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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Papua Province (Western New Guinea, Indonesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
28
49
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
24
42
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
7
13
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
6
12
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
5
11
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
5
11
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
2
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua Province
2 Families width 9 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua Province
8 Genera with 9 Species
Anepsion Strand, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1914Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1842Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1834Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1842Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1793Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Opadometa Archer, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Thelacantha Hasselt, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua Province
9 Species
Anepsion wichmanni Kulczyn´ski, 1911
Araneus floriatus Hogg, 1914
Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842
Argiope appensa Walckenaer, 1842Garden spider
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Gasteracantha taeniata Charles Atha..., 1842
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793Giant golden orb weaver
Opadometa grata Guérin, 1838
Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Papua Province
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
6
7
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
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org