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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Mpumalanga (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
87
300
221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
76
275
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
56
248
158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
55
247
156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
44
225
144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
43
224
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
56
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mpumalanga
7 Families width 50 Species
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders38SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyatholipidae Simon, 1894Cyatholipid spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers6SpeciesTaxom
Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928Dwarf cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Nesticidae Simon, 1894Cave cobweb spider0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mpumalanga
56 Genera with 50 Species
#ACDEGHIKLMNOPSTU
Achaearanea Strand, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Arachnura Vinson, 1863Tailed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1937Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1942
Cucumber spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1842Dewdrop spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinopsis Emerton, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Chorizopella Lawrence, 1947
0SpeciesTaxom
Chorizopes O. P.-Cambridge, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyatholipus Simon, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1834Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Dipoenura Simon, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 1809
0SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844Spiny Backed Orb Weaver2SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Gmogala Keyserling, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Isoxya Simon, 1859Box kite spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Kilima Grasshoff, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1904Black widow spider2SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1901Orchard Spider And Allies4SpeciesTaxom
Limoneta Bosmans & Jo..., 1983
0SpeciesTaxom
Lipocrea Thorell, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Mahembea Grasshoff, 1970
0SpeciesTaxom
Meioneta Hull, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom
Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Metaleptyphantes Locket, 1968
0SpeciesTaxom
Microctenonyx Dahl, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1883Platform spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Mysmenopsis Simon, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Nemoscolus Simon, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1865Spotted orbweavers9SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1815
Banana spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Nephilengys L. Koch, 1872
Hermit spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Nephilingis Kuntner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Nesticella Lehtinen & S..., 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Ostearius Hull, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Pararaneus Caporiacco, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Pelecopsis Simon, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835
0SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Prasonica Simon, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pycnacantha Blackwall, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1950Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1833
False black widows0SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1898Four-jawed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Tybaertiella Jocqué, 1979
0SpeciesTaxom
Typhistes Simon, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Ulwembua Griswold, 1987
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mpumalanga
50 Species
Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863
Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884Green orb-web spider
Araneus holzapfelae Lessert, 1936
Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898
Araneus nigroquadratus Lawrence, 1937
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Argiope levii Bjørn, 1997
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850
Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Gea infuscata Albert Tullgren, 1910
Gea transversovittata Albert Tullgren, 1910
Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844
Isoxya mossamedensis Pierre L. G...., 1962
Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859
Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus indistinctus O. P.-Cambridge, 1904
Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864
Leucauge festiva Blackwall, 1866
Leucauge kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910
Leucauge levanderi Kulczynski, 1901
Lipocrea longissima Eugène Simon, 1881
Microlinyphia sterilis Pavesi, 1883
Mysmenopsis mexcala Gertsch, 1960
Nemoscolus elongatus George Newbo..., 1947
Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886
Neoscona chiarinii Pavesi, 1883
Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863
Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879
Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983Jawla paste shrimp
Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864
Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865
Nephilingis cruentata Fabricius, 1775African Hermit Spider
Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885
Poltys furcifer Eugène Simon, 1881
Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895
Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781
Singa albodorsata Kauri, 1950
Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898Longjawed orb weavers

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Mpumalanga
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
24
38
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyatholipidae
Simon, 1894
Cyatholipid spiders, Cyatholipids
2
0
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
11
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyNesticidae
Simon, 1894
cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders, Comb-footed Cellar Spiders, Scaffold web spiders, Tangle web spiders
1
0
Genus
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
5
6
Genera
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
12
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org