Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Ratnapura (Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka)
List of families for Ratnapura
3 Families width 10 Species
Genera for Ratnapura
10 Genera with 10 Species | Acusilas Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1886 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chikunia Yoshida, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1798 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1793 | Banana spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephilengys L. Koch, 1842 | Hermit spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Opadometa Archer, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phoroncidia Westwood, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thwaitesia O. P.-Cambridge, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ratnapura
10 Species | Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895 | | | Araneus mitificus Simon, 1886 | Kidney garden spider | | Chikunia nigra O.Pickard-Ca..., 1880 | | | Dolichognatha incanescens Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Gasteracantha geminata Johan Christ..., 1798 | | | 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 | | Phoroncidia thwaitesi Octavius Pic..., 1869 | | | Thwaitesia margaritifera Octavius Pic..., 1881 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Ratnapura | 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 | 3
3 | 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 | 4
4 | 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 | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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