Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Penang (Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia)
List of families for Penang
3 Families width 21 Species
Genera for Penang
16 Genera with 21 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1886 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1859 | Garden orbweavers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1880 | Dewdrop spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eriovixia Archer, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1859 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gea C. L. Koch, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Herennia Thorell, 1859 | Coin spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1887 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Macracantha Simon, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1793 | Banana spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nephilengys L. Koch, 1842 | Hermit spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Opadometa Archer, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1890 | Four-jawed spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thelacantha Hasselt, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1890 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Penang
21 Species | Araneus mitificus Simon, 1886 | Kidney garden spider | | Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842 | | | Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878 | | Argiope versicolor Carl Ludwig ..., 1859 | | | Argyrodes flavescens O. P.-Cambridge, 1880 | Red and silver dewdrop spider | | Eriovixia laglaizei Eugène Simon, 1877 | | | Gasteracantha diardi Hippolyte Lucas, 1835 | | | Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837 | | | Gasteracantha mediofusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1859 | | | Gea spinipes Carl Ludwig ..., 1843 | | | Herennia multipuncta Doleschall, 1859 | Ornamental tree trunk spider | | Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864 | | | Leucauge tessellata Thorell, 1887 | | | Macracantha arcuata Fabricius, 1793 | | | Nephila kuhlii Doleschall, 1859 | | | Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793 | Giant golden orb weaver | | Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Nephilengys papuana Tord Tamerla..., 1881 | | Opadometa fastigata Eugène Simon, 1877 | Pear shaped Leucauge | | Tetragnatha hasselti Thorell, 1890 | Sand bee | | Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857 | | | Theridion zonulatum Tord Tamerla..., 1890 | Sand bee |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Penang | 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 | 8
11 | 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 | 6
8 | 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 | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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