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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Makhanda (Makana Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
69
148
105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
59
128
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
42
107
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
42
107
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
31
91
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
31
91
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
21
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
5 Families width 18 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders12SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Anapidae Simon, 1895Anapid spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
21 Genera with 18 Species
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Araneus Clerck, 1937Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1842Dewdrop spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Dippenaaria Wunderlich, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 1809
0SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Spiny Backed Orb Weaver0SpeciesTaxom
Gondwanascorpio1SpeciesTaxom
Kilima Grasshoff, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1865Black widow spider1SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841
Orchard Spider And Allies0SpeciesTaxom
Mecynidis Simon, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928
Platform spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1793Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Pelecopsis Simon, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1990False black widows1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
18 Species
Araneus graemii Pocock, 1900Shyleaf
Araneus nigroquadratus Lawrence, 1937
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Dippenaaria luxurians Wunderlich, 1995
Gondwanascorpio emzantsiensis Gess, 2013
Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866
Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Nemoscolus tubicola Eugène Simon, 1887
Neoscona hirta Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793Giant golden orb weaver
Poltys furcifer Eugène Simon, 1881
Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990Black cobweb

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Makhanda (Grahamstown)
FamilyAnapidae
Simon, 1895
Anapid spiders, Tiny Orbweavers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

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
12
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
4
1
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
2
1
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
5
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org