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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Galveston County (Texas, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
38
87
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
33
79
92
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
25
71
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
25
71
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
24
70
86
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
24
70
86
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
23
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Galveston County
4 Families width 24 Species
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders11SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders10SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae (Menge, 1866)Elongated Orb Weavers2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Galveston County
23 Genera with 24 Species
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Agyneta Hull, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1870Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1873Dewdrop spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Spiny Backed Orb Weaver0SpeciesTaxom
Islandiana Braendegaard, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1775Black widow spider2SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841
Orchard Spider And Allies0SpeciesTaxom
Mastophora Holmberg, 1850Angling spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Mecynogea Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 18471SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1838Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1767Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Scoloderus Simon, 1887
0SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1802False black widows2SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1826Four-jawed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1957Tangle-Web Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 18421SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Galveston County
24 Species
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus illaudatus (Gertsch & Mu..., 1936)⇒ Araneus abigeatus Levi, 1975
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775Banded Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850
Argyrodes elevatus (WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw ..., 1873)⇒ Chrysso pulcherrima Mello-Leitao, 1917
Euryopis spinigera O. P.-Cambridge, 1895Cobweb spiders
Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898Orb weavers
Islandiana flaveola Richard C. B..., 1892
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790
Mastophora cornigera (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Mastophora hutchinsoni Willis J. Ge..., 1955
Mecynogea lemniscata Charles Atha..., 1842Basilica orbweaver
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Platnickina alabamensis Willis J. Ge..., 1942
Steatoda punctulata (Marx, 1898)⇒ Platnickina tincta Walckenaer, 1802
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898
Theridion llano Herbert Walt..., 1957
Tidarren sisyphoides Charles Atha..., 1842Cobweb spiders

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Galveston County
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
10
11
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
2
1
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
3
2
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
8
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org