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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Harare (Mashonaland, Zimbabwe)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
50
114
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
45
107
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
30
91
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
30
91
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
23
81
61
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
23
81
61
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
14
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Harare
4 Families width 17 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders8SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928Dwarf cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Harare
14 Genera with 17 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1898Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Gmogala Keyserling, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1972Black widow spider5SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841
Orchard Spider And Allies0SpeciesTaxom
Mysmenopsis Simon, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1858Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1842Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835
0SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1833
False black widows0SpeciesTaxom
Thwaitesiella1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Harare
17 Species
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Araneus coccinella Pocock, 1898
Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866
Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus indistinctus O. P.-Cambridge, 1904
Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902
Latrodectus rhodesiensis Mackay, 1972
Mysmenopsis mexcala Gertsch, 1960
Neoscona chiarinii Pavesi, 1883
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842Banded Golden Orb Spider
Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895
Thwaitesiella mettallica

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Harare
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
6
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers
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
2
1
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
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org