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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Southern Alberta (Alberta, Canada)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
99
260
422
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
89
245
409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
30
171
360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
30
171
360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
28
168
344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
28
168
344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
85
169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern Alberta
5 Families width 169 Species
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders105SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae (Simon, 1895)Golden orb web spiders28SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders25SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers10SpeciesTaxom
Anapidae Simon, 1895Anapid spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern Alberta
85 Genera with 169 Species
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Agnyphantes Hull, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Agyneta Hull, 20139SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers8SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Asagena Sundevall, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Bathyphantes Menge, 18925SpeciesTaxom
Canalidion Wunderlich, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Centromerus Dahl, 18413SpeciesTaxom
Ceraticelus Simon, 18927SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinella Emerton, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Cercidia Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cheniseo Bishop & Crosby, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 1957Comb-footed Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Collinsia O. P.-Cambridge, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1887Three-lobed Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Diplocentria Hull, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Diplostyla Emerton, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Dismodicus Simon, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Drapetisca Menge, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Entelecara Simon, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Erigone Audouin, 1894Black Dwarf Spiders6SpeciesTaxom
Estrandia Blauvelt, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Eulaira Chamberlin &..., 19451SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Frontinella Cambridge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Gonatium Menge, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Grammonota Emerton, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Helophora Menge, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Hypselistes Simon, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Improphantes Saaristo & T..., 18821SpeciesTaxom
Incestophantes Tanasevitch, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Islandiana Braendegaard, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Kaestneria Wiehle, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1935Black widow spider1SpeciesTaxom
Lepthyphantes Menge, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Macrargus Dahl, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Metanapis Godman & Salvin, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Metopobactrus Simon, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1830Platform spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Mughiphantes Saaristo & T..., 1999
0SpeciesTaxom
Mythoplastoides Crosby & Bishop, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1838Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Neottiura Menge, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Neriene Blackwall, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ohlertidion Wunderlich, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Oreonetides Strand, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1823Thickjawed Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1841Comb-Clawed Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Pelecopsis Simon, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Pholcomma Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Phylloneta Archer, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Pityohyphantes Simon, 1942Hammock Spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Pocadicnemis Simon, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Poeciloneta Kulczynski, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Porrhomma Simon, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Rugathodes Archer, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Satilatlas Keyserling, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Sciastes Bishop & Crosby, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Sisicottus Bishop & Crosby, 19993SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1802False black widows3SpeciesTaxom
Stemonyphantes Menge, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Symmigma Crosby & Bishop, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Tachygyna Chamberlin &..., 19391SpeciesTaxom
Tapinocyba Simon, 19333SpeciesTaxom
Tennesseellum Petrunkevitch, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 19372SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider8SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1872Tangle-Web Spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Troxochrus Simon, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Vermontia Millidge, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Walckenaeria Blackwall, 19836SpeciesTaxom
Zornella Jackson, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17573SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Alberta
169 Species
Agnyphantes arboreus James Henry ..., 1915
Agyneta cauta (Octavius Pic..., 1902)⇒ Agyneta olivacea James Henry ..., 1882
Agyneta danielbelangeri Duperre, 2013
Agyneta fabra Keyserling, 1886
Agyneta lophophor Chamberlin &..., 1933
Agyneta nigripes Simon, 1884
Agyneta perspicua Duperre, 2013
Agyneta protrudens Chamberlin &..., 1933
Agyneta simplex Emerton, 1926
Agyneta watertoni Duperre, 2013
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin &..., 1935Cat-faced Spider
Araneus iviei Archer, 1951
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Asagena americana James Henry ..., 1882Two-Spotted Cobweb Spider
Bathyphantes alascensis Richard C. B..., 1900
Bathyphantes canadensis (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Bathyphantes setiger Frederick Oc..., 1894
Bathyphantes eumenis Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Bathyphantes gracilis Blackwall, 1841
Bathyphantes pallidus (Banks, 1892)⇒ Agyneta angulata Emerton, 1882
Canalidion montanum James Henry ..., 1882
Centromerus incilium Koch, 1881
Centromerus longibulbus James Henry ..., 1882
Centromerus sylvaticus Blackwall, 1841
Ceraticelus atriceps Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus bulbosus James Henry ..., 1882
Ceraticelus crassiceps Ralph Vary C..., 1939
Ceraticelus fissiceps Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus laetus Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus minutus James Henry ..., 1882
Ceraticelus similis Richard C. B..., 1892
Ceratinella acerea Ralph Vary C..., 1933Florida carpenter ant
Ceratinella brunnea James Henry ..., 1882
Cercidia prominens Johan Peter ..., 1851
Cheniseo sphagnicultor Bishop & Crosby, 1935Cicada killer
Chrysso nordica Ralph Vary C..., 1947
Chrysso pelyx Herbert Walt..., 1957
Collinsia ksenia Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Collinsia plumosa James Henry ..., 1882
Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa psylla Thorell, 1887
Diplocentria bidentata James Henry ..., 1882
Diplocentria perplexa Ralph Vary C..., 1939
Diplostyla concolor Wider, 1834
Dismodicus decemoculatus James Henry ..., 1882
Drapetisca alteranda Ralph Vary C..., 1909Northern Long-Toothed Sheetweaver
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Entelecara sombra Ralph Vary C..., 1947
Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Erigone arctica (White, 1852)⇒ Erigone dentigera Octavius Pic..., 1874
Erigone autumnalis James Henry ..., 1882Dwarf weaver
Erigone blaesa Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Erigone cristatopalpus Eugène Simon, 1884White meadowbeauty
Erigone dentosa Octavius Pic..., 1894Dwarf weaver
Estrandia grandaeva Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Eulaira obscura Ralph Vary C..., 1945
Euryopis argentea Emerton, 1882
Euryopis pepini Levi, 1954
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Frontinella pyramitela (Walckenaer, 1841)⇒ Frontinella communis Hentz, 1850
Gonatium crassipalpum Elizabeth Ba..., 1933
Grammonota angusta Charles Dent..., 1959
Grammonota gentilis Richard C. B..., 1898
Grammonota pictilis Octavius Pic..., 1875
Helophora insignis John Blackwall, 1841
Helophora reducta Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Hypselistes florens Octavius Pic..., 1875Peatland Sheetweb Weaver
Hypsosinga alberta Herbert Walt..., 1972
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Improphantes complicatus James Henry ..., 1882
Incestophantes lamprus Ralph Vary C..., 1920
Islandiana flaveola Richard C. B..., 1892
Islandiana holmi Wilton Ivie, 1965
Kaestneria pullata Octavius Pic..., 1863
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935Western black widow
Lepthyphantes alpinus James Henry ..., 1882
Lepthyphantes intricatus James Henry ..., 1911
Lepthyphantes rainieri James Henry ..., 1926
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Macrargus rufus Wider, 1834
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Mermessus trilobatus James Henry ..., 1882
Mermessus undulatus James Henry ..., 1914
Metanapis plutella Raymond Robe..., 1974
Metopobactrus prominulus (Octavius Pic..., 1872)⇒ Maso alticeps James Henry ..., 1909
Microlinyphia mandibulata James Henry ..., 1882
Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830
Mythoplastoides erectus James Henry ..., 1915
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Neottiura bimaculata Linnaeus, 1767
Neriene clathrata Sundevall, 1830
Neriene radiata Walckenaer, 1842Filmy dome spider
Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1758Toad Spider
Ohlertidion ohlerti Tord Tamerla..., 1870
Oreonetides flavus James Henry ..., 1915
Oreonetides vaginatus (Thorell, 1872)⇒ Oreonetides filicatus Crosby, 1937
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841American house false widow spider
Pelecopsis sculpta James Henry ..., 1917
Pholcomma gibbum Johan Peter ..., 1851
Phylloneta impressa Ludwig Carl ..., 1881
Pityohyphantes alticeps Ralph Vary C..., 1943Maricopa harvester ant
Pityohyphantes costatus Nicholas Mar..., 1850Hammock spider
Pityohyphantes cristatus Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Pityohyphantes subarcticus Ralph Vary C..., 1943Maricopa harvester ant
Pityohyphantes tacoma Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Pocadicnemis americana Alfred Frank..., 1976
Pocadicnemis pumila (John Blackwall, 1841)⇒ Pocadicnemis juncea George Hazel..., 1953
Poeciloneta calcaratus Emerton, 1909
Poeciloneta fructuosa Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Porrhomma convexum (Westring, 1851)⇒ Porrhomma microps Carl Friedri..., 1931
Rugathodes aurantius James Henry ..., 1915
Rugathodes sexpunctatus James Henry ..., 1882
Satilatlas arenarius James Henry ..., 1911
Sciastes truncatus James Henry ..., 1882
Sisicottus montanus (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Sisicottus panopeus FrantiÅ¡ek M..., 1999
Sisicottus nesides Ralph Vary C..., 1921
Sisicottus panopeus František M..., 1999
Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Chrysso albomaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
Steatoda hespera Ralph Vary C..., 1933Florida carpenter ant
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider
Stemonyphantes blauveltae Willis J. Ge..., 1951
Symmigma minimum James Henry ..., 1923
Tachygyna vancouverana Ralph Vary C..., 1939
Tapinocyba affinis Roger de Les..., 1907
Tapinocyba cameroni Dupérré & Pa..., 2007
Tapinocyba dietrichi Crosby & Bishop, 1933
Tennesseellum formica James Henry ..., 1882
Tenuiphantes zebra James Henry ..., 1882
Tenuiphantes zelatus Zorsch, 1937
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha pallescens F. Octavius ..., 1903
Tetragnatha shoshone Herbert W. Levi, 1981
Tetragnatha straminea Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842
Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842Green Long-Jawed Spider
Theridion differens (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridion glaucescens Lawrence Becker, 1879
Theridion frondeum Nicholas Mar..., 1850Eastern Long-Legged Cobweaver
Theridion murarium James Henry ..., 1882
Theridion petraeum (Ludwig Carl ..., 1872)⇒ Theridion wiehlei Ehrenfried S..., 1938
Theridula emertoni Herbert Walt..., 1954Emerton'S Bitubercled Cobweaver
Thymoites unimaculatus James Henry ..., 1882
Troxochrus scabriculus Johan Peter ..., 1851
Vermontia thoracica James Henry ..., 1913
Walckenaeria atrotibialis Octavius Pic..., 1878
Walckenaeria cornuella Ralph Vary C..., 1939
Walckenaeria cucullata Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Walckenaeria directa Octavius Pic..., 1874
Walckenaeria pallida James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria palustris Millidge, 1983
Zornella cryptodon Ralph Vary C..., 1920
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella nearctica Willis J. Ge..., 1964
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Southern Alberta
FamilyAnapidae
Simon, 1895
Anapid spiders, Tiny Orbweavers
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

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
12
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLinyphiidae
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
52
105
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
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTheridiidae
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
17
25
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


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