Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Tamil Nadu (South India, India)
List of families for Tamil Nadu
3 Families width 20 Species
Genera for Tamil Nadu
14 Genera with 20 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1900 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1881 | Garden orbweavers | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Episinus Walckenaer, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1837 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Herennia Thorell, 1859 | Coin spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1864 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meotipa Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1842 | Spotted orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1793 | Banana spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephilengys L. Koch, 1842 | Hermit spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | Phonognatha Simon, 1894 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Phoroncidia Westwood, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thelacantha Hasselt, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Tamil Nadu
20 Species | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Araneus bilunifer Pocock, 1900 | Shyleaf | | Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842 | | | Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887 | Signature Spider | | Argiope catenulata Doleschall, 1859 | Grass cross spider | | Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881 | Golden cricket wasp | | Cyrtophora cicatrosa Stoliczka, 1869 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Episinus maderianus Wladislaus K..., 1905 | | | Gasteracantha dalyi Pocock, 1900 | Shyleaf | | Gasteracantha geminata Johan Christ..., 1798 | | | Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837 | | | Herennia multipuncta Doleschall, 1859 | Ornamental tree trunk spider | | Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864 | | | Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895 | | | Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842 | Spider | | Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793 | Giant golden orb weaver | | Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Nephilengys papuana Tord Tamerla..., 1881 | | Phoroncidia septemaculeata Octavius Pic..., 1873 | | | Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Tamil Nadu | 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 | 6
13 | 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 | 5
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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