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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Namaqualand (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
46
80
112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
33
59
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
28
52
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
27
51
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
25
48
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
25
48
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Namaqualand
3 Families width 10 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Namaqualand
9 Genera with 10 Species
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometa Simon, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Gmogala Keyserling, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1904Black widow spider2SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841
Orchard Spider And Allies0SpeciesTaxom
Pronous Keyserling, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1904False black widows1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namaqualand
10 Species
Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Chrysometa fidelia Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Enoplognatha molesta Octavius Pic..., 1904
Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus indistinctus O. P.-Cambridge, 1904
Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895
Steatoda connexa Octavius Pic..., 1904

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Namaqualand
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
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
2
1
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
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org