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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Northeastern Ontario (Northern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
104
295
454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
96
279
438
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
25
184
376
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
25
184
376
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
23
181
360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
23
181
360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
98
192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northeastern Ontario
5 Families width 192 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders29SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders111SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders36SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers15SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881Ray orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northeastern Ontario
98 Genera with 192 Species
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Acanthepeira Marx, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Agyneta Hull, 18925SpeciesTaxom
Allomengea Strand, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Aphileta Hull, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers9SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Bathyphantes Menge, 18925SpeciesTaxom
Canalidion Wunderlich, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Centromerus Dahl, 18414SpeciesTaxom
Ceraticelus Simon, 18925SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinella Emerton, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinops Banks, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Collinsia O. P.-Cambridge, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1772Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Dicymbium Menge, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Diplocentria Hull, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Diplocephalus Bertkau, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Diplostyla Emerton, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Dismodicus Simon, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Drapetisca Menge, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Entelecara Simon, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Eridantes Crosby & Bishop, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Erigone Audouin, 1874Black Dwarf Spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Estrandia Blauvelt, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19353SpeciesTaxom
Frontinella Cambridge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Gonatium Menge, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Grammonota Emerton, 18754SpeciesTaxom
Helophora Menge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Hybauchenidium Holm, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Hypselistes Simon, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Improphantes Saaristo & T..., 18821SpeciesTaxom
Kaestneria Wiehle, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1837Black widow spider1SpeciesTaxom
Lepthyphantes Menge, 18773SpeciesTaxom
Lophomma Menge, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Macrargus Dahl, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Maso Simon, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Mecynargus Kulczynski, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19411SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1882Platform spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Microneta Menge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1838Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Neospintharus Exline, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Neottiura Menge, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Neriene Blackwall, 18923SpeciesTaxom
Oedothorax Bertkau, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Oreonetides Strand, 18723SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1845Thickjawed Orb Weavers3SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1841Comb-Clawed Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Phlattothrata Crosby & Bishop, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Pityohyphantes Simon, 1943Hammock Spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Pocadicnemis Simon, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Poeciloneta Kulczynski, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Porrhomma Simon, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Praestigia Millidge, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Rugathodes Archer, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Satilatlas Keyserling, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Sciastes Bishop & Crosby, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Scirites Bishop & Crosby, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Scyletria Bishop & Crosby, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1893Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Sisicottus Bishop & Crosby, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Soulgas Crosby & Bishop, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1802False black widows5SpeciesTaxom
Stemonyphantes Menge, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Styloctetor Simon, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Tapinocyba Simon, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Tapinopa Westring, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Tennesseellum Petrunkevitch, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider11SpeciesTaxom
Theonoe Simon, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1833Tangle-Web Spiders8SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 1877Ray spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Thyreosthenius Simon, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Vermontia Millidge, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Walckenaeria Blackwall, 193112SpeciesTaxom
Walckenaerianus Wunderlich, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Wamba O. P.-Cambridge, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Yunohamella Yoshida, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Zornella Jackson, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 19642SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northeastern Ontario
192 Species
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Agyneta allosubtilis Loksa, 1965
Agyneta fabra Keyserling, 1886
Agyneta olivacea James Henry ..., 1882
Agyneta simplex Emerton, 1926
Agyneta unimaculata Banks, 1892
Allomengea dentisetis Grube, 1861
Aphileta misera Octavius Pic..., 1882Heterotardigrades
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus iviei Archer, 1951
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus pratensis (Emerton, 1884)⇒ Neoscona pratensis Hentz, 1847
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Bathyphantes alboventris Richard C. B..., 1892
Bathyphantes canadensis (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Bathyphantes setiger Frederick Oc..., 1894
Bathyphantes eumenis Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Bathyphantes gracilis Blackwall, 1841
Bathyphantes pallidus (Banks, 1892)⇒ Agyneta angulata Emerton, 1882
Canalidion montanum James Henry ..., 1882
Centromerus denticulatus (James Henry ..., 1909)⇒ Mermessus denticulatus Richard C. B..., 1898
Centromerus longibulbus James Henry ..., 1882
Centromerus persolutus Octavius Pic..., 1875
Centromerus sylvaticus Blackwall, 1841
Ceraticelus atriceps Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus fissiceps Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus laetabilis Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus minutus James Henry ..., 1882
Ceraticelus similis Richard C. B..., 1892
Ceratinella brunnea James Henry ..., 1882
Ceratinella parvula Irving Fox, 1891
Ceratinops annulipes Richard C. B..., 1892
Collinsia plumosa James Henry ..., 1882
Crustulina sticta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861)⇒ Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Dicymbium elongatum James Henry ..., 1882
Diplocentria bidentata James Henry ..., 1882
Diplocephalus subrostratus Octavius Pic..., 1873
Diplostyla concolor Wider, 1834
Dipoena nigra (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridula nigerrima Alexander Pe..., 1911
Dismodicus alticeps Ralph Vary C..., 1947
Dismodicus decemoculatus James Henry ..., 1882
Drapetisca alteranda Ralph Vary C..., 1909Northern Long-Toothed Sheetweaver
Enoplognatha intrepida William Sør..., 1898
Enoplognatha marmorata (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Enoplognatha caricis Fickert, 1876
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Entelecara sombra Ralph Vary C..., 1947
Eridantes utibilis Crosby & Bishop, 1933
Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Erigone arctica (White, 1852)⇒ Erigone dentigera Octavius Pic..., 1874
Erigone arctophylacis Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Erigone dentigera Octavius Pic..., 1874
Estrandia grandaeva Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Euryopis argentea Emerton, 1882
Euryopis funebris Hentz, 1850
Euryopis scriptipes Banks, 1908
Eustala cepina Charles Atha..., 1842
Eustala emertoni Richard C. B..., 1904
Eustala rosae Ralph Vary C..., 1935
Frontinella pyramitela (Walckenaer, 1841)⇒ Frontinella communis Hentz, 1850
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Gonatium crassipalpum Elizabeth Ba..., 1933
Grammonota angusta Charles Dent..., 1959
Grammonota gentilis Richard C. B..., 1898
Grammonota gigas Richard C. B..., 1896
Grammonota pictilis Octavius Pic..., 1875
Helophora insignis John Blackwall, 1841
Hybauchenidium cymbadentatum Crosby & Bishop, 1935
Hypselistes florens Octavius Pic..., 1875Peatland Sheetweb Weaver
Hypselistes jacksoni Pickard-Camb..., 1902
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Hypsosinga rubens Nicholas Mar..., 1847
Improphantes complicatus James Henry ..., 1882
Kaestneria pullata Octavius Pic..., 1863
Kaestneria rufula Hackman, 1954
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Latrodectus variolus (Walckenaer, 1837)⇒ Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935
Lepthyphantes alpinus James Henry ..., 1882
Lepthyphantes intricatus James Henry ..., 1911
Lepthyphantes turbatrix Octavius Pic..., 1877
Lophomma depressum James Henry ..., 1882
Macrargus multesimus (Octavius Pic..., 1875)⇒ Porrhomma macrochelis James Henry ..., 1917
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Maso sundevalli (Johan Peter ..., 1851)⇒ Satilatlas marxi matanuskae Chamberlin, 1949
Mecynargus paetulus Octavius Pic..., 1875
Mermessus jona Bishop & Crosby, 1938
Mermessus maculatus Richard C. B..., 1892Sheet-web spiders
Mermessus trilobatus James Henry ..., 1882
Mermessus undulatus James Henry ..., 1914
Metepeira grandiosa Ralph Vary C..., 1941
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Microlinyphia mandibulata James Henry ..., 1882
Microneta viaria Blackwall, 1841
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850Horned Parasitic Cobweaver
Neottiura bimaculata Linnaeus, 1767
Neriene clathrata Sundevall, 1830
Neriene radiata Walckenaer, 1842Filmy dome spider
Neriene variabilis Richard C. B..., 1892
Oedothorax trilobatus (Richard C. B..., 1896)⇒ Mermessus trilobatus James Henry ..., 1882
Oreonetides kolymensis Kirill Yurye..., 1991
Oreonetides rectangulatus James Henry ..., 1913
Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872)⇒ Oreonetides filicatus Crosby, 1937
Pachygnatha autumnalis Marx, 1884Big-Eyed Thick-Jawed Spider
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha xanthostoma (C. L. Koch, 1845)⇒ Pachygnatha brevis Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841American house false widow spider
Phlattothrata flagellata James Henry ..., 1911
Pityohyphantes costatus Nicholas Mar..., 1850Hammock spider
Pityohyphantes cristatus Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Pityohyphantes limitaneus James Henry ..., 1915
Pityohyphantes subarcticus Ralph Vary C..., 1943Maricopa harvester ant
Platnickina tincta Walckenaer, 1802
Pocadicnemis americana Alfred Frank..., 1976
Poeciloneta calcaratus Emerton, 1909
Porrhomma terrestre James Henry ..., 1882
Praestigia kulczynskii Eskov, 1979
Robertus fuscus James Henry ..., 1894
Robertus riparius Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Rugathodes aurantius James Henry ..., 1915
Rugathodes sexpunctatus James Henry ..., 1882
Satilatlas marxi Eugen von Ke..., 1886Thin-ribbed mountainsnail
Sciastes truncatus James Henry ..., 1882
Scirites pectinatus James Henry ..., 1911
Scyletria inflata Bishop & Crosby, 1938
Singa keyserlingi McCook, 1893
Sisicottus montanus (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Sisicottus panopeus FrantiÅ¡ek M..., 1999
Sisicottus panopeus František M..., 1999
Soulgas corticarius (James Henry ..., 1909)⇒ Oedothorax seminolus Wilton Ivie ..., 1935
Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Chrysso albomaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
Steatoda borealis Nicholas Mar..., 1850Boreal Combfoot
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda hespera Ralph Vary C..., 1933Florida carpenter ant
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider
Stemonyphantes blauveltae Willis J. Ge..., 1951
Styloctetor compar Westring, 1861
Tapinocyba bicarinata James Henry ..., 1913
Tapinocyba simplex James Henry ..., 1882
Tapinopa bilineata Richard C. B..., 1893
Tennesseellum formica James Henry ..., 1882
Tenuiphantes zebra James Henry ..., 1882
Tetragnatha caudata Emerton, 1884Longjawed Orb Weavers
Tetragnatha dearmata Thorell, 1873
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha pallescens F. Octavius ..., 1903
Tetragnatha shoshone Herbert W. Levi, 1981
Tetragnatha straminea Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842
Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842Green Long-Jawed Spider
Theonoe stridula Crosby, 1906
Theridion differens (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridion glaucescens Lawrence Becker, 1879
Theridion frondeum Nicholas Mar..., 1850Eastern Long-Legged Cobweaver
Theridion glaucescens Lawrence Becker, 1879
Theridion hemerobium Eugène Simon, 1914
Theridion murarium James Henry ..., 1882
Theridion petraeum (Ludwig Carl ..., 1872)⇒ Theridion wiehlei Ehrenfried S..., 1938
Theridion pictum (Charles Atha..., 1802)⇒ Theridion hemerobium Eugène Simon, 1914
Theridion varians Carl Wilhelm..., 1833Red spruce
Theridiosoma gemmosum L. Koch, 1877Ray Spider
Theridula emertoni Herbert Walt..., 1954Emerton'S Bitubercled Cobweaver
Thymoites unimaculatus James Henry ..., 1882
Thyreosthenius parasiticus Johan Peter ..., 1851
Vermontia thoracica James Henry ..., 1913
Walckenaeria atrotibialis Octavius Pic..., 1878
Walckenaeria castanea James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria communis James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria digitata James Henry ..., 1913
Walckenaeria directa Octavius Pic..., 1874
Walckenaeria exigua Millidge, 1983
Walckenaeria fallax Millidge, 1983
Walckenaeria microspiralis Millidge, 1983
Walckenaeria pallida James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria pinocchio Kaston, 1945
Walckenaeria spiralis James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria tumida Crosby & Bishop, 1931
Walckenaerianus aimakensis Jörg Wunderl..., 1995
Wamba crispulus Eugène Simon, 1895
Yunohamella lyrica Walckenaer, 1842
Zornella armata Richard C. B..., 1906Southern flatcoil
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella nearctica Willis J. Ge..., 1964

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Northeastern Ontario
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
14
29
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
61
111
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
3
15
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
19
36
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTheridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


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