Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
List of families for Melbourne
4 Families width 17 Species
Genera for Melbourne
18 Genera with 17 Species Achaearanea Strand, 1929 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Arachnura Vinson, 1872 | Tailed spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1900 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | Ariamnes Thorell, 1869 | Whip spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Austracantha Dahl, 1859 | Christmas spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celaenia Thorell, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1872 | Three-lobed Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | Dolophones Walckenaer, 1837 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Eriophora Simon, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1870 | Black widow spider | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1841 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nuctenea Simon, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phonognatha Simon, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poecilopachys Simon, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Risdonius Hickman, 1939 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1894 | False black widows | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1867 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Melbourne
17 Species | Arachnura higginsi L. Koch, 1872 | Scorpion Orb Weaver | | Araneus scutigerens Hogg, 1900 | | | Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878 | St Andrew's Cross spider | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Austracantha minax Thorell, 1859 | Australian Jewel Spider | | Celaenia excavata Ludwig Carl ..., 1867 | Bird dropping spider | | Cyclosa fuliginata Ludwig Carl ..., 1872 | | | Eriophora biapicata Ludwig Carl ..., 1871 | Australian Garden Orb Weaver Spider | | Latrodectus hasselti (Thorell, 1870) | ⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | | Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | Jockey Spider | | Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841 | Longjawed Orb Weavers | | Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1758 | Toad Spider | | Phonognatha graeffei Eugen von Ke..., 1865 | Leaf curling spider | | Poecilopachys australasia Griffith & P..., 1833 | Two-spined Spider | | Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990 | Black cobweb | | Steatoda livens Eugène Simon, 1894 | | | Theridion pyramidale Ludwig Carl ..., 1867 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Melbourne | Family | Anapidae ♰
Simon, 1895
Anapid spiders, Tiny Orbweavers | 1
0 | Genus
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 | 10
10 | 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 | 2
2 | 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 | 5
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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