Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Mozambique (East Africa)
List of families for Mozambique
5 Families width 66 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Mozambique
44 Genera with 66 Species #ACEGHIKLMNOPRST
| Aranea Linnaeus, 1802 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1883 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1772 | Garden orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1908 | Dewdrop spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1866 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1878 | Tent spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eustala Simon, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1842 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gmogala Keyserling, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypsacantha Dahl, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isoxya Simon, 1901 | Box kite spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Kilima Grasshoff, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Larinia Simon, 1826 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805 | Black widow spider | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1930 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lipocrea Thorell, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mahembea Grasshoff, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megaraneus Lawrence, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Meioneta Hull, 1920 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Microctenonyx Dahl, 1886 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Mysmenopsis Simon, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nemoscolus Simon, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1864 | Spotted orbweavers | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1842 | Banana spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephilengys L. Koch, 1775 | Hermit spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephilingis Kuntner, 1863 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ostearius Hull, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paralarinia Grasshoff, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraplectana Brito Capello, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1885 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pherenice Thorell, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Poltys C. L. Koch, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pronous Keyserling, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhomphaea L. Koch, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Singa C. L. Koch, 1930 | Striped orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | Steatoda Sundevall, 1833 | False black widows | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1878 | Four-jawed spider | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1910 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Togacantha Dahl, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichonephila Dahl, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mozambique
66 Species and 2 Subspecies | Aranea drypta Walckenær, 1802 | | | Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884 | Green orb-web spider | | Araneus cereolus Simon, 1885 | | | Araneus coccinella Pocock, 1898 | | | Araneus holzapfelae Lessert, 1936 | | | Araneus mossambicanus Pavesi, 1881 | | | Araneus petersi Karsch, 1878 | | | Araneus sulfurinus Pavesi, 1883 | | | Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805 | | | Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772 | Geometric spider | | Argyrodes sextuberculosus Embrik Strand, 1908 | Burrow worms | | Caerostris linnaeus GregoriÄ, 2015 | | | Caerostris mitralis Vinson, 1863 | | | Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793 | African bark orb-web spider | | Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866 | | | Cyrtarachne finniganae Roger de Les..., 1936 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Cyrtophora petersi Ferdinand Ka..., 1878 | | | Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898 | Orb weavers | | Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | | Gasteracantha milvoides Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | | Gasteracantha versicolor Charles Atha..., 1842 | Kite-spider | | Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890 | | | Hypsacantha crucimaculata Maria Dahl, 1914 | | | Hypsosinga holzapfelae Lessert, 1936 | | | Isoxya stuhlmanni Friedrich Wi..., 1895 | | | Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859 | | | Isoxya testudinaria Eugène Simon, 1901 | | | Kilima griseovariegata Albert Tullgren, 1910 | | | Larinia bifida (Albert Tullgren, 1910) | ⇒ Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910 | | Larinia chloris (Jean Victor ..., 1826) | ⇒ Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872 | | Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864 | | | Leucauge kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910 | | | Leucauge medjensis Lessert, 1930 | | | Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872 | | | Mahembea hewitti Roger de Les..., 1930 | | | Megaraneus gabonensis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Mysmenopsis mexcala Gertsch, 1960 | | | Nemoscolus cotti Roger de Les..., 1933 | | | Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886 | | | Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Neoscona theisi theisiella Tullgren, 1910 | | | Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 | | | Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842 | Banded Golden Orb Spider | | Nephilengys cruentata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Nephilingis livida Vinson, 1863 | | Nephilingis cruentata Fabricius, 1775 | African Hermit Spider | | Nephilingis livida Vinson, 1863 | Madagascar Hermit Spider | | Ostearius melanopygius O. P.-Cambridge, 1879 | | | Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910 | | | Paraplectana thorntoni John Blackwall, 1865 | | | Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885 | | | Pherenice tristis Tord Tamerla..., 1899 | Black carpenter ant | | Poltys furcifer Eugène Simon, 1881 | | | Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781 | | | Rhomphaea affinis Roger de Les..., 1936 | | | Singa lawrencei Roger de Les..., 1930 | | | Tetragnatha ceylonica Octavius Pic..., 1869 | | | Tetragnatha linyphioides Karsch, 1878 | | | Theridion bicruciatum Carl Friedri..., 1961 | | | Theridion nigrosacculatum Albert Tullgren, 1910 | | | Togacantha nordviei Embrik Strand, 1913 | | | Trichonephila senegalensis keyserlingi Blackwall, 1865 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Mozambique | 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 | 28
50 | 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 | 3
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers | 1
1 | Genus
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 | 5
9 | 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 | 7
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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