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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Fayette County (Kentucky, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
19
25
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
14
20
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
9
15
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
9
15
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
9
15
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
8
14
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
5
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Fayette County (Kentucky)
3 Families width 6 Species
Araneidae (Simon, 1895)Golden orb web spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae (Sundevall, 1833)Cobweb And Widow Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Fayette County (Kentucky)
5 Genera with 6 Species
Acacesia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1837Black widow spider1SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 2003Angling spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 18471SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Fayette County (Kentucky)
6 Species
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Latrodectus variolus (Walckenaer, 1837)⇒ Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Mastophora hutchinsoni Willis J. Ge..., 1955
Mastophora yeargani Herbert Walt..., 2003
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Fayette County (Kentucky)
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
3
4
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
1
1
Genus
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
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org