Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Malta (Europe)
List of families for Malta
4 Families width 26 Species
Genera for Malta
20 Genera with 26 Species | Acartauchenius Simon, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Achaearanea Strand, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agalenatea Archer, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1757 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Centromerus Dahl, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dipoenata Wunderlich, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1995 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Episinus Walckenaer, 1846 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gmogala Keyserling, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Larinioides Caporiacco, 1876 | Furrow spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lipocrea Thorell, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metellina Chamberlin &..., 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nesticodes Archer, 1846 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palliduphantes Saaristo & T..., 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Silometopus Simon, 1881 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Siwa Grasshoff, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1802 | False black widows | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Syedra Simon, 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Malta
26 Species | Acartauchenius insigniceps Eugène Simon, 1894 | | | Achaearanea tepidariorum (Koch, 1841) | ⇒ Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841 | | Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763 | | | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757 | Marbled Orb Weaver | | Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772 | Geometric spider | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Centromerus cinctus (Eugène Simon, 1884) | ⇒ Centromerus phoceorum Eugène Simon, 1929 | | Dipoenata cana Kritscher, 1996 | | | Enoplognatha diversa John Blackwall, 1859 | | | Enoplognatha franzi Jörg Wunderl..., 1995 | | | Episinus algiricus (Hippolyte Lucas, 1846) | ⇒ Episinus algericus Lucas, 1846 | | Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890 | | | Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758 | Furrow orb spider | | Larinioides suspicax (O. P.-Cambridge, 1876) | ⇒ Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758 | | Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872 | | | Metellina merianae Scopoli, 1763 | | | Nesticodes rufipes Lucas, 1846 | Cobweb spiders | | Palliduphantes melitensis Robert Bosmans, 1994 | Blood star | | Silometopus ambiguus Octavius Pic..., 1905 | | | Silometopus curtus (Eugène Simon, 1881) | ⇒ Silometopus ambiguus Octavius Pic..., 1905 | | Siwa dufouri Eugène Simon, 1874 | | | Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838 | Brown house spider | | Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802 | Triangulate bud spider | | Syedra parvula Kritscher, 1996 | | | Tenuiphantes herbicola Eugène Simon, 1884 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Malta | 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 | 6
9 | 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 | 6
7 | Genera
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 | 1
1 | Genus
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 | 7
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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