Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Vanuatu (Melanesia)
List of families for Vanuatu
4 Families width 58 Species
Genera for Vanuatu
21 Genera with 58 Species #ACDGHLNOPST
| Aranea Linnaeus, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1899 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1871 | Garden orbweavers | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1902 | Dewdrop spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1867 | Three-lobed Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1857 | Tent spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dipoena Thorell, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1775 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Hortophora Framenau & C..., 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Laetesia Simon, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1938 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1842 | Spotted orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1842 | Banana spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Opadometa Archer, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plebs Joseph & Fra..., 2012 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Poecilopachys Simon, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Steatoda Sundevall, 1833 | False black widows | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1895 | Four-jawed spider | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Thelacantha Hasselt, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1902 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Trichonephila Dahl, 1804 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Vanuatu
58 Species | Aranea fornicata Fabricius, 1775 | | | Aranea moluccensis | | | Araneus aubertorum Berland, 1938 | | | Araneus cheesmanae Berland, 1938 | | | Araneus finneganae Berland, 1938 | | | Araneus neocaledonicus (Berland, 1924) | ⇒ Plebs opacus Joseph & Fra..., 2012 | | Araneus omoedus (Thorell, 1870) | ⇒ Gibbaranea omoeda Thorell, 1870 | | Araneus suavis Rainbow, 1899 | | | Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1842 | | | Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878 | | Argiope aetheroides Yin & al., 1989 | | | Argiope caledonia Levi, 1983 | | | Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878 | St Andrew's Cross spider | | Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871 | | | Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850 | | Argyrodes miniaceus (Doleschall, 1857) | ⇒ Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991 | | Argyrodes walckeri Rainbow, 1902 | | | Cyclosa litoralis Ludwig Carl ..., 1867 | | | Cyrtophora cylindroides Charles Atha..., 1842 | | | Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906 | | | Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857) | ⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906 | | Dipoena pacificana Lucien Berland, 1938 | | | Gasteracantha fornicata (Johan Christ..., 1775) | ⇒ Gasteracantha sauteri Maria Dahl, 1914 | | Gasteracantha irradiata Charles Atha..., 1842 | | | Gasteracantha regalis Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | | Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Gasteracantha taeniata Charles Atha..., 1842 | | | Gasteracantha vittata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844 | | Hortophora capitalis L. Koch, 1871 | | | Laetesia oceaniae Lucien Berland, 1938 | | | Leucauge granulata Walckenaer, 1842 | Silver Orb-weaver Spider | | Leucauge hebridisiana Berland, 1938 | | | Neoscona cheesmanae Lucien Berland, 1938 | | | Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842 | Spider | | Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793 | Giant golden orb weaver | | Nephila plumipes Latreille, 1804 | Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider | | Nephila tetragnathoides Walckenaer, 1842 | | | Opadometa grata Guérin, 1838 | | | Plebs neocaledonicus Berland, 1924 | | | Plebs opacus Joseph & Fra..., 2012 | | | Poecilopachys jenningsi William Jose..., 1899 | | | Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898 | Longjawed orb weavers | | Tetragnatha keyserlingi Eugène Simon, 1890 | | | Tetragnatha kochi Thorell, 1895 | | | Tetragnatha mallosa | | | Tetragnatha mandibulata (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Tetragnatha kochi Thorell, 1895 | | Tetragnatha maxillosa Thorell, 1895 | | | Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857 | | | Theridion epiense Lucien Berland, 1938 | | | Theridion epiensis Berland, 1938 | | | Theridion hebridisianum Lucien Berland, 1938 | | | Theridion melanurum Carl Wilhelm..., 1831 | Balsam fir | | Theridion piriforme Lucien Berland, 1938 | | | Theridion piriformis Berland, 1938 | | | Theridion setosum Ludwig Carl ..., 1872 | | | Theridion undulanotum Carl Friedri..., 1942 | | | Theridion undulatum (Bösenberg, 1902) | ⇒ Theridion undulanotum Carl Friedri..., 1942 | | Trichonephila plumipes Latreille, 1804 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Vanuatu | 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 | 12
32 | 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 | 4
12 | 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 | 4
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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