Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Transvaal (Republic South Africa)
List of families for Transvaal
4 Families width 21 Species
Genera for Transvaal
18 Genera with 21 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1898 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1805 | Garden orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | Caerostris Thorell, 1868 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diphya Nicolet, 1950 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Gmogala Keyserling, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isoxya Simon, 1859 | Box kite spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1865 | Black widow spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1910 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mysmenopsis Simon, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1842 | Spotted orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1842 | Banana spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nephilingis Kuntner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pronous Keyserling, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Singa C. L. Koch, 1950 | Striped orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1990 | False black widows | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1898 | Four-jawed spider | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Transvaal
21 Species | Araneus morulus Thorell, 1898 | | | Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Diphya simoni Kauri, 1950 | | | Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890 | | | Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844 | | | Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859 | | | Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865) | ⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | | Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864 | | | Leucauge festiva Blackwall, 1866 | | | Leucauge kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910 | | | Mysmenopsis mexcala Gertsch, 1960 | | | Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842 | Spider | | Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793 | Giant golden orb weaver | | Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842 | Banded Golden Orb Spider | | Nephilingis cruentata Fabricius, 1775 | African Hermit Spider | | Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Singa albodorsata Kauri, 1950 | | | Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990 | Black cobweb | | Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898 | Longjawed orb weavers |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Transvaal | 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
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-weavers | 1
1 | 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 | 5
8 | 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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