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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Washington County (Maine, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
30
191
388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
28
187
384
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
23
182
379
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
23
182
379
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
21
180
364
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
21
180
364
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
97
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Washington County (Maine)
4 Families width 187 Species
Araneidae (Simon, 1895)Golden orb web spiders29SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders31SpeciesTaxom
Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859Dwarf spiders114SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers13SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Washington County (Maine)
97 Genera with 187 Species
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Acanthepeira Marx, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Achaearanea Strand, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Agyneta Hull, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Aphileta Hull, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers10SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Asagena Sundevall, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Baryphyma Simon, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Bathyphantes Menge, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Canalidion Wunderlich, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Carorita Duffey & Mer..., 19271SpeciesTaxom
Centromerus Dahl, 18415SpeciesTaxom
Ceraticelus Simon, 18928SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinella Emerton, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinops Banks, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Ceratinopsis Emerton, 18823SpeciesTaxom
Collinsia O. P.-Cambridge, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Coloncus Chamberlin, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1772Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Diplocephalus Bertkau, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Diplostyla Emerton, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Dismodicus Simon, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Drapetisca Menge, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Eridantes Crosby & Bishop, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Erigone Audouin, 1872Black Dwarf Spiders8SpeciesTaxom
Estrandia Blauvelt, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Floricomus Crosby & Bishop, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Frontinella Cambridge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Gonatium Menge, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Grammonota Emerton, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Helophora Menge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Hypselistes Simon, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Hypsosinga Ausserer, 18473SpeciesTaxom
Idionella Banks, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Incestophantes Tanasevitch, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Islandiana Braendegaard, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Kaestneria Wiehle, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1935Black widow spider1SpeciesTaxom
Lepthyphantes Menge, 18773SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Linyphia Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Macrargus Dahl, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Maro O.P.-Cambridge, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Maso Simon, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1933Cave Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 19421SpeciesTaxom
Metopobactrus Simon, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Micrargus Dahl, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1882Platform spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Microneta Menge, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Neodietrichia Özdikmen, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Neospintharus Exline, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Neottiura Menge, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Neriene Blackwall, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Oreonetides Strand, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1845Thickjawed Orb Weavers4SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1980Comb-Clawed Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Pityohyphantes Simon, 1943Hammock Spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Pocadicnemis Simon, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Poeciloneta Kulczynski, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Porrhomma Simon, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Rugathodes Archer, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Satilatlas Keyserling, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Sciastes Bishop & Crosby, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Scotinotylus Simon, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Sisicottus Bishop & Crosby, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Sisicus Bishop & Crosby, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Soulgas Crosby & Bishop, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1850False black widows2SpeciesTaxom
Stemonyphantes Menge, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Styloctetor Simon, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Tapinocyba Simon, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tapinopa Westring, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Tennesseellum Petrunkevitch, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tenuiphantes Saaristo & T..., 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider7SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1802Tangle-Web Spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tunagyna Chamberlin &..., 18921SpeciesTaxom
Wabasso Millidge, 1984
0SpeciesTaxom
Walckenaeria Blackwall, 198313SpeciesTaxom
Wamba O. P.-Cambridge, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Yunohamella Yoshida, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17573SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Washington County (Maine)
187 Species
Acanthepeira stellata Walckenaer, 1805Star-bellied orb-weaver
Agyneta fabra Keyserling, 1886
Agyneta nigripes Simon, 1884
Agyneta simplex Emerton, 1926
Agyneta unimaculata Banks, 1892
Aphileta misera Octavius Pic..., 1882Heterotardigrades
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus cavaticus Keyserling, 1882Barn orbweaver
Araneus corticarius Emerton, 1884
Araneus iviei Archer, 1951
Araneus juniperi Emerton, 1884Juniper Orbweaver
Araneus marmoreus Clerck, 1757Marbled Orb Weaver
Araneus nordmanni Thorell, 1870Nordmann'S Orbweaver
Araneus pratensis (Emerton, 1884)⇒ Neoscona pratensis Hentz, 1847
Araneus saevus L. Koch, 1872Fierce Orbweaver
Araneus trifolium Hentz, 1847Shamrock orbweaver
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833American garden spider
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Asagena americana James Henry ..., 1882Two-Spotted Cobweb Spider
Baryphyma trifrons Octavius Pic..., 1863
Bathyphantes alboventris Richard C. B..., 1892
Bathyphantes brevis Emerton, 1911
Bathyphantes gracilis Blackwall, 1841
Bathyphantes pallidus (Banks, 1892)⇒ Agyneta angulata Emerton, 1882
Canalidion montanum James Henry ..., 1882
Carorita limnaea Crosby & Bishop, 1927
Centromerus cornupalpis Octavius Pic..., 1875
Centromerus denticulatus (James Henry ..., 1909)⇒ Mermessus denticulatus Richard C. B..., 1898
Centromerus longibulbus James Henry ..., 1882
Centromerus persolutus Octavius Pic..., 1875
Centromerus sylvaticus Blackwall, 1841
Ceraticelus atriceps Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus bulbosus James Henry ..., 1882
Ceraticelus emertoni Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus fissiceps Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus laetabilis Octavius Pic..., 1874
Ceraticelus laticeps James Henry ..., 1894
Ceraticelus minutus James Henry ..., 1882
Ceraticelus similis Richard C. B..., 1892
Ceratinella brunnea James Henry ..., 1882
Ceratinella parvula Irving Fox, 1891
Ceratinops annulipes Richard C. B..., 1892
Ceratinopsis auriculata James Henry ..., 1909Largeleaf sphagnum
Ceratinopsis laticeps James Henry ..., 1882
Ceratinopsis nigriceps James Henry ..., 1882
Collinsia plumosa James Henry ..., 1882
Coloncus siou Chamberlin, 1949
Crustulina sticta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861)⇒ Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Cyclosa conica Pallas, 1772Conical Trashline Orbweaver
Diplocephalus cristatus Blackwall, 1833Common money spider
Diplocephalus subrostratus Octavius Pic..., 1873
Diplostyla concolor Wider, 1834
Dipoena nigra (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridula nigerrima Alexander Pe..., 1911
Dismodicus decemoculatus James Henry ..., 1882
Drapetisca alteranda Ralph Vary C..., 1909Northern Long-Toothed Sheetweaver
Enoplognatha intrepida William Sør..., 1898
Enoplognatha marmorata (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Enoplognatha caricis Fickert, 1876
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Eridantes erigonoides James Henry ..., 1882
Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Erigone autumnalis James Henry ..., 1882Dwarf weaver
Erigone blaesa Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Erigone cristatopalpus Eugène Simon, 1884White meadowbeauty
Erigone dentigera Octavius Pic..., 1874
Erigone dentipalpis (Wider, 1834)⇒ 
Erigone ephala Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Erigone tirolensis Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Estrandia grandaeva Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Euryopis argentea Emerton, 1882
Euryopis funebris Hentz, 1850
Eustala anastera (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Eustala conchlea Henry Christ..., 1888
Eustala cepina Charles Atha..., 1842
Floricomus rostratus James Henry ..., 1882
Frontinella pyramitela (Walckenaer, 1841)⇒ Frontinella communis Hentz, 1850
Gonatium crassipalpum Elizabeth Ba..., 1933
Grammonota angusta Charles Dent..., 1959
Grammonota capitata James Henry ..., 1924
Grammonota gigas Richard C. B..., 1896
Grammonota maritima James Henry ..., 1925
Grammonota trivittata Richard C. B..., 1895
Helophora insignis John Blackwall, 1841
Hypselistes florens Octavius Pic..., 1875Peatland Sheetweb Weaver
Hypsosinga funebris Eugen von Ke..., 1892
Hypsosinga pygmaea Sundevall, 1831
Hypsosinga rubens Nicholas Mar..., 1847
Idionella rugosa Crosby, 1905
Incestophantes duplicatus James Henry ..., 1913
Islandiana flaveola Richard C. B..., 1892
Islandiana longisetosa James Henry ..., 1882
Kaestneria pullata Octavius Pic..., 1863
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Larinioides sericatus Clerck, 1757
Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935Western black widow
Lepthyphantes alpinus James Henry ..., 1882
Lepthyphantes leprosus Ohlert, 1865Household Fine Sheetweaver
Lepthyphantes turbatrix Octavius Pic..., 1877
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Linyphia triangularis Clerck, 1758Dwarf Weaver
Macrargus multesimus (Octavius Pic..., 1875)⇒ Porrhomma macrochelis James Henry ..., 1917
Mangora placida Hentz, 1847Tuft-Legged Orb Weaver
Maro amplus Charles Dent..., 2001
Maso sundevalli (Johan Peter ..., 1851)⇒ Satilatlas marxi matanuskae Chamberlin, 1949
Mermessus entomologicus James Henry ..., 1911
Mermessus trilobatus James Henry ..., 1882
Mermessus undulatus James Henry ..., 1914
Meta ovalis Gertsch, 1933Eastern Cave Long-Jawed Spider
Metepeira palustris Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Metopobactrus prominulus (Octavius Pic..., 1872)⇒ Maso alticeps James Henry ..., 1909
Micrargus longitarsus James Henry ..., 1882
Microlinyphia mandibulata James Henry ..., 1882
Microneta viaria Blackwall, 1841
Neodietrichia hesperia Crosby & Bishop, 1933
Neoscona arabesca Walckenaer, 1842Arabesque orbweaver
Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850Horned Parasitic Cobweaver
Neottiura bimaculata Linnaeus, 1767
Neriene clathrata Sundevall, 1830
Neriene radiata Walckenaer, 1842Filmy dome spider
Pachygnatha autumnalis Marx, 1884Big-Eyed Thick-Jawed Spider
Pachygnatha brevis Eugen von Ke..., 1884Guinea ant
Pachygnatha tristriata C. L. Koch, 1845
Pachygnatha xanthostoma (C. L. Koch, 1845)⇒ Pachygnatha brevis Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Parasteatoda tabulata Levi, 1980Comb-footed spider
Pityohyphantes costatus Nicholas Mar..., 1850Hammock spider
Pityohyphantes phrygianus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Pityohyphantes costatus Nicholas Mar..., 1850
Pityohyphantes subarcticus Ralph Vary C..., 1943Maricopa harvester ant
Platnickina alabamensis Willis J. Ge..., 1942
Pocadicnemis americana Alfred Frank..., 1976
Pocadicnemis pumila (John Blackwall, 1841)⇒ Pocadicnemis juncea George Hazel..., 1953
Poeciloneta calcaratus Emerton, 1909
Porrhomma convexum (Westring, 1851)⇒ Porrhomma microps Carl Friedri..., 1931
Porrhomma terrestre James Henry ..., 1882
Robertus banksi Kaston, 1946
Robertus spinifer James Henry ..., 1909
Rugathodes aurantius James Henry ..., 1915
Rugathodes sexpunctatus James Henry ..., 1882
Satilatlas marxi Eugen von Ke..., 1886Thin-ribbed mountainsnail
Sciastes truncatus James Henry ..., 1882
Scotinotylus exsectoides Millidge, 1981
Scotinotylus vernalis James Henry ..., 1882
Sisicottus montanus (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Sisicottus panopeus FrantiÅ¡ek M..., 1999
Sisicus penifusifer Bishop & Crosby, 1938
Soulgas corticarius (James Henry ..., 1909)⇒ Oedothorax seminolus Wilton Ivie ..., 1935
Steatoda bipunctata Linnaeus, 1758False widow
Steatoda borealis Nicholas Mar..., 1850Boreal Combfoot
Stemonyphantes blauveltae Willis J. Ge..., 1951
Styloctetor compar Westring, 1861
Tapinocyba simplex James Henry ..., 1882
Tapinopa bilineata Richard C. B..., 1893
Tennesseellum formica James Henry ..., 1882
Tenuiphantes zebra James Henry ..., 1882
Tetragnatha caudata Emerton, 1884Longjawed Orb Weavers
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha straminea Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842
Theridion albidum (Richard C. B..., 1895)⇒ Theridion berlandi Carl Friedri..., 1942
Theridion differens (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridion glaucescens Lawrence Becker, 1879
Theridion frondeum Nicholas Mar..., 1850Eastern Long-Legged Cobweaver
Theridion glaucescens Lawrence Becker, 1879
Theridion murarium James Henry ..., 1882
Theridion petraeum (Ludwig Carl ..., 1872)⇒ Theridion wiehlei Ehrenfried S..., 1938
Theridion pictum (Charles Atha..., 1802)⇒ Theridion hemerobium Eugène Simon, 1914
Theridula emertoni Herbert Walt..., 1954Emerton'S Bitubercled Cobweaver
Thymoites unimaculatus James Henry ..., 1882
Tunagyna debilis Richard C. B..., 1892
Walckenaeria atrotibialis Octavius Pic..., 1878
Walckenaeria brevicornis James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria castanea James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria communis James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria digitata James Henry ..., 1913
Walckenaeria directa Octavius Pic..., 1874
Walckenaeria exigua Millidge, 1983
Walckenaeria lepida Wladislaus K..., 1885
Walckenaeria pallida James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria pinocchio Kaston, 1945
Walckenaeria spiralis James Henry ..., 1882
Walckenaeria subspiralis Millidge, 1983
Walckenaeria tenella Millidge, 1983
Wamba crispulus Eugène Simon, 1895
Yunohamella lyrica Walckenaer, 1842
Zygiella atrica (Koch, 1845)⇒ Zygiella calophylla Walckenaer, 1802
Zygiella nearctica Willis J. Ge..., 1964
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Washington County (Maine)
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
12
29
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
61
114
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
4
13
Genera
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
20
31
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


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