Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)
List of families for Namibia
6 Families width 72 Species and 3 Subspecies
Genera for Namibia
37 Genera with 72 Species #ACDEGHILMNOPSTW
| Agyneta Hull, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1757 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysometa Simon, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crozetulus Hickman, 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dicymbium Menge, 1836 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dismodicus Simon, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1982 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episinus Walckenaer, 1809 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erigonoplus Simon, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eriophora Simon, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1873 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gmogala Keyserling, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isoxya Simon, 1844 | Box kite spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lasaeola Simon, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1790 | Black widow spider | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1901 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mysmenopsis Simon, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nemoscolus Simon, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1864 | Spotted orbweavers | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1859 | Banana spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ostearius Hull, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1885 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Prasonica Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pronous Keyserling, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prosthesima C. L. Koch, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1990 | False black widows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1878 | Four-jawed spider | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1904 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichonephila Dahl, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Walckenaeria Blackwall, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Namibia
72 Species and 3 Subspecies | Agyneta saxatilis Blackwall, 1844 | | | Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884 | Green orb-web spider | | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758 | Cross orbweaver | | Araneus eresifrons Pocock, 1898 | | | Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898 | | | Araneus nigroquadratus Lawrence, 1937 | | | Araneus striatus (Clerck, 1757) | ⇒ Icius hamatus Carl Ludwig ..., 1846 | | Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805 | | | Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772 | Geometric spider | | Argiope protensa Koch, 1872 | Longtailed orb-weaving spider | | Argiope tapinolobata Bjørn, 1997 | | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902 | | | Chrysometa fidelia Herbert W. Levi, 1986 | | | Crozetulus rhodesiensis Brignoli, 1981 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Dicymbium tibiale John Blackwall, 1836 | | | Dismodicus bifrons John Blackwall, 1841 | | | Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982 | | | Episinus truncatus (Latreille, 1809) | ⇒ Episinus angulatus John Blackwall, 1836 | | Erigonoplus globipes Ludwig Carl ..., 1872 | | | Eriophora transmarina Keyserling, 1865 | Australian garden orb weaver spider | | Gasteracantha milvoides Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | | Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890 | | | Hypsosinga sanguinea C. L. Koch, 1844 | | | Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844 | | | Lasaeola coracina C. L. Koch, 1837 | | | Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865) | ⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | | Latrodectus diaguita Carcavallo, 1960 | | | Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898 | | | Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 | Brown black widow | | Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | Jockey Spider | | Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935 | Western black widow | | Latrodectus indistinctus O. P.-Cambridge, 1904 | | | Latrodectus karrooensis Smithers, 1944 | | | Latrodectus katipo Powell, 1871 | Red Katipo | | Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790 | | Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902 | | | Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948 | | | Latrodectus rhodesiensis Mackay, 1972 | | | Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790 | European black widow | | Leucauge festiva Blackwall, 1866 | | | Leucauge kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910 | | | Leucauge levanderi Kulczynski, 1901 | | | Mysmenopsis mexcala Gertsch, 1960 | | | Nemoscolus tubicola Eugène Simon, 1887 | | | Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886 | | | Neoscona quadrigibbosa Manfred Gras..., 1986 | | | Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 | | | Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842 | Banded Golden Orb Spider | | Nephila senegalensis annulata Thorell, 1859 | Banded-legged golden orb-web spider | | Ostearius melanopygius O. P.-Cambridge, 1879 | | | Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Pararaneus spectator Ferdinand Ka..., 1885 | | | Prasonica seriata Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Prosthesima iusta (Kulczynski, 1911) | ⇒ Zelotes sarawakensis Tord Tamerla..., 1890 | | Pycnacantha dinteri Wilhelm Meise, 1932 | | | Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781 | | | Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990 | Black cobweb | | Tenuiphantes tenebricola Wider, 1834 | | | Tetragnatha andonea Lawrence, 1927 | | | Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898 | Longjawed orb weavers | | Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826) | ⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898 | | Tetragnatha trichodes trichodes Thorell, 1878 | | | Theridion mystaceum Koch, 1870 | | | Theridion purcelli Octavius Pic..., 1904 | | | Tidarren circe Knoflach & A..., 2006 | | | Trichonephila senegalensis annulata Thorell, 1859 | | | Walckenaeria nodosa Octavius Pic..., 1873 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Namibia | Family | Anapidae ♰
Simon, 1895
Anapid spiders, Tiny Orbweavers | 1
1 | 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 | 16
32 | 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 | 7
7 | 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 | 4
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 | 8
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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