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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region French Guiana (Northern South America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
86
304
574
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
68
256
477
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
39
211
414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
36
208
409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
30
188
379
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
30
188
379
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
54
112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for French Guiana
6 Families width 112 Species and 3 Subspecies
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders74SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders21SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers11SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881Ray orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Nesticidae Simon, 1894Cave cobweb spider1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for French Guiana
53 Genera with 112 Species
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Acacesia Simon, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Achaearanea Strand, 18733SpeciesTaxom
Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 186515SpeciesTaxom
Anelosimus Simon, 1850Social cobweb spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1842Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1873Dewdrop spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Azilia Keyserling, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Bertrana Keyserling, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinopsis Emerton, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
Comb-footed Spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Coleosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Cryptachaea Archer, 1942cobweb spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Dubiepeira Levi, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Emertonella Bryant, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Enacrosoma Mello-Leitao, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Eustacesia Caporiacco, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18385SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Hingstepeira Levi, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Hypognatha Guérin, 19962SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1893Orchard Spider And Allies4SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 20078SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 19955SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19541SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 201111SpeciesTaxom
Micrepeira Schenkel, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Naatlo Coddington, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Neospintharus Exline, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1772Banana spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Nephilengys L. Koch, 1942Hermit spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Nesticus Thorell, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Nusoncus Wunderlich, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Ocrepeira Marx, 20142SpeciesTaxom
Opas O. P.-Cambridge, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18731SpeciesTaxom
Plato Coddington, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Rhomphaea L. Koch, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Scoloderus Simon, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Sisicottus Bishop & Crosby, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Spintharus Hentz, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1942Four-jawed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1954Tangle-Web Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 18422SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 17782SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cam..., 19911SpeciesTaxom
Witica O. P.-Cambridge, 18731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for French Guiana
112 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acacesia cornigera (Petrunkevitch, 1925)⇒ Acacesia tenella L. Koch, 1871
Acacesia hamata Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Acacesia tenella L. Koch, 1871Orb weavers
Achaearanea hieroglyphica (Mello-Leitao, 1940)⇒ Cryptachaea ingijonathorum Buckup, Marq..., 2012
Achaearanea pusillana (Roewer, 1942)⇒ Cryptachaea pusillana Roewer, 1942
Achaearanea trapezoidalis Taczanowski, 1873Cobweb spiders
Alpaida antonio Levi, 1988
Alpaida audiberti Dierkens, 2014
Alpaida banos Levi, 1988
Alpaida boa Levi, 1988
Alpaida deborae Levi, 1988
Alpaida delicata Keyserling, 1892
Alpaida erythrothorax Taczanowski, 1873
Alpaida iquitos Levi, 1988
Alpaida marmorata Taczanowski, 1873
Alpaida monzon Levi, 1988
Alpaida monzon audiberti Dierkens, 2014
Alpaida oyapockensis Dierkens, 2014
Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Alpaida tayos Levi, 1988
Alpaida veniliae Keyserling, 1865Orb weavers
Anelosimus eximius Eugen von Ke..., 1884Cobweb spiders
Anelosimus studiosus (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Anelosimus fraternus Agnarsson, 2006
Araneus appendiculatus Taczanowski, 1873
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus pegnia Walckenaer, 1842Orb weavers
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Argyrodes benedicti Lopez, 1988
Argyrodes coactatus Lopez, 1988
Argyrodes elevatus (WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw ..., 1873)⇒ Chrysso pulcherrima Mello-Leitao, 1917
Azilia vachoni Caporiacco, 1954
Bertrana elinguis Keyserling, 1883
Ceratinopsis jelskii Keyserling, 1886
Coleosoma acutiventer Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Cryptachaea ingijonathorum Buckup, Marq..., 2012
Cryptachaea migrans Keyserling, 1884
Cryptachaea pusillana Roewer, 1942
Dubiepeira neptunina Cândido Firm..., 1948
Emertonella taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886Cobweb spiders
Enacrosoma anomalum Władysław ..., 1873
Episinus rio Herbert Walt..., 1967
Eriophora nephiloides O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Orb weavers
Eriophora tricentra (Zhu & Da-xia..., 1994)⇒ Plebs tricentrus Zhu & Song, 1994
Eustacesia albonotata Lodovico di ..., 1954
Eustala albicans Lodovico di ..., 1954
Eustala fuscovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1864Orb weavers
Eustala guianensis Władysław ..., 1873
Eustala lunulifera Cândido Firm..., 1939
Eustala tridentata Carl Ludwig ..., 1838
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Hingstepeira folisecens Hingston, 1932
Hypognatha deplanata Władysław ..., 1873
Hypognatha saut Herbert Walt..., 1996
Leucauge fagei (Caporiacco, 1954)⇒ Leucauge funebris Cândido Firm..., 1930
Leucauge funebris Cândido Firm..., 1930
Leucauge pulcherrima Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Leucauge taczanowskii Marx, 1893
Mangora brokopondo Levi, 2007
Mangora chavantina Levi, 2007
Mangora corocito Levi, 2007
Mangora hirtipes Taczanowski, 1878
Mangora ikuruwa Levi, 2007
Mangora isabel Levi, 2007
Mangora saut Levi, 2007
Mangora uraricoera Levi, 2007
Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842Basilica orbweaver
Metabus ocellatus Eugen von Ke..., 1864Longjawed orb weavers
Metazygia goeldii Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia manu Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia tanica Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia tapa Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metazygia yucumo Herbert Walt..., 1995
Metepeira brunneiceps Lodovico di ..., 1954
Micrathena beta Caporiacco, 1947
Micrathena clypeata Charles Atha..., 1805Orb weavers
Micrathena cyanospina Lucas, 1835
Micrathena evansi Arthur Merto..., 1960Orb weavers
Micrathena fissispina Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Micrathena lata Arthur Merto..., 1960
Micrathena pungens Charles Atha..., 1842
Micrathena schreibersi Josef Anton ..., 1833Orb weavers
Micrathena sexspinosa Carl Wilhelm..., 1822Orb weavers
Micrathena spinosa Linnaeus, 1758
Micrathena yanomami Magalhaes & ..., 2011
Micrepeira hoeferi Herbert Walt..., 1995
Micrepeira tubulofaciens Hingston, 1932
Naatlo splendida Taczanowski, 1879
Neospintharus triangularis Władysław ..., 1873Cobweb spiders
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Nephila clavipes fasciculata De Geer, 1778
Nephila cornuta Pallas, 1772
Nephilengys hirta (Roewer, 1942)⇒ Eustala fuscovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1864
Nesticus citrinus Władysław ..., 1874
Nusoncus nasutus Ehrenfried S..., 1925
Ocrepeira albopunctata Władysław ..., 1879
Ocrepeira maroni Dierkens, 2014
Opas caudacuta Taczanowski, 1873
Parawixia kochi Taczanowski, 1873
Plato juberthiei Lopez, 1996
Rhomphaea projiciens O. P.-Cambridge, 1896Cobweb spiders
Scoloderus tuberculifer Octavius Pic..., 1889Orb weavers
Sisicottus panopeus František M..., 1999
Spintharus flavidus Nicholas Mar..., 1850Cobweb spiders
Tetragnatha gibbula Roewer, 1942
Theridion incertissimum Lodovico di ..., 1954
Tidarren haemorrhoidale Philip Bertkau, 1880Cobweb spiders
Tidarren sisyphoides Charles Atha..., 1842Cobweb spiders
Trichonephila clavipes Linnaeus, 1767Golden silk spider
Trichonephila clavipes fasciculata De Geer, 1778
Verrucosa septemmammata Lodovico di ..., 1954
Wagneriana tayos Herbert Walt..., 1991Digger Bee
Witica cayanus Władysław ..., 1873

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in French Guiana
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
27
74
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
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyNesticidae
Simon, 1894
cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders, Comb-footed Cellar Spiders, Scaffold web spiders, Tangle web spiders
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
7
11
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
14
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTheridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


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