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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Tanga Region (Northeast Tanzania, Tanzania)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
41
73
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
35
58
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
26
48
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
25
47
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
20
42
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
20
42
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
13
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tanga Region
4 Families width 9 Species
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers0SpeciesTaxom
Cyatholipidae Simon, 1894Cyatholipid spiders2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tanga Region
13 Genera with 9 Species
Agyneta Hull, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1997Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Callitrichia Fage, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinopsis Emerton, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Diphya Nicolet, 1849
0SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Spiny Backed Orb Weaver0SpeciesTaxom
Isicabu Griswold, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1815
Banana spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Ophrynia Jocqué, 1981
0SpeciesTaxom
Scharffia Griswold, 1997
0SpeciesTaxom
Ulwembua Griswold, 20011SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanga Region
9 Species
Agyneta habra Locket, 1968
Argiope flavipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858
Argiope levii Bjørn, 1997
Caerostris mitralis Vinson, 1863
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Callitrichia mira Rudy Jocqué ..., 1986
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Isicabu kombo Charles E. G..., 2001
Ulwembua usambara Charles E. G..., 2001

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Tanga Region
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
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyatholipidae
Simon, 1894
Cyatholipid spiders, Cyatholipids
3
2
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
4
2
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
2
0
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org