Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)
List of families for Sierra Leone
4 Families width 23 Species
Genera for Sierra Leone
16 Genera with 23 Species | Acrosomoides Simon, 1842 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acusilas Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1859 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coelossia Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dipoena Thorell, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dipoenura Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Megaraneus Lawrence, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1842 | Banana spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pachydelphus Jocqué & Bos..., 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parameta Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraplectana Brito Capello, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poltys C. L. Koch, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1907 | Four-jawed spider | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1907 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thwaitesia O. P.-Cambridge, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sierra Leone
23 Species | Acrosomoides linnaei Walckenaer, 1842 | | | Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895 | | | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Coelossia aciculata Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Dipoena destricta Eugène Simon, 1903 | | | Dipoenura cyclosoides Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Gasteracantha curvispina (Félix Édouar..., 1837) | ⇒ Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873 | | Gasteracantha hemispaerica C. L. Koch, 1844 | | | Megaraneus gabonensis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Nephila constricta Karsch, 1879 | Constricted Golden Orb Spider | | Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842 | Banded Golden Orb Spider | | Pachydelphus africanus Eugène Simon, 1894 | | | Parameta jugularis Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Paraplectana hemisphaerica Carl Ludwig ..., 1844 | | | Poltys caelatus Eugène Simon, 1907 | | | Poltys monstrosus Eugène Simon, 1897 | | | Tetragnatha clavigera Eugène Simon, 1887 | | | Tetragnatha dentatidens Eugène Simon, 1907 | | | Tetragnatha hastula Eugène Simon, 1907 | | | Theridion derhami Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Theridion praemite Eugène Simon, 1907 | | | Theridion trifile Eugène Simon, 1907 | | | Thwaitesia turbinata Eugène Simon, 1903 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Sierra Leone | 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
10 | 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 | 1
1 | Genus
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 | 3
6 | 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
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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