Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Gauteng (Republic South Africa)
List of families for Gauteng
6 Families width 41 Species
Genera for Gauteng
45 Genera with 41 Species #ACDEGHIKLMNOPST
Achaearanea Strand, 1929 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1898 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 3 | Species | Taxom | Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1942 | Cucumber spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1842 | Dewdrop spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Chorizopella Lawrence, 1947 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cladomelea Simon, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | Dipoena Thorell, 1869 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Episinus Walckenaer, 1809 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Gmogala Keyserling, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Isoxya Simon, 1885 | Box kite spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Kilima Grasshoff, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1902 | Black widow spider | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1903 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 2 | Species | Taxom | Limoneta Bosmans & Jo..., 1983 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Lipocrea Thorell, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mahembea Grasshoff, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Megaraneus Lawrence, 1968 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Meioneta Hull, 1920 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928 | Platform spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Mysmenopsis Simon, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nemoscolus Simon, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1865 | Spotted orbweavers | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1842 | Banana spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | Nephilengys L. Koch, 1872 | Hermit spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | Nesticella Lehtinen & S..., 1980 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Ostearius Hull, 1911 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1885 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Poltys C. L. Koch, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Prasonica Simon, 1895 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Pseudomicrocentria Miller, 1970 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Singa C. L. Koch, 1930 | Striped orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1990 | False black widows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1861 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | Toschia Caporiacco, 1949 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Tybaertiella Jocqué, 1979 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Gauteng
41 Species | Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884 | Green orb-web spider | | Araneus coccinella Pocock, 1898 | | | Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898 | | | Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805 | | | Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772 | Geometric spider | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850 | | Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793 | African bark orb-web spider | | Cladomelea akermani J. Hewitt, 1923 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Enoplognatha molesta Octavius Pic..., 1904 | | | Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890 | | | Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866 | | | Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 | Brown black widow | | Latrodectus indistinctus O. P.-Cambridge, 1904 | | | Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902 | | | Leucauge festiva Blackwall, 1866 | | | Leucauge linyphia Eugène Simon, 1903 | | | Lipocrea longissima Eugène Simon, 1881 | | | Mahembea hewitti Roger de Les..., 1930 | | | Mysmenopsis mexcala Gertsch, 1960 | | | Nemoscolus tubicola Eugène Simon, 1887 | | | Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Eugène Simon, 1897 | | | Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886 | | | Neoscona hirta Carl Ludwig ..., 1844 | | | Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863 | | | Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879 | | | Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 | | | Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865 | | | Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793 | Giant golden orb weaver | | Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842 | Banded Golden Orb Spider | | Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885 | | | Poltys furcifer Eugène Simon, 1881 | | | Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781 | | | Singa lawrencei Roger de Les..., 1930 | | | Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990 | Black cobweb | | Theridion inornatum (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861) | ⇒ Phycosoma inornatum Octavius Pic..., 1861 |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Gauteng | 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 | 21
28 | Genera
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 | 8
0 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nesticidae
Simon, 1894
cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders, Comb-footed Cellar Spiders, Scaffold web spiders, Tangle web spiders | 1
0 | Genus
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 | 3
4 | 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 | 11
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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