Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region U.S. Virgin Islands (Virgin Islands)
List of families for U.S. Virgin Islands
5 Families width 13 Species
Genera for U.S. Virgin Islands
15 Genera with 13 Species | Alpaida O. P.-Cambridge, 1865 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1863 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | Cyclosa Menge, 1866 | Three-lobed Spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | Eustala Simon, 1895 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1841 | Black widow spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 1889 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Metazygia F. O. P.-Cam..., 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1767 | Banana spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tennesseellum Petrunkevitch, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1897 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Wamba O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for U.S. Virgin Islands
13 Species | Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873 | | | Alpaida veniliae Keyserling, 1865 | Orb weavers | | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Araneus bogotensis Keyserling, 1863 | | | Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775 | Banded Garden Spider | | Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758 | Crab spider | | Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 | Brown black widow | | Metazygia laticeps Octavius Pic..., 1889 | | | Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) | ⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873 | | Tennesseellum formica James Henry ..., 1882 | | | Theridion dilucidum Eugène Simon, 1897 | Cobweb spiders | | Wamba congener Octavius Pic..., 1896 | | | Wendilgarda mustelina Simon, 1897 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in U.S. Virgin Islands | 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
7 | 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
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 | 1
1 | Genus
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
| | Family | Theridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Ray orbweavers, ray spider, Ray spiders | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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