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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Turks and Caicos Islands (Caribbean islands)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
21
35
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
20
34
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
17
31
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
17
31
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
16
30
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
16
30
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Turks and Caicos Islands
4 Families width 10 Species
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Turks and Caicos Islands
9 Genera with 10 Species
Argyrodes Simon, 1873Dewdrop spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19421SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1875Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1872False black widows1SpeciesTaxom
Tennesseellum Petrunkevitch, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1879Tangle-Web Spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Turks and Caicos Islands
10 Species
Argyrodes elevatus (WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw ..., 1873)⇒ Chrysso pulcherrima Mello-Leitao, 1917
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Eustala cazieri Herbert Walt..., 1977
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Metepeira datona Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875Orb weavers
Steatoda erigoniformis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872Cobweb spiders
Tennesseellum formica James Henry ..., 1882
Theridion flavonotatum Lawrence Becker, 1879

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Turks and Caicos Islands
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

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
1
1
Genus
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

FamilyTheridiidae
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



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org