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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Madang Province (Momase Region, Papua New Guinea)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
32
49
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
25
36
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
17
26
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
14
23
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
12
21
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
12
21
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
8
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Madang Province
4 Families width 5 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers0SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881Ray orbweavers0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Madang Province
8 Genera with 5 Species
Argiope Audouin, 1911Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1869Dewdrop spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1866
Three-lobed Spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1842Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Phonognatha Simon, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835
0SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 1879
Ray spiders0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Madang Province
5 Species
Argiope doboensis Embrik Strand, 1911
Argyrodes fissifrons (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869)⇒ Argyrodes kumadai Chida & Tani..., 1999
Gasteracantha quadrispinosa Octavius Pic..., 1879
Gasteracantha taeniata Charles Atha..., 1842
Gea eff Herbert Walt..., 1983

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Madang Province
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
4
4
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
0
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
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTheridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org