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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Papua Region (Papua New Guinea)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
27
49
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
17
32
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
7
18
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
5
15
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
5
15
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
5
15
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
2
5
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua Region
2 Families width 7 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders6SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua Region
5 Genera with 7 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1914Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1842Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1879Spiny Backed Orb Weaver3SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1793Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua Region
7 Species
Araneus floriatus Hogg, 1914
Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Gasteracantha crucigera Bradley, 1877
Gasteracantha lepelletieri Félix Édouar..., 1825
Gasteracantha quadrispinosa Octavius Pic..., 1879
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793Giant golden orb weaver

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Papua Region
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
4
6
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
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org