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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Gambia (West Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
42
60
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
38
56
79
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
20
36
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
18
33
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
18
33
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
18
33
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

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


List of families for Gambia
3 Families width 6 Species
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Gambia
6 Genera with 6 Species
Anelosimus Simon, 1838Social cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Kochiura O. P.-Cambridge, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1841Black widow spider1SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1842Banana spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gambia
6 Species
Anelosimus aulicus (C.L. Koch, 1838)⇒ Kochiura aulica Carl Ludwig ..., 1838
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Kochiura aulica Carl Ludwig ..., 1838
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793Giant golden orb weaver
Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842Banded Golden Orb Spider

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Gambia
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
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
1
2
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
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org