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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
125
344
575
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
116
328
556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
33
206
469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
33
206
469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
30
202
451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
30
202
451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
94
195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southwestern Ontario
6 Families width 195 Species
Araneidae (Simon, 1895)Golden orb web spiders42SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders39SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders94SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers18SpeciesTaxom
Nesticidae Simon, 1894Cave cobweb spider1SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881Ray orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southwestern Ontario
94 Genera with 195 Species
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Acanthepeira Marx, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Achaearanea Strand, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Agyneta Hull, 18926SpeciesTaxom
Aphileta Hull, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers8SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Asagena Sundevall, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Bathyphantes Menge, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Canalidion Wunderlich, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Centromerus Dahl, 18413SpeciesTaxom
Ceraticelus Simon, 18926SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinella Emerton, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinops Banks, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinopsis Emerton, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Collinsia O. P.-Cambridge, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1842Three-lobed Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Diplocentria Hull, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Diplocephalus Bertkau, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Diplostyla Emerton, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Disembolus Chamberlin &..., 1933
0SpeciesTaxom
Dismodicus Simon, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Drapetisca Menge, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Eridantes Crosby & Bishop, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Erigone Audouin, 1874Black Dwarf Spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Estrandia Blauvelt, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 19003SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19354SpeciesTaxom
Faiditus Keyserling, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Floricomus Crosby & Bishop, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Frontinella Cambridge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Glyphesis Simon, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Grammonota Emerton, 18755SpeciesTaxom
Helophora Menge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Hentziectypus Archer, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Hypselistes Simon, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18473SpeciesTaxom
Idionella Banks, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Islandiana Braendegaard, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1837Black widow spider1SpeciesTaxom
Lepthyphantes Menge, 18773SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Linyphantes Chamberlin &..., 19171SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18473SpeciesTaxom
Maso Simon, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 18823SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 18941SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19423SpeciesTaxom
Micrathena Sundevall, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1830Platform spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Microneta Menge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1847Spotted orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Neospintharus Exline, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Neottiura Menge, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Neriene Blackwall, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Nesticus Thorell, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Oedothorax Bertkau, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1845Thickjawed Orb Weavers5SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1841Comb-Clawed Spider2SpeciesTaxom
Pholcomma Thorell, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Pityohyphantes Simon, 1943Hammock Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Pocadicnemis Simon, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Poeciloneta Kulczynski, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Rugathodes Archer, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Satilatlas Keyserling, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Sciastes Bishop & Crosby, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Scotinotylus Simon, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Singa C. L. Koch, 1972Striped orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Sisicottus Bishop & Crosby, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Souessoula Crosby & Bishop, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Souidas Crosby & Bishop, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Soulgas Crosby & Bishop, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1802False black widows5SpeciesTaxom
Tapinopa Westring, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Tennesseellum Petrunkevitch, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 18822SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider10SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1833Tangle-Web Spiders8SpeciesTaxom
Theridiosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 1877Ray spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tmeticus Menge, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Verrucosa McCook, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Walckenaeria Blackwall, 19319SpeciesTaxom
Yunohamella Yoshida, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 18451SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southwestern Ontario
195 Species
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Acanthepeira venusta (Banks, 1896)⇒ Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805
Agyneta evadens Chamberlin, 1925
Agyneta fabra Keyserling, 1886
Agyneta micaria Emerton, 1882
Agyneta olivacea James Henry ..., 1882
Agyneta serrata Emerton, 1909
Agyneta unimaculata Banks, 1892
Aphileta misera Octavius Pic..., 1882Heterotardigrades
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus pratensis (Emerton, 1884)⇒ Neoscona pratensis Hentz, 1847
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Asagena americana James Henry ..., 1882Two-Spotted Cobweb Spider
Bathyphantes alboventris Richard C. B..., 1892
Bathyphantes brevis Emerton, 1911
Bathyphantes gracilis Blackwall, 1841
Bathyphantes pallidus (Banks, 1892)⇒ Agyneta angulata Emerton, 1882
Canalidion montanum James Henry ..., 1882
Centromerus cornupalpis Octavius Pic..., 1875
Centromerus longibulbus James Henry ..., 1882
Centromerus sylvaticus Blackwall, 1841
Ceraticelus atriceps Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus emertoni Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus fissiceps Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus limnologicus Crosby & Bishop, 1925
Ceraticelus minutus James Henry ..., 1882
Ceraticelus similis Richard C. B..., 1892
Ceratinella brunnea James Henry ..., 1882
Ceratinops annulipes Richard C. B..., 1892
Ceratinops latus James Henry ..., 1882
Ceratinopsis laticeps James Henry ..., 1882
Collinsia plumosa James Henry ..., 1882
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyclosa psylla Thorell, 1887
Cyclosa turbinata Charles Atha..., 1842Orb weavers
Diplocentria bidentata James Henry ..., 1882
Diplocephalus cristatus Blackwall, 1833Common money spider
Diplostyla concolor Wider, 1834
Dipoena nigra (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridula nigerrima Alexander Pe..., 1911
Dismodicus decemoculatus James Henry ..., 1882
Drapetisca alteranda Ralph Vary C..., 1909Northern Long-Toothed Sheetweaver
Enoplognatha caricis Fickert, 1876
Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Eridantes erigonoides James Henry ..., 1882
Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Erigone arctica (White, 1852)⇒ Erigone dentigera Octavius Pic..., 1874
Erigone arctophylacis Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Erigone autumnalis James Henry ..., 1882Dwarf weaver
Erigone dentigera Octavius Pic..., 1874
Estrandia grandaeva Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Euryopis argentea Emerton, 1882
Euryopis funebris Hentz, 1850
Euryopis quinquemaculata Banks, 1900
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Eustala cepina Charles Atha..., 1842
Eustala emertoni Richard C. B..., 1904
Eustala rosae Ralph Vary C..., 1935
Faiditus cancellatus Nicholas Mar..., 1850
Floricomus rostratus James Henry ..., 1882
Frontinella pyramitela (Walckenaer, 1841)⇒ Frontinella communis Hentz, 1850
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Glyphesis scopulifer James Henry ..., 1882
Grammonota angusta Charles Dent..., 1959
Grammonota gentilis Richard C. B..., 1898
Grammonota inornata James Henry ..., 1882
Grammonota ornata Octavius Pic..., 1875
Grammonota pictilis Octavius Pic..., 1875
Helophora insignis John Blackwall, 1841
Hentziectypus globosus Hentz, 1850
Hypselistes florens Octavius Pic..., 1875Peatland Sheetweb Weaver
Hypsosinga funebris Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Hypsosinga rubens Nicholas Mar..., 1847
Idionella rugosa Crosby, 1905
Islandiana flaveola Richard C. B..., 1892
Islandiana longisetosa James Henry ..., 1882
Larinia directa Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Latrodectus variolus (Walckenaer, 1837)⇒ Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935
Lepthyphantes intricatus James Henry ..., 1911
Lepthyphantes leprosus Ohlert, 1865Household Fine Sheetweaver
Lepthyphantes turbatrix Octavius Pic..., 1877
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Linyphantes orcinus James Henry ..., 1917
Mangora gibberosa (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Mangora fascialata Franganillo, 1936
Mangora maculata Keyserling, 1865Greenlegged orbweaver
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Maso sundevalli (Johan Peter ..., 1851)⇒ Satilatlas marxi matanuskae Chamberlin, 1949
Mermessus index James Henry ..., 1914
Mermessus maculatus Richard C. B..., 1892Sheet-web spiders
Mermessus trilobatus James Henry ..., 1882
Metellina curtisi McCook, 1894
Metepeira grandiosa Ralph Vary C..., 1941
Metepeira labyrinthea (Nicholas Mar..., 1847)⇒ Metepeira triangularis Pelegrin Fra..., 1930
Metepeira palustris Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Micrathena gracilis Charles Atha..., 1805Orb Weavers
Micrathena sagittata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowshaped micrathena
Microlinyphia impigra Octavius Pic..., 1871
Microlinyphia mandibulata James Henry ..., 1882
Microlinyphia pusilla Sundevall, 1830
Microneta viaria Blackwall, 1841
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neoscona crucifera Lucas, 1838Barn spider
Neoscona pratensis Hentz, 1847
Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850Horned Parasitic Cobweaver
Neottiura bimaculata Linnaeus, 1767
Neriene clathrata Sundevall, 1830
Neriene oxycera Tu & Li, 2006
Neriene radiata Walckenaer, 1842Filmy dome spider
Neriene variabilis Richard C. B..., 1892
Nesticus cellulanus Clerck, 1758Comb-footed Cellar Spider
Oedothorax montifer James Henry ..., 1882
Oedothorax trilobatus (Richard C. B..., 1896)⇒ Mermessus trilobatus James Henry ..., 1882
Pachygnatha autumnalis Marx, 1884Big-Eyed Thick-Jawed Spider
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha dorothea McCook, 1894
Pachygnatha tristriata C. L. Koch, 1845
Pachygnatha xanthostoma (C. L. Koch, 1845)⇒ Pachygnatha brevis Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Parasteatoda tabulata Levi, 1980Comb-footed spider
Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841American house false widow spider
Pholcomma hirsutum James Henry ..., 1882
Pityohyphantes costatus Nicholas Mar..., 1850Hammock spider
Pityohyphantes subarcticus Ralph Vary C..., 1943Maricopa harvester ant
Platnickina alabamensis Willis J. Ge..., 1942
Platnickina tincta Walckenaer, 1802
Pocadicnemis occidentalis Alfred Frank..., 1976
Poeciloneta calcaratus Emerton, 1909
Robertus eremophilus Ralph Vary C..., 1928
Robertus fuscus James Henry ..., 1894
Robertus spinifer James Henry ..., 1909
Rugathodes sexpunctatus James Henry ..., 1882
Satilatlas marxi Eugen von Ke..., 1886Thin-ribbed mountainsnail
Sciastes truncatus James Henry ..., 1882
Scotinotylus vernalis James Henry ..., 1882
Singa eugeni Herbert Walt..., 1972
Sisicottus montanus (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Sisicottus panopeus FrantiÅ¡ek M..., 1999
Sisicottus panopeus František M..., 1999
Souessoula parva Richard C. B..., 1899
Souidas tibialis James Henry ..., 1882
Soulgas corticarius (James Henry ..., 1909)⇒ Oedothorax seminolus Wilton Ivie ..., 1935
Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Chrysso albomaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
Steatoda bipunctata Linnaeus, 1758False widow
Steatoda borealis Nicholas Mar..., 1850Boreal Combfoot
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider
Tapinopa bilineata Richard C. B..., 1893
Tennesseellum formica James Henry ..., 1882
Tenuiphantes tenuis Blackwall, 1852Dwarf weaver
Tenuiphantes zebra James Henry ..., 1882
Tetragnatha caudata Emerton, 1884Longjawed Orb Weavers
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
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 albidum (Richard C. B..., 1895)⇒ Theridion berlandi Carl Friedri..., 1942
Theridion differens (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridion glaucescens Lawrence Becker, 1879
Theridion frondeum Nicholas Mar..., 1850Eastern Long-Legged Cobweaver
Theridion glaucescens Lawrence Becker, 1879
Theridion murarium James Henry ..., 1882
Theridion pennsylvanicum James Henry ..., 1913
Theridion rabuni Ralph Vary C..., 1944
Theridion varians Carl Wilhelm..., 1833Red spruce
Theridiosoma gemmosum L. Koch, 1877Ray Spider
Theridula emertoni Herbert Walt..., 1954Emerton'S Bitubercled Cobweaver
Thymoites unimaculatus James Henry ..., 1882
Tmeticus ornatus James Henry ..., 1914
Verrucosa arenata Charles Atha..., 1842Arrowhead Orb Weaver
Walckenaeria brevicornis James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria castanea James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria digitata James Henry ..., 1913
Walckenaeria directa Octavius Pic..., 1874
Walckenaeria kochi Octavius Pic..., 1872
Walckenaeria microspiralis Millidge, 1983
Walckenaeria pallida James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria spiralis James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria tumida Crosby & Bishop, 1931
Yunohamella lyrica Walckenaer, 1842
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Southwestern Ontario
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
17
42
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
49
94
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyNesticidae
Simon, 1894
cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders, Comb-footed Cellar Spiders, Scaffold web spiders, Tangle web spiders
1
1
Genus
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
5
18
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
21
39
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTheridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


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