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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Holarctic (Ecozones)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
26
138
281
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
24
136
279
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
21
129
268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
21
129
268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
19
127
262
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
19
127
262
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
87
160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Holarctic
6 Families width 160 Species and 2 Subspecies
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders35SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae (Blackwall, 1859)Dwarf spiders99SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae (Simon, 1895)Golden orb web spiders18SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers6SpeciesTaxom
Nesticidae Simon, 1894Cave cobweb spider1SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881Ray orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Holarctic
87 Genera with 160 Species
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Achaearanea Strand, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Agyneta Hull, 18823SpeciesTaxom
Allomengea Strand, 18793SpeciesTaxom
Aphileta Hull, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Aranea Linnaeus, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1872Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1885Cucumber spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Baryphyma Simon, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Bathyphantes Menge, 18794SpeciesTaxom
Canalidion Wunderlich, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Carorita Duffey & Mer..., 19271SpeciesTaxom
Caviphantes Oi, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Centromerus Dahl, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Ceraticelus Simon, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cnephalocotes Simon, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Collinsia O. P.-Cambridge, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1772Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Diplocentria Hull, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Diplocephalus Bertkau, 18733SpeciesTaxom
Diplostyla Emerton, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 18337SpeciesTaxom
Entelecara Simon, 19475SpeciesTaxom
Eperigone Crosby & Bishop, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Erigone Audouin, 1872Black Dwarf Spiders6SpeciesTaxom
Estrandia Blauvelt, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Helophora Menge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Hilaira Simon, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Hypselistes Simon, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Improphantes Saaristo & T..., 18821SpeciesTaxom
Islandiana Braendegaard, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Kaestneria Wiehle, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Keijia Kocak & Kemal, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1757Furrow spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Lasaeola Simon, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Lepthyphantes Menge, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Leptorhoptrum Kulczynski, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Macrargus Dahl, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Maso Simon, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Mecynargus Kulczynski, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Megalepthyphantes Wunderlich, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Metopobactrus Simon, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Microctenonyx Dahl, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1830Platform spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Microneta Menge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Neottiura Menge, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Neriene Blackwall, 18424SpeciesTaxom
Nesticus Thorell, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ohlertidion Wunderlich, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Oreonetides Strand, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1823Thickjawed Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1980Comb-Clawed Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Parazygiella Wunderlich, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Pelecopsis Simon, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Phlattothrata Crosby & Bishop, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Phylloneta Archer, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Pocadicnemis Simon, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Poeciloneta Kulczynski, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Porrhomma Simon, 19313SpeciesTaxom
Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Rugathodes Archer, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Satilatlas Keyserling, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Scotinotylus Simon, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Simitidion Wunderlich, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Sisicus Bishop & Crosby, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1758False black widows1SpeciesTaxom
Styloctetor Simon, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 18791SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1874Four-jawed spider4SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1938Tangle-Web Spiders10SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 1877Ray spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Thyreosthenius Simon, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Tiso Simon, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Tmeticus Menge, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Wabasso Millidge, 19502SpeciesTaxom
Walckenaeria Blackwall, 18537SpeciesTaxom
Wiehlea Braun, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Yunohamella Yoshida, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Zornella Jackson, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17572SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Holarctic
160 Species and 2 Subspecies
Achaearanea tabulata (Levi, 1980)⇒ Parasteatoda tabulata Levi, 1980
Agyneta allosubtilis Loksa, 1965
Agyneta decora Octavius Pic..., 1871
Agyneta olivacea James Henry ..., 1882
Allomengea dentisetis Grube, 1861
Allomengea scopigera Grube, 1859
Allomengea vidua Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Aphileta misera Octavius Pic..., 1882Heterotardigrades
Aranea thoracica (Latreille, 1802)⇒ Scytodes thoracica Latreille, 1802
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Araniella proxima Kulczyński, 1885
Baryphyma gowerense George Hazel..., 1965
Baryphyma trifrons Octavius Pic..., 1863
Baryphyma trifrons affine (Schenkel, 1930)⇒ Baryphyma trifrons Octavius Pic..., 1863
Bathyphantes eumenis Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Bathyphantes gracilis Blackwall, 1841
Bathyphantes reprobus Wladislaus K..., 1916
Bathyphantes simillimus (L. Koch, 1879)⇒ Bathyphantes eumenis Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Canalidion montanum James Henry ..., 1882
Carorita limnaea Crosby & Bishop, 1927
Caviphantes saxetorum Hull, 1916
Centromerus sylvaticus Blackwall, 1841
Ceraticelus bulbosus James Henry ..., 1882
Cercidia prominens Johan Peter ..., 1851
Cnephalocotes obscurus John Blackwall, 1834
Collinsia holmgreni Tord Tamerla..., 1871
Collinsia spetsbergensis Tord Tamerla..., 1871
Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Crustulina sticta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861)⇒ Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Diplocentria bidentata James Henry ..., 1882
Diplocentria rectangulata James Henry ..., 1915
Diplocephalus barbiger Carl Friedri..., 1955
Diplocephalus cristatus Blackwall, 1833Common money spider
Diplocephalus subrostratus Octavius Pic..., 1873
Diplostyla concolor Wider, 1834
Enoplognatha caricis Fickert, 1876
Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Enoplognatha lineata Clerck, 1757
Enoplognatha margarita Yaginuma, 1964
Enoplognatha oelandica Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Enoplognatha thoracica (Carl Wilhelm..., 1833)⇒ Enoplognatha oelandica Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Entelecara acuminata Wider, 1834
Entelecara errata Octavius Pic..., 1913
Entelecara erythropus Johan Peter ..., 1851
Entelecara media (Wladislaus K..., 1887)⇒ Entelecara sombra Ralph Vary C..., 1947
Entelecara sombra Ralph Vary C..., 1947
Eperigone trilobata (Emerton, 1882)⇒ Mermessus trilobatus James Henry ..., 1882
Erigone arctica (White, 1852)⇒ Erigone dentigera Octavius Pic..., 1874
Erigone cristatopalpus Eugène Simon, 1884White meadowbeauty
Erigone dentigera Octavius Pic..., 1874
Erigone dentipalpis (Wider, 1834)⇒ 
Erigone psychrophila Tord Tamerla..., 1871Mountain meadowfoam
Erigone tirolensis Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Estrandia grandaeva Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Euryopis saukea Levi, 1951Jost Van Dyke's Indian mallow
Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984
Helophora insignis John Blackwall, 1841
Hilaira herniosa Thorell, 1875
Hilaira vexatrix Octavius Pic..., 1877
Hypselistes jacksoni Pickard-Camb..., 1902
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Improphantes complicatus James Henry ..., 1882
Islandiana falsifica Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Kaestneria pullata Octavius Pic..., 1863
Keijia tincta (Walckenaer, 1802)⇒ Platnickina tincta Walckenaer, 1802
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides jalimovi Bakhvalov, 1981
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757Gray Cross Spider
Lasaeola prona Menge, 1868
Lepthyphantes alpinus James Henry ..., 1882
Lepthyphantes leprosus Ohlert, 1865Household Fine Sheetweaver
Lepthyphantes minutus Blackwall, 1833
Leptorhoptrum robustum Johan Peter ..., 1851
Macrargus multesimus (Octavius Pic..., 1875)⇒ Porrhomma macrochelis James Henry ..., 1917
Maso alticeps James Henry ..., 1909
Maso gallicus Eugène Simon, 1894
Maso sundevalli (Johan Peter ..., 1851)⇒ Satilatlas marxi matanuskae Chamberlin, 1949
Mecynargus borealis Jackson, 1930
Mecynargus paetulus Octavius Pic..., 1875
Megalepthyphantes nebulosus Sundevall, 1830
Mermessus trilobatus James Henry ..., 1882
Metopobactrus prominulus (Octavius Pic..., 1872)⇒ Maso alticeps James Henry ..., 1909
Microctenonyx subitaneus O. P.-Cambridge, 1875
Microlinyphia impigra Octavius Pic..., 1871
Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830
Microneta viaria Blackwall, 1841
Neottiura bimaculata Linnaeus, 1767
Neriene clathrata Sundevall, 1830
Neriene montana Clerck, 1758Linyphia montana
Neriene peltata Wider, 1834Platform hammock-spider
Neriene radiata Walckenaer, 1842Filmy dome spider
Nesticus cellulanus Clerck, 1758Comb-footed Cellar Spider
Ohlertidion ohlerti Tord Tamerla..., 1870
Oreonetides filicatus Crosby, 1937
Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872)⇒ Oreonetides filicatus Crosby, 1937
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Parasteatoda tabulata Levi, 1980Comb-footed spider
Parazygiella dispar Kulczyn´ski, 1885
Pelecopsis mengei Eugène Simon, 1884
Phlattothrata parva Wladislaus K..., 1926
Phylloneta impressa Ludwig Carl ..., 1881
Platnickina tincta Walckenaer, 1802
Pocadicnemis juncea George Hazel..., 1953
Pocadicnemis pumila (John Blackwall, 1841)⇒ Pocadicnemis juncea George Hazel..., 1953
Poeciloneta variegata Blackwall, 1841
Porrhomma convexum (Westring, 1851)⇒ Porrhomma microps Carl Friedri..., 1931
Porrhomma macrochelis James Henry ..., 1917
Porrhomma microps Carl Friedri..., 1931
Robertus lividus John Blackwall, 1836
Rugathodes aurantius James Henry ..., 1915
Satilatlas marxi matanuskae Chamberlin, 1949
Scotinotylus eutypus Chamberlin, 1948Thin-ribbed mountainsnail
Scotinotylus sacer Crosby, 1929
Simitidion simile Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Sisicus apertus Herman Theod..., 1939
Steatoda bipunctata Linnaeus, 1758False widow
Styloctetor compar Westring, 1861
Styloctetor stativus Simon, 1881
Tenuiphantes nigriventris L. Koch, 1879
Tetragnatha americana Eugène Simon, 1905
Tetragnatha dearmata Thorell, 1873
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874Shadow Stretch-spider
Theridion hemerobium Eugène Simon, 1914
Theridion hotanense Zhu & Zhou, 1993
Theridion impressum (L. Koch, 1881)⇒ Phylloneta impressa Ludwig Carl ..., 1881
Theridion melanurum Carl Wilhelm..., 1831Balsam fir
Theridion ohlerti (Thorell, 1870)⇒ Ohlertidion ohlerti Tord Tamerla..., 1870
Theridion petraeum (Ludwig Carl ..., 1872)⇒ Theridion wiehlei Ehrenfried S..., 1938
Theridion pictum (Charles Atha..., 1802)⇒ Theridion hemerobium Eugène Simon, 1914
Theridion pinastri (Ludwig Carl ..., 1872)⇒ Theridion hotanense Zhu & Zhou, 1993
Theridion varians Carl Wilhelm..., 1833Red spruce
Theridion wiehlei Ehrenfried S..., 1938
Theridiosoma gemmosum L. Koch, 1877Ray Spider
Thymoites oleatus Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Thyreosthenius parasiticus Johan Peter ..., 1851
Tiso aestivus Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Tmeticus affinis Blackwall, 1855Lobate brittle star
Wabasso quaestio (Ralph Vary C..., 1949)⇒ Wabasso replicatus Herman Theod..., 1950
Wabasso replicatus Herman Theod..., 1950
Walckenaeria atrotibialis Octavius Pic..., 1878
Walckenaeria capito Johan Peter ..., 1861
Walckenaeria clavicornis James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria karpinskii Octavius Pic..., 1873
Walckenaeria lepida Wladislaus K..., 1885
Walckenaeria spiralis James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria vigilax (John Blackwall, 1853)⇒ Walckenaeria spiralis James Henry ..., 1882
Wiehlea calcarifera Eugène Simon, 1884
Yunohamella lyrica Walckenaer, 1842
Zornella armata Richard C. B..., 1906Southern flatcoil
Zornella cultrigera (Ludwig Carl ..., 1879)⇒ Zornella armata Richard C. B..., 1906
Zygiella dispar (Kulczynski, 1885)⇒ Zygiella nearctica Willis J. Ge..., 1964
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Holarctic
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
9
18
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
54
99
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyNesticidae
Simon, 1894
cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders, Comb-footed Cellar Spiders, Scaffold web spiders, Tangle web spiders
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
3
6
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
19
35
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTheridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


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