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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Tuen Mun District (New Territories West, China)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
11
36
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
11
36
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
10
35
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
10
35
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
10
35
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
10
35
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
2
7
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tuen Mun District
2 Families width 11 Species
Araneidae (Simon, 1895)Golden orb web spiders10SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tuen Mun District
7 Genera with 11 Species
Araneus Clerck, 1878Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1879Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1990Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1837Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1879Spotted orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1793Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tuen Mun District
11 Species
Araneus mitificus Simon, 1886Kidney garden spider
Araneus ventricosus L. Koch, 1878
Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842
Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879Uinta sandwort
Cyrtarachne bufo Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Cyrtophora guangxiensis Chang-Min Yi..., 1990
Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837
Neoscona menghaiensis Chang-Min Yi..., 1990
Neoscona punctigera Doleschall, 1857
Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879)⇒ Neoscona multiplicans Chamberlin, 1924
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793Giant golden orb weaver

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Tuen Mun District
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
6
10
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
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org