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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Iraq (Near East)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
51
127
204
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
39
98
144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
24
74
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
24
74
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
22
71
106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
22
71
106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
11
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Iraq
3 Families width 18 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders10SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae (Menge, 1866)Elongated Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Iraq
11 Genera with 18 Species
Agalenatea Archer, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1859Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 20154SpeciesTaxom
Gibbaranea Archer, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1902Black widow spider2SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1867Striped orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1802False black widows1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1758Four-jawed spider1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Iraq
18 Species
Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Enoplognatha franzi Jörg Wunderl..., 1995
Enoplognatha gemina Robert Bosma..., 1999
Enoplognatha gershomi Robert Bosma..., 1999
Enoplognatha iraqi Najim, Al-Ha..., 2015
Gibbaranea bituberculata Walckenaer, 1802
Larinia chloris (Jean Victor ..., 1826)⇒ Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872
Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Singa neta Octavius Pic..., 1872
Singa semiatra Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Iraq
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
7
10
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
1
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
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org