Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Kandy (Central Province, Sri Lanka)
List of families for Kandy
5 Families width 16 Species
Genera for Kandy
13 Genera with 16 Species | Andasta Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1887 | Garden orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1859 | Three-lobed Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eriovixia Archer, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1873 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Herennia Thorell, 1859 | Coin spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1864 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1793 | Banana spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephilengys L. Koch, 1842 | Hermit spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Opadometa Archer, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phoroncidia Westwood, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trematocephalus Dahl, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tylorida Simon, 1877 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kandy
16 Species | Andasta semiargentea Simon, 1895 | | | Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842 | | | Argiope taprobanica Tord Tamerla..., 1887 | | | Cyclosa bifida Doleschall, 1859 | | | Eriovixia laglaizei Eugène Simon, 1877 | | | Gasteracantha geminata Johan Christ..., 1798 | | | Gasteracantha remifera Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | | Herennia multipuncta Doleschall, 1859 | Ornamental tree trunk spider | | Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864 | | | Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793 | Giant golden orb weaver | | Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Nephilengys papuana Tord Tamerla..., 1881 | | Opadometa fastigata Eugène Simon, 1877 | Pear shaped Leucauge | | Phoroncidia thwaitesi Octavius Pic..., 1869 | | | Trematocephalus tripunctatus Eugène Simon, 1894 | | | Tylorida striata Thorell, 1877 | | | Tylorida ventralis Thorell, 1877 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Kandy | 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 | 4
6 | 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 | 1
1 | 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 | 6
7 | 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 | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Theridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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