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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region North America (America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
628
3831
18744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
533
3328
16459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
119
1318
8661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
99
1268
8500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
74
1157
7885
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
72
1155
7872
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
11
426
2745
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North America
11 Families width 2745 Species and 40 Subspecies
Anapidae Simon, 1895Anapid spiders6SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders454SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders1381SpeciesTaxom
Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928Dwarf cobweb spiders22SpeciesTaxom
Nesticidae Simon, 1894Cave cobweb spider69SpeciesTaxom
Pimoidae Wunderlich, 1986Pimoid spiders15SpeciesTaxom
Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931Dwarf orb-weavers3SpeciesTaxom
Synotaxidae Simon, 1894Synotaxid spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers167SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders612SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881Ray orbweavers13SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in North America
FamilyAnapidae
Simon, 1895
Anapid spiders, Tiny Orbweavers
6
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

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
73
454
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
226
1381
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers
6
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyNesticidae
Simon, 1894
cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders, Comb-footed Cellar Spiders, Scaffold web spiders, Tangle web spiders
10
69
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPimoidae
Wunderlich, 1986
Pimoid spiders
2
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySymphytognathidae
Hickman, 1931
Dwarf orb-weavers, Dwarf orbweavers
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySynotaxidae
Simon, 1894
Synotaxid spiders
2
3
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
24
167
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
69
612
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTheridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders
6
13
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org