Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Townsville (North Queensland, Australia)
List of families for Townsville
4 Families width 22 Species
Genera for Townsville
17 Genera with 22 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1870 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1872 | Garden orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Austracantha Dahl, 1859 | Christmas spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1885 | Three-lobed Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1859 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deliochus Simon, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Dipoena Thorell, 1869 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Eriophora Simon, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eustala Simon, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1872 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 2 | Species | Taxom | Laetesia Simon, 1908 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1870 | Black widow spider | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1881 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1842 | Spotted orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1804 | Banana spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Parasteatoda Archer, 1841 | Comb-Clawed Spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1916 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Townsville
22 Species | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Araneus omoedus (Thorell, 1870) | ⇒ Gibbaranea omoeda Thorell, 1870 | | Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878 | | Argiope protensa Koch, 1872 | Longtailed orb-weaving spider | | Austracantha minax Thorell, 1859 | Australian Jewel Spider | | Cyclosa trilobata Arthur T. Ur..., 1885 | Three lobed spider | | Cyrtophora exanthematica (Doleschall, 1859) | ⇒ Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | Deliochus humilis L.Koch, 1867 | | | Eriophora transmarina Keyserling, 1865 | Australian garden orb weaver spider | | Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898 | Orb weavers | | Gasteracantha fornicata (Johan Christ..., 1775) | ⇒ Gasteracantha sauteri Maria Dahl, 1914 | | Gasteracantha sacerdotalis Ludwig Carl ..., 1872 | | | Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 | Brown black widow | | Latrodectus hasselti (Thorell, 1870) | ⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | | Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | Jockey Spider | | Leucauge dromedaria Thorell, 1881 | Horizontal orb spider | | Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842 | Spider | | Nephila edulis Labillardière, 1799 | Australian Golden Orb Weaver | | Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793 | Giant golden orb weaver | | Nephila plumipes Latreille, 1804 | Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider | | Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841 | American house false widow spider | | Theridion nivosum William Jose..., 1916 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Townsville | 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 | 9
12 | 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
0 | 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
5 | 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
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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