Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Okinawa Prefecture (Southern Kyushu, Japan)
List of families for Okinawa Prefecture
7 Families width 131 Species
Genera for Okinawa Prefecture
72 Genera with 131 Species #ACDEGHLMNOPRSTUWZ
Achaearanea Strand, 1929 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Anelosimus Simon, 1986 | Social cobweb spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aoaraneus Tanikawa, Ya..., 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arachnura Vinson, 1867 | Tailed spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1969 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1879 | Garden orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1857 | Dewdrop spiders | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Chikunia Yoshida, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 1996 | Comb-footed Spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cnodalia Thorell, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coleosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Conculus Komatsu, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptachaea Archer, 2016 | cobweb spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1992 | Three-lobed Spiders | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1857 | Tent spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dipoena Thorell, 1985 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 1991 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Emertonella Bryant, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Entelecara Simon, 1993 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episinus Walckenaer, 1960 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eriovixia Archer, 1999 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Euryopis Menge, 1992 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1859 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gea C. L. Koch, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glenognatha Simon, 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathonarium Karsch, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gongylidioides Oi, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gushangzao Lin & Li, 2024 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Howaia Lehtinen & S..., 2023 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hylyphantes Simon, 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Larinia Simon, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lariniaria Grasshoff, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lasaeola Simon, 2000 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1841 | Black widow spider | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1906 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Lipocrea Thorell, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meotipa Simon, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metleucauge Levi, 1992 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nematogmus Simon, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1865 | Spotted orbweavers | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1793 | Banana spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Neriene Blackwall, 1969 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nesticella Lehtinen & S..., 2023 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nesticodes Archer, 1846 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nipponidion Yoshida, 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oilinyphia Ono & Saito, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Okileucauge Tanikawa, 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraplectana Brito Capello, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parasteatoda Archer, 1841 | Comb-Clawed Spider | 3 | Species | Taxom | Pholcomma Thorell, 1869 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Phoroncidia Westwood, 1979 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phycosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 1987 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebs Joseph & Fra..., 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhomphaea L. Koch, 2001 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sennin Suzuki, Hira..., 2022 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenysa Simon, 2025 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1890 | False black widows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1988 | Four-jawed spider | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Thelacantha Hasselt, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 2009 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theridiosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 2022 | Ray spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Theridula Emerton, 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thymoites Keyserling, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Tylorida Simon, 1877 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ummeliata Strand, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Walckenaeria Blackwall, 1833 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Zhinu Kallal & Hor..., 1958 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Okinawa Prefecture
131 Species | Anelosimus crassipes Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | | | Anelosimus exiguus Yoshida, 1986 | | | Aoaraneus amabilis Tanikawa, 2001 | | | Arachnura melanura Simon, 1867 | Black tail spider | | Araneus amabilis Tanikawa, 2001 | | | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Araneus iriomotensis Tanikawa, 2001 | | | Araneus komi Tanikawa, 2001 | | | Araneus ryukyuanus Tanikawa, 2001 | | | Araneus ventricosus L. Koch, 1878 | | | Araneus viridiventris Yaginuma, 1969 | | | Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842 | | | Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879 | Uinta sandwort | | Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850 | | Argyrodes bonadea (Karsch, 1881) | ⇒ Argyrodes argentatus Octavius Pic..., 1880 | | Argyrodes fissifrons (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) | ⇒ Argyrodes kumadai Chida & Tani..., 1999 | | Argyrodes flavescens O. P.-Cambridge, 1880 | Red and silver dewdrop spider | | Argyrodes kumadai Chida & Tani..., 1999 | | | Argyrodes miniaceus (Doleschall, 1857) | ⇒ Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991 | | Chikunia albipes Kendo Saito, 1935 | Lombardy leafminer | | Chrysso sasakii Yoshida, 2001 | | | Chrysso viridiventris Yoshida, 1996 | | | Cnodalia harpax Thorell, 1890 | Sand bee | | Coleosoma blandum O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 | Sheath-bellied spider | | Coleosoma floridanum Banks, 1900 | Cobweb Spider | | Conculus lyugadinus Komatsu, 1940 | | | Cryptachaea ogatai Yoshida, 2016 | | | Cyclosa alba Tanikawa, 1992 | | | Cyclosa angusta Tanikawa, 1992 | | | Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | | | Cyclosa ginnaga (Yaginuma, 1959) | ⇒ Cyclosa kumadai Tanikawa, 1992 | | Cyclosa mulmeinensis Thorell, 1887 | | | Cyclosa sachikoae Tanikawa, 1992 | | | Cyrtarachne nagasakiensis Strand, 1918 | | | Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) | ⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906 | | Cyrtophora unicolor Doleschall, 1857 | | | Dipoena amamiensis Yoshida, 1985 | | | Dolichognatha umbrophila Tanikawa, 1991 | | | Emertonella taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886 | Cobweb spiders | | Enoplognatha abrupta Karsch, 1879 | | | Entelecara tanikawai Tazoe, 1993 | | | Episinus affinis Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | | | Episinus nubilus Yaginuma, 1960 | | | Eriovixia pseudocentrodes (Bösenberg & ..., 1906) | ⇒ Eriovixia sticta Mi, Peng & Yin, 2010 | | Eriovixia sakiedaorum Tanikawa, 1999 | | | Euryopis iharai Yoshida, 1992 | | | Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758 | Crab spider | | Gasteracantha mediofusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1859 | | | Gea subarmata Tord Tamerla..., 1890 | Sand bee | | Glenognatha dentata Zhu & Wen, 1978 | | | Gnathonarium gibberum Oi, 1960 | | | Gongylidioides onoi Tazoe, 1994 | | | Gushangzao goemon Lin & Li, 2024 | | | Howaia alba Ballarin & E..., 2023 | | | Howaia subterranea Ballarin & E..., 2023 | | | Hylyphantes tanikawai Ono & H. Saito, 2001 | | | Hypsosinga sanguinea C. L. Koch, 1844 | | | Larinia onoi Tanikawa, 1989 | | | Larinia phthisica L. Koch, 1871 | | | Lariniaria argiopiformis Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | | | Lasaeola okinawana Yoshida & Ono, 2000 | | | Lasaeola yona Yoshida & Ono, 2000 | | | Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898 | | | Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 | Brown black widow | | Leucauge blanda L. Koch, 1878 | | | Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842 | Black-striped orchard spider | | Leucauge crucinota Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | | | Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864 | | | Leucauge subblanda (Bösenberg & ..., 1906) | ⇒ Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842 | | Lipocrea fusiformis Thorell, 1877 | | | Meotipa pulcherrima Mello-Leitao, 1917 | | | Metleucauge chikunii Tanikawa, 1992 | | | Nematogmus sanguinolentus (Walckenaer, 1841) | ⇒ Hypselistes asiaticus Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | | Neoscona punctigera Doleschall, 1857 | | | Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879) | ⇒ Neoscona multiplicans Chamberlin, 1924 | | Neoscona scylloides Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | | | Neoscona subpullata Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | | | Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842 | Spider | | Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865 | | | Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878 | Jorō Spider | | Nephila maculata (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793 | | Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793 | Giant golden orb weaver | | Neriene albolimbata Karsch, 1879 | | | Neriene oidedicata van Helsdingen, 1969 | | | Nesticella insulana Ballarin & E..., 2023 | | | Nesticella occulta Ballarin & E..., 2023 | | | Nesticella silvicola Ballarin & E..., 2023 | | | Nesticodes rufipes Lucas, 1846 | Cobweb spiders | | Nipponidion okinawense Yoshida, 2001 | | | Oilinyphia peculiaris Hirotsugu On..., 1989 | | | Okileucauge sasakii Tanikawa, 2001 | | | Paraplectana tsushimensis Yamaguchi, 1960 | | | Parasteatoda japonica Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | | | Parasteatoda ryukyu Yoshida, 2000 | | | Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841 | American house false widow spider | | Phoroncidia ryukyuensis Yoshida, 1979 | | | Phycosoma amamiense Hajime Yoshida, 1985 | | | Phycosoma martinae Michael J. R..., 1983 | | | Phycosoma mustelinum Eugène Simon, 1889 | Fine-sculpted cerith | | Phycosoma nigromaculatum Hajime Yoshida, 1987 | | | Platnickina mneon Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | Theridiid spidereater | | Plebs yanbaruensis Tanikawa, 2000 | | | Rhomphaea hyrcana Logunov & Ma..., 1990 | | | Rhomphaea labiata Zhu & Song, 1991 | | | Rhomphaea tanikawai Yoshida, 2001 | | | Sennin tanikawai Suzuki, Hira..., 2022 | | | Solenysa shimatchu Ballarin & E..., 2025 | | | Solenysa yambaruensis Ballarin & E..., 2025 | | | Steatoda cingulata (Thorell, 1890) | ⇒ Steatoda subannulata Wladislaus K..., 1911 | | Tetragnatha bituberculata L. Koch, 1867 | | | Tetragnatha ceylonica Octavius Pic..., 1869 | | | Tetragnatha chauliodus Thorell, 1890 | | | Tetragnatha iriomotensis Okuma, 1991 | | | Tetragnatha javana (Thorell, 1890) | ⇒ Tetragnatha caudicula Karsch, 1879 | | Tetragnatha makiharai Okuma, 1977 | | | Tetragnatha mandibulata (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Tetragnatha kochi Thorell, 1895 | | Tetragnatha maxillosa Thorell, 1895 | | | Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826) | ⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898 | | Tetragnatha praedonia (L. Koch, 1878) | ⇒ Tetragnatha sociella Ralph Vary C..., 1924 | | Tetragnatha tanigawai Okuma, 1988 | | | Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857 | | | Theridion makotoi Hajime Yoshida, 2009 | Steel-blue cricket hunter | | Theridiosoma alboannulatum Suzuki, Seri..., 2020 | | | Theridiosoma dissimulatum Suzuki, Seri..., 2020 | | | Theridiosoma nigrivirgatum Suzuki, Hira..., 2022 | | | Theridula iriomotensis Hajime Yoshida, 2001 | | | Thymoites yaginumai Yoshida, 1995 | | | Tylorida striata Thorell, 1877 | | | Tylorida ventralis Thorell, 1877 | | | Ummeliata insecticeps Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | | | Zhinu reticuloides Yaginuma, 1958 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Okinawa Prefecture | 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 | 20
40 | 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 | 10
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nesticidae
Simon, 1894
cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders, Comb-footed Cellar Spiders, Scaffold web spiders, Tangle web spiders | 2
5 | Genera
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 | 9
26 | 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 | 28
44 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Theridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders | 2
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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