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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Lower Saxony (North Germany, Germany)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
148
369
599
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
142
355
583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
30
159
271
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
30
159
271
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
28
157
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
28
157
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
89
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Lower Saxony
6 Families width 155 Species
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders22SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae (Simon, 1895)Golden orb web spiders24SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders99SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881Ray orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae (Menge, 1866)Elongated Orb Weavers8SpeciesTaxom
Nesticidae Simon, 1894Cave cobweb spider0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Lower Saxony
89 Genera with 155 Species
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Achaearanea Strand, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18021SpeciesTaxom
Agalenatea Archer, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Agyneta Hull, 18444SpeciesTaxom
Anelosimus Simon, 1836Social cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1831Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers5SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1905Cucumber spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1772Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Asthenargus Simon & Fage, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Bathyphantes Menge, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Bolephthyphantes Strand, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Bolyphantes C. L. Koch, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Centromerita Dahl, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Centromerus Dahl, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cinetata Wunderlich, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Cnephalocotes Simon, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1772Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Dicymbium Menge, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Diplocephalus Bertkau, 18414SpeciesTaxom
Diplostyla Emerton, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Dismodicus Simon, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Drapetisca Menge, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Entelecara Simon, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Erigone Audouin, 1830Black Dwarf Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Floronia Simon, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Gnathonarium Karsch, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Gonatium Menge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Gongylidiellum Simon, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Helophora Menge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Hypomma Dahl, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Labulla Simon, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Lepthyphantes Menge, 18873SpeciesTaxom
Liassoscorpionides Bode, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Linyphia Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Macrargus Dahl, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Maso Simon, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Mecynargus Kulczynski, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1804Cave Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 17573SpeciesTaxom
Micrargus Dahl, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1830Platform spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Microneta Menge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Minyriolus Simon, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1802Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Neottiura Menge, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Neriene Blackwall, 18345SpeciesTaxom
Nesticus Thorell, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Novafrontina Millidge, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Nusoncus Wunderlich, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Obscuriphantes Saaristo & T..., 18411SpeciesTaxom
Oedothorax Bertkau, 18514SpeciesTaxom
Oreoneta Kulczynski, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Paidiscura Archer, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1841Comb-Clawed Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Pelecopsis Simon, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Peponocranium Simon, 19432SpeciesTaxom
Phylloneta Archer, 17572SpeciesTaxom
Pityohyphantes Simon, 1757Hammock Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Poeciloneta Kulczynski, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Porrhomma Simon, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocarorita Wunderlich, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Rugathodes Archer, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Semljicola Strand, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Silometopus Simon, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1802False black widows2SpeciesTaxom
Stemonyphantes Menge, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Tallusia Lehtinen & S..., 18711SpeciesTaxom
Tapinocyba Simon, 18733SpeciesTaxom
Tapinopa Westring, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 18906SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1870Four-jawed spider4SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1833Tangle-Web Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 1877Ray spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Thyreosthenius Simon, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Tiso Simon, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Troxochrus Simon, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Walckenaeria Blackwall, 18369SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17573SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lower Saxony
155 Species
Aculepeira ceropegia Walckenaer, 1802Oak spider
Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Agyneta conigera Octavius Pic..., 1863
Agyneta decora Octavius Pic..., 1871
Agyneta rurestris C. L. Koch, 1836
Agyneta saxatilis Blackwall, 1844
Anelosimus vittatus Koch, 1836
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus quadratus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araneus sturmi Hahn, 1831
Araniella alpica Koch, 1869
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Araniella proxima KulczyÅ„ski, 1885
Araniella opisthographa Kulczyn´ski, 1905
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Asthenargus paganus Eugène Simon, 1884
Bathyphantes gracilis Blackwall, 1841
Bathyphantes setiger Frederick Oc..., 1894
Bolephthyphantes index Tord Tamerla..., 1856
Bolyphantes alticeps Sundevall, 1833
Centromerita bicolor Blackwall, 1833
Centromerita concinna Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Centromerus arcanus O.P.-Cambridge, 1873
Centromerus incilium Koch, 1881
Centromerus levitarsis Eugène Simon, 1884
Cercidia prominens Johan Peter ..., 1851
Cinetata gradata Eugène Simon, 1881
Cnephalocotes obscurus John Blackwall, 1834
Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Dicymbium nigrum John Blackwall, 1834
Dicymbium tibiale John Blackwall, 1836
Diplocephalus connatus Philip Bertkau, 1889
Diplocephalus latifrons Octavius Pic..., 1863
Diplocephalus permixtus (Octavius Pic..., 1871)⇒ Savignia birostra Chamberlin &..., 1947
Diplocephalus picinus John Blackwall, 1841
Diplostyla concolor Wider, 1834
Dipoena melanogaster C. L. Koch, 1837
Dismodicus elevatus Carl Ludwig ..., 1838
Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833)⇒ Drapetisca bicruris Tu & Li, 2006
Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Enoplognatha thoracica (Carl Wilhelm..., 1833)⇒ Enoplognatha oelandica Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Entelecara acuminata Wider, 1834
Entelecara congenera Octavius Pic..., 1879
Entelecara erythropus Johan Peter ..., 1851
Episinus angulatus John Blackwall, 1836
Erigone arctica (White, 1852)⇒ Erigone dentigera Octavius Pic..., 1874
Erigone dentipalpis (Wider, 1834)⇒ 
Erigone longipalpis (Sundevall, 1830)⇒ Erigone sinensis Ehrenfried S..., 1936
Floronia bucculenta (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Floronia exornata L. Koch, 1878
Gnathonarium dentatum Wider, 1834
Gonatium rubellum John Blackwall, 1841
Gongylidiellum latebricola Octavius Pic..., 1871
Gongylidiellum vivum Octavius Pic..., 1875
Helophora insignis John Blackwall, 1841
Hypomma bituberculatum Wider, 1834
Hypomma cornutum Blackwall, 1833
Hypsosinga albovittata Johan Peter ..., 1851
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Labulla thoracica Wider, 1834
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Lepthyphantes leprosus Ohlert, 1865Household Fine Sheetweaver
Lepthyphantes nodifer Eugène Simon, 1884White meadowbeauty
Lepthyphantes notabilis Wladislaus K..., 1887
Liassoscorpionides schmidti A. Bode, 1951
Linyphia triangularis Clerck, 1758Dwarf Weaver
Macrargus rufus Wider, 1834
Mangora acalypha Walckenaer, 1802Cricket-bat Orb Weaver
Maso sundevalli (Johan Peter ..., 1851)⇒ Satilatlas marxi matanuskae Chamberlin, 1949
Mecynargus morulus Octavius Pic..., 1873
Meta menardi Latreille, 1804Cave orbweaver
Metellina mengei Blackwall, 1870
Metellina merianae Scopoli, 1763
Metellina segmentata Clerck, 1757Autumn spider
Micrargus georgescuae Alfred Frank..., 1976
Micrargus herbigradus (John Blackwall, 1854)⇒ Micrargus apertus Octavius Pic..., 1871
Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830
Microneta viaria Blackwall, 1841
Minyriolus pusillus Wider, 1834
Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802
Neottiura bimaculata Linnaeus, 1767
Neriene clathrata Sundevall, 1830
Neriene emphana Walckenaer, 1842
Neriene fusca (Oi, 1960)⇒ Oedothorax fuscus John Blackwall, 1834
Neriene oxycera Tu & Li, 2006
Neriene peltata Wider, 1834Platform hammock-spider
Novafrontina uncata Frederick Oc..., 1902
Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1758Toad Spider
Nusoncus nasutus Ehrenfried S..., 1925
Obscuriphantes obscurus John Blackwall, 1841
Oedothorax agrestis John Blackwall, 1853
Oedothorax apicatus John Blackwall, 1850
Oedothorax gibbosus Blackwall, 1841
Oedothorax retusus Johan Peter ..., 1851
Oreoneta tatrica (Wladislaus K..., 1915)⇒ Oreoneta kurile Michael Ilma..., 2004
Paidiscura pallens John Blackwall, 1834
Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841American house false widow spider
Pelecopsis elongata Wider, 1834
Peponocranium orbiculatum Octavius Pic..., 1882Heterotardigrades
Peponocranium praeceps František M..., 1943
Phylloneta impressa Ludwig Carl ..., 1881
Phylloneta sisyphia Clerck, 1757Mothercare spider
Pityohyphantes phrygianus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Pityohyphantes costatus Nicholas Mar..., 1850
Platnickina tincta Walckenaer, 1802
Poeciloneta variegata Blackwall, 1841
Porrhomma campbelli Frederick Oc..., 1894
Porrhomma pygmaeum Blackwall, 1834
Pseudocarorita thaleri Michael Ilma..., 1971
Robertus arundineti Octavius Pic..., 1871
Robertus lividus John Blackwall, 1836
Robertus neglectus O. P.-Cambridge, 1871
Robertus scoticus Jackson, 1914
Rugathodes bellicosus Eugène Simon, 1873Rugathodes bellicosum
Semljicola faustus Octavius Pic..., 1900
Silometopus elegans Octavius Pic..., 1872
Steatoda bipunctata Linnaeus, 1758False widow
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider
Stemonyphantes lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Stemonyphantes blauveltae Willis J. Ge..., 1951
Tallusia experta Octavius Pic..., 1871
Tapinocyba insecta Ludwig Carl ..., 1869
Tapinocyba pallens Octavius Pic..., 1872
Tapinocyba praecox Octavius Pic..., 1873
Tapinopa longidens (Wider, 1834)⇒ Tapinopa guttata Komatsu, 1937
Tenuiphantes alacris Blackwall, 1853
Tenuiphantes flavipes John Blackwall, 1854Echinoderms
Tenuiphantes mengei (Wladislaus K..., 1887)⇒ Tenuiphantes perseus van Helsdingen, 1977
Tenuiphantes tenebricola Wider, 1834
Tenuiphantes tenuis Blackwall, 1852Dwarf weaver
Tenuiphantes zimmermanni Bertkau, 1890
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874Shadow Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha obtusa C. L. Koch, 1837Blunt Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha pinicola (L. Koch, 1870)⇒ Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842
Theridion pinastri (Ludwig Carl ..., 1872)⇒ Theridion hotanense Zhu & Zhou, 1993
Theridion varians Carl Wilhelm..., 1833Red spruce
Theridiosoma gemmosum L. Koch, 1877Ray Spider
Thyreosthenius parasiticus Johan Peter ..., 1851
Tiso vagans John Blackwall, 1834
Troxochrus scabriculus Johan Peter ..., 1851
Walckenaeria acuminata Blackwall, 1833
Walckenaeria atrotibialis Octavius Pic..., 1878
Walckenaeria cucullata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Walckenaeria cuspidata John Blackwall, 1833Sea egg
Walckenaeria dysderoides Wider, 1834
Walckenaeria kochi Octavius Pic..., 1872
Walckenaeria monoceros Wider, 1834
Walckenaeria nudipalpis Johan Peter ..., 1851
Walckenaeria obtusa John Blackwall, 1836
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella montana (Koch, 1839)⇒ Parazygiella montana Carl Ludwig ..., 1834
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Lower Saxony
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
13
24
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
55
99
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyNesticidae
Simon, 1894
cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders, Comb-footed Cellar Spiders, Scaffold web spiders, Tangle web spiders
1
0
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
8
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
15
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTheridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


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