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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Moultrie County (Central Illinois, Illinois, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
24
40
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
22
38
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
18
34
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
18
34
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
17
32
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
17
32
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
8
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Moultrie County
4 Families width 11 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae (Sundevall, 1833)Cobweb And Widow Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Moultrie County
8 Genera with 11 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Grammonota Emerton, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Melychiopharis Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pityohyphantes Simon, 1850Hammock Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Pocadicnemis Simon, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider3SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1882Tangle-Web Spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Moultrie County
11 Species
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Grammonota angusta Charles Dent..., 1959
Grammonota pictilis Octavius Pic..., 1875
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Melychiopharis cynips Eugène Simon, 1895
Pityohyphantes costatus Nicholas Mar..., 1850Hammock spider
Pocadicnemis americana Alfred Frank..., 1976
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha shoshone Herbert W. Levi, 1981
Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842Green Long-Jawed Spider
Theridion differens (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridion glaucescens Lawrence Becker, 1879

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Moultrie County
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
2
2
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
3
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
3
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
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org