Agyneta prosectes Locket, 1968 | | | Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863 | | | Araneus aballensis Strand, 1906 | | | Araneus adiantiformis Caporiacco, 1941 | | | Araneus akakensis Strand, 1906 | | | Araneus albiaculeis Strand, 1906 | | | Araneus braueri Strand, 1906 | | | Araneus cereolus Simon, 1885 | | | Araneus chiaramontei Caporiacco, 1940 | | | Araneus cyclops Caporiacco, 1940 | | | Araneus demoniacus Caporiacco, 1939 | | | Araneus ladschicola Strand, 1906 | | | Araneus margaritae Caporiacco, 1940 | | | Araneus masculus Caporiacco, 1941 | | | Araneus oxygaster Caporiacco, 1940 | | | Araneus petersi Karsch, 1878 | | | Araneus sulfurinus Pavesi, 1883 | | | Araneus ursimorphus Strand, 1906 | | | Argyrodes atriapicatus Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Argyrodes sextuberculosus dilutior Caporiacco, 1940 | | | Argyrodes strandi Lodovico di ..., 1940 | Burrow worms | | Argyrodes vatovae Lodovico di ..., 1940 | Burrow worms | | Artonis gallana Pavesi, 1895 | | | Buibui abyssinica Charles E. G..., 2001 | | | Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793 | African bark orb-web spider | | Callitrichia asela Tanasevitch, 2023 | | | Callitrichia pilosa Rudy Jocqué ..., 1986 | | | Callitrichia protegularis Tanasevitch, 2023 | | | Canariphantes trichofer Tanasevitch, 2025 | | | Crustulina lineiventris (Pavesi, 1884) | ⇒ Crustulina scabripes Eugène Simon, 1881 | | Crustulina molesta Pavesi, 1883 | | | Crustulina scabripes Eugène Simon, 1881 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Cyrtophora citricola abessinensis Strand, 1906 | | | Enoplognatha procerula Eugène Simon, 1909 | | | Episinus taibeli Lodovico di ..., 1949 | | | Eriophora neufvilleorum Roger de Les..., 1930 | | | Euryopis potteri Eugène Simon, 1901 | | | Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Glenognatha argyrostilba O. Pickard-C..., 1876 | | | Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890 | | | Laminafroneta locketi Merrett & Ru..., 1996 | | | Larinia strandi Lodovico di ..., 1941 | | | Larinioides subinermis (Caporiacco, 1940) | ⇒ Singafrotypa subinermis Caporiacco, 1940 | | Lepthyphantes acuminifrons Robert Bosmans, 1978 | | | Lepthyphantes bituberculatus Robert Bosmans, 1978 | | | Lepthyphantes simiensis Robert Bosmans, 1978 | | | Leucauge abbajae Strand, 1907 | Carpenter bees | | Leucauge abyssinica Strand, 1907 | Carpenter bees | | Leucauge camelina Caporiacco, 1940 | | | Leucauge festiva Blackwall, 1866 | | | Leucauge levanderi Kulczynski, 1901 | | | Leucauge undulata Vinson, 1863 | | | Linyphia lineola Pavesi, 1883 | | | Meta longipalpis Pavesi, 1883 | | | Metaleptyphantes subclavator Tanasevitch, 2025 | | | Metellina longipalpis Pavesi, 1883 | | | Microcyba magna Tanasevitch, 2023 | | | Microcyba oromia Tanasevitch, 2023 | | | Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875 | Orb weavers | | Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842 | Banded Golden Orb Spider | | Oedothorax nazareti Scharff, 1989 | | | Oedothorax pilosus Jörg Wunderl..., 1978 | | | Ostearius melanopygius O. P.-Cambridge, 1879 | | | Pachygnatha africana Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Parameta defecta Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Pelecopsis alticola elgonensis Holm, 1962 | | | Pelecopsis arsi Tanasevitch, 2023 | | | Prasonica olivacea Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Pseudartonis flavonigra Lodovico di ..., 1947 | | | Savignia ericola Tanasevitch, 2023 | | | Singafrotypa subinermis Caporiacco, 1940 | Burrow worms | | Steatoda paykulliana obsoleta Strand, 1908 | | | Steatoda violacea Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Tetragnatha cephalothoracis Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Tetragnatha jubensis Pavesi, 1895 | | | Tetragnatha lamperti Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Tetragnatha obscuriceps Caporiacco, 1940 | | | Tetragnatha paludis Caporiacco, 1940 | | | Tetragnatha sidama Caporiacco, 1940 | | | Theridion albolineolatum Lodovico di ..., 1940 | | | Theridion brunellii Lodovico di ..., 1940 | | | Theridion clypeatellum Albert Tullgren, 1910 | | | Theridion darolense Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Theridion hewitti Lodovico di ..., 1949 | | | Theridion lamperti Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Theridion ursoi Lodovico di ..., 1947 | | | Trichonephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1841 | Banded Golden Orb Weaver | | Tybaertiella peniculifer Jocqué, 1979 *, 0 | | | Tybaertiella peniculifera Rudy Jocqué, 1979 | | | Typhistes elephas Lucien Berland, 1922 | | | Walckenaeria trivialis Tanasevitch, 2023 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Ethiopia | 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 | 16
31 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cyatholipidae ♰
Simon, 1894
Cyatholipid spiders, Cyatholipids | 1
1 | Genus
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 | 18
33 | 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 | 8
18 | 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 | 8
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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