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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Tuscany (Central Italy, Italy)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
69
127
121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
62
113
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
22
51
58
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
22
51
58
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
21
50
57
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
21
50
57
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
17
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tuscany
4 Families width 23 Species
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders15SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tuscany
17 Genera with 23 Species
Agalenatea Archer, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Agyneta Hull, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1757Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1905Cucumber spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1772Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1772Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtarachne Thorell, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1775Tent spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Frontinellina van Helsdingen, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Gibbaranea Archer, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805
Black widow spider0SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1804Cave Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1837Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1805False black widows3SpeciesTaxom
Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 18901SpeciesTaxom
Trichoncus Simon, 18841SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tuscany
23 Species
Agalenatea redii Scopoli, 1763
Agyneta mesasiatica Tanasevitch, 2000
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus quadratus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Araneus pinguis Karsch, 1879
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Araniella proxima KulczyÅ„ski, 1885
Araniella opisthographa Kulczyn´ski, 1905
Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772Orb-weaving Spider
Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772Geometric spider
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Cyrtarachne ixoides Eugène Simon, 1870
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Frontinellina frutetorum C. L. Koch, 1834
Gibbaranea bituberculata Walckenaer, 1802
Mangora acalypha Walckenaer, 1802Cricket-bat Orb Weaver
Meta menardi Latreille, 1804Cave orbweaver
Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802
Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Common Hairy Field Spider
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda nobilis Tord Tamerla..., 1875Cobweb weaver
Steatoda paykulliana Walckenaer, 1805
Tenuiphantes zimmermanni Bertkau, 1890
Trichoncus sordidus Eugène Simon, 1884White meadowbeauty

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Tuscany
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
10
15
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
4
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

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
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org