Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Melanesia (Oceania)
List of families for Melanesia
9 Families width 455 Species and 23 Subspecies
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Melanesia | Family | Anapidae ♰
Simon, 1895
Anapid spiders, Tiny Orbweavers | 7
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | 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 | 47
218 | 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 | 24
32 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers | 2
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nesticidae
Simon, 1894
cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders, Comb-footed Cellar Spiders, Scaffold web spiders, Tangle web spiders | 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Symphytognathidae
Hickman, 1931
Dwarf orb-weavers, Dwarf orbweavers | 2
2 | 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 | 17
91 | 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 | 30
93 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Theridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders | 3
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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