Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Rwanda (East Africa)
List of families for Rwanda
6 Families width 56 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Rwanda
32 Genera with 56 Species #ACFGIKLMNPST
| Acusilas Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afracantha Dahl, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arachnura Vinson, 1863 | Tailed spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1979 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aranoethra Butler, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1992 | Three-lobed Spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Forsteriola Brignoli, 1974 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gastroxya Benoit, 1962 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isoxya Simon, 1901 | Box kite spiders | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Kilima Grasshoff, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Laminafroneta Merrett, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1841 | Black widow spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1913 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Mahembea Grasshoff, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microdipoena Banks, 1989 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mysmenella Brignoli, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1837 | Spotted orbweavers | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1842 | Banana spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neriene Blackwall, 1968 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1913 | Thickjawed Orb Weavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraplectana Brito Capello, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelecopsis Simon, 1964 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Proboscidula Miller, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pronous Keyserling, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1910 | False black widows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1913 | Four-jawed spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1913 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Rwanda
56 Species and 1 Subspecies | Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895 | | | Afracantha camerunensis Thorell, 1899 | | | Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863 | | | Araneus cereolus Simon, 1885 | | | Araneus legonensis Grasshoff & ..., 1979 | | | Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873 | | | Argiope flavipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793 | African bark orb-web spider | | Cyclosa confusa Bösenberg & ..., 1906 | | | Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834) | ⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992 | | Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Forsteriola proloba Raymond Robe..., 1974 | | | Gasteracantha curvispina (Félix Édouar..., 1837) | ⇒ Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873 | | Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Gastroxya schoutedeni Pierre L. G...., 1962 | | | Isoxya basilewskyi Pierre L. G...., 1975 | | | Isoxya penizoides Eugène Simon, 1887 | | | Isoxya stuhlmanni Friedrich Wi..., 1895 | | | Isoxya testudinaria Eugène Simon, 1901 | | | Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866 | | | Kilima griseovariegata Albert Tullgren, 1910 | | | Laminafroneta bidentata Herman Theod..., 1968 | | | Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 | Brown black widow | | Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864 | | | Leucauge medjensis Lessert, 1930 | | | Leucauge meruensis karagonis Strand, 1913 | | | Leucauge tellervo Embrik Strand, 1913 | | | Mahembea hewitti Roger de Les..., 1930 | | | Microdipoena mihindi Baert, 1989 | | | Microdipoena nyungwe L. Baert, 1989 | | | Mysmenella mihindi (Baert, 1989) | ⇒ Microdipoena mihindi Baert, 1989 | | Neoscona alberti Embrik Strand, 1913 | | | Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886 | | | Neoscona chiarinii Pavesi, 1883 | | | Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863 | | | Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879 | | | Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Neoscona simoni Manfred Gras..., 1986 | | | Neoscona stanleyi Roger de Les..., 1930 | | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842 | Banded Golden Orb Spider | | Neriene conica George Hazel..., 1968 | | | Neriene helsdingeni George Hazel..., 1968 | | | Pachygnatha ruanda Embrik Strand, 1913 | | | Paraplectana walleri John Blackwall, 1865 | | | Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Pelecopsis physeter Jean-Louis Fage, 1936 | Hartmeter's blunt armed sea star | | Pelecopsis punctilineata Herman Theod..., 1964 | Lined sea star | | Proboscidula milleri Knoflach, 1995 | | | Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Steatoda singoides Albert Tullgren, 1910 | | | Tetragnatha mawambina Embrik Strand, 1913 | | | Theridion sabinjonis Embrik Strand, 1913 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Rwanda | 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 | 18
36 | 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 | 3
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers | 2
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
7 | 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 | 4
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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