Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Ghana (West Africa)
List of families for Ghana
3 Families width 20 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Ghana
14 Genera with 20 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1979 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aranoethra Butler, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1858 | Garden orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bijoaraneus Tanikawa, Ya..., 1979 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gmogala Keyserling, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1870 | Black widow spider | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1837 | Spotted orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1833 | Banana spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nephilingis Kuntner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraplectana Brito Capello, 1907 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Prasonica Simon, 1895 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ghana
20 Species and 1 Subspecies | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Araneus legonensis Grasshoff & ..., 1979 | | | Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873 | | | Aranoethra ungari Karsch, 1878 | | | Argiope flavipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Bijoaraneus legonensis Grasshoff & ..., 1979 | | | Gasteracantha curvispina (Félix Édouar..., 1837) | ⇒ Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873 | | Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890 | | | Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865) | ⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | | Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | Jockey Spider | | Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838 | Barn spider | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Nephila constricta Karsch, 1879 | Constricted Golden Orb Spider | | Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842 | Banded Golden Orb Spider | | Nephila turneri Blackwall, 1833 | Turner's Golden Orb Weaver | | Nephilingis cruentata Fabricius, 1775 | African Hermit Spider | | Paraplectana walleri John Blackwall, 1865 | | | Paraplectana walleri ashantensis Strand, 1907 | | | Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Platnickina adamsoni Berland, 1934 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Ghana | 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 | 9
12 | Genera
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 | 2
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 | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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