Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Western Cape (Cape)
List of families for Western Cape
7 Families width 105 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Western Cape
80 Genera with 105 Species #ACDEGHIKLMNOPSTUVW
| Achaearanea Strand, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agyneta Hull, 1984 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Allomengea Strand, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anelosimus Simon, 2006 | Social cobweb spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arachnura Vinson, 1863 | Tailed spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1937 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 4 | Species | Taxom | Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1942 | Cucumber spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1842 | Dewdrop spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1866 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ceraticelus Simon, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Ceratinopsis Emerton, 1882 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Chorizopella Lawrence, 1947 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Chorizopes O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysometa Simon, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crozetulus Hickman, 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyatholipus Simon, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclosa Menge, 1834 | Three-lobed Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | Diphya Nicolet, 1849 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Diplocentria Hull, 1911 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Dipoena Thorell, 1869 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Dismodicus Simon, 1882 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Episinus Walckenaer, 1809 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Erigonops Scharff, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euryopis Menge, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eustala Simon, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1844 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gea C. L. Koch, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gmogala Keyserling, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grammonota Emerton, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypsacantha Dahl, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Ilisoa Griswold, 1987 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Isoxya Simon, 1887 | Box kite spiders | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Kilima Grasshoff, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Larinia Simon, 1971 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1902 | Black widow spider | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1903 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 5 | Species | Taxom | Limoneta Bosmans & Jo..., 1983 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Lipocrea Thorell, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Mecynidis Simon, 1894 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Meioneta Hull, 1920 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Melychiopharis Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Metaleptyphantes Locket, 1968 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Microctenonyx Dahl, 1886 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1883 | Platform spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mysmenopsis Simon, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nemoscolus Simon, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neomaso Forster, 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1865 | Spotted orbweavers | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1793 | Banana spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nephilingis Kuntner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Ophrynia Jocqué, 1981 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Ostearius Hull, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paralarinia Grasshoff, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pararaneus Caporiacco, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parasteatoda Archer, 1841 | Comb-Clawed Spider | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pelecopsis Simon, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pityohyphantes Simon, 1942 | Hammock Spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Praestigia Millidge, 1979 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Prasonica Simon, 1895 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Prinerigone Millidge, 1826 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Pronous Keyserling, 1881 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1802 | False black widows | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragnatha Latreille, 1884 | Four-jawed spider | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1904 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 3 | Species | Taxom | Theridula Emerton, 1882 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Thwaitesia O. P.-Cambridge, 1881 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 1934 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Trichonephila Dahl, 1911 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Typhistes Simon, 1894 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Ubacisi Griswold, 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ulwembua Griswold, 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vermontia Millidge, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Walckenaeria Blackwall, 1833 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Western Cape
105 Species and 1 Subspecies | Achaearanea globispira Henschel & R..., 1994 | | | Agyneta fillmorana Chamberlin, 1919 | | | Agyneta natalensis Jocqué, 1984 | | | Allomengea dentisetis Grube, 1861 | | | Anelosimus nelsoni (Agnarsson, 2006) | ⇒ Nesticodes rufipes Lucas, 1846 | | Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863 | | | Araneus apricus Karsch, 1884 | Green orb-web spider | | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Araneus legonensis Grasshoff & ..., 1979 | | | Araneus nigroquadratus Lawrence, 1937 | | | Argiope australis Charles Atha..., 1805 | | | Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772 | Orb-weaving Spider | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850 | | Caerostris corticosa Pocock, 1902 | | | Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793 | African bark orb-web spider | | Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866 | | | Ceraticelus atriceps Octavius Pic..., 1874 | | | Chrysometa fidelia Herbert W. Levi, 1986 | | | Crozetulus rhodesiensis Brignoli, 1981 | | | Cyatholipus quadrimaculatus Eugène Simon, 1894 | | | Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834) | ⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992 | | Cyrtarachne ixoides Eugène Simon, 1870 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Dismodicus alticeps Ralph Vary C..., 1947 | | | Dismodicus decemoculatus James Henry ..., 1882 | | | Enoplognatha molesta Octavius Pic..., 1904 | | | Erigonops littoralis J. Hewitt, 1915 | | | Euryopis episinoides Charles Atha..., 1847 | | | Eustala scutigera Octavius Pic..., 1898 | Orb weavers | | Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Gea infuscata Albert Tullgren, 1910 | | | Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890 | | | Grammonota pictilis Octavius Pic..., 1875 | | | Hypsacantha crucimaculata Maria Dahl, 1914 | | | Ilisoa conjugalis Charles E. G..., 2001 | | | Ilisoa knysna Charles E. G..., 1987 | | | Isoxya cicatricosa Carl Ludwig ..., 1844 | | | Isoxya mossamedensis Pierre L. G...., 1962 | | | Isoxya mucronata Charles Atha..., 1842 | | | Isoxya semiflava Eugène Simon, 1887 | | | Kilima decens John Blackwall, 1866 | | | Larinia bifida (Albert Tullgren, 1910) | ⇒ Paralarinia incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910 | | Larinia chloris (Jean Victor ..., 1826) | ⇒ Lipocrea epeiroides Octavius Pic..., 1872 | | Larinia natalensis Manfred Gras..., 1971 | | | Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865) | ⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | | Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 | Brown black widow | | Latrodectus indistinctus O. P.-Cambridge, 1904 | | | Latrodectus karrooensis Smithers, 1944 | | | Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902 | | | Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864 | | | Leucauge festiva Blackwall, 1866 | | | Leucauge kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910 | | | Leucauge levanderi Kulczynski, 1901 | | | Leucauge linyphia Eugène Simon, 1903 | | | Lipocrea longissima Eugène Simon, 1881 | | | Melychiopharis cynips Eugène Simon, 1895 | | | Microlinyphia sterilis Pavesi, 1883 | | | Mysmenopsis mexcala Gertsch, 1960 | | | Nemoscolus tubicola Eugène Simon, 1887 | | | Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Eugène Simon, 1897 | | | Neomaso antarcticus Vernon Victo..., 1939 | | | Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886 | | | Neoscona hirta Carl Ludwig ..., 1844 | | | Neoscona kivuensis Manfred Gras..., 1986 | | | Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863 | | | Neoscona novella Eugène Simon, 1907 | | | Neoscona penicillipes Ferdinand Ka..., 1879 | | | Neoscona quincasea Michael J. R..., 1983 | Jawla paste shrimp | | Neoscona rapta Tord Tamerla..., 1899 | | | Neoscona rufipalpis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 | | | Neoscona vigilans Blackwall, 1865 | | | Nephila fenestrata Tord Tamerla..., 1859 | | | Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793 | Giant golden orb weaver | | Nephilingis cruentata Fabricius, 1775 | African Hermit Spider | | Ostearius melanopygius O. P.-Cambridge, 1879 | | | Paralarinia bartelsi Roger de Les..., 1933 | | | Pararaneus cyrtoscapus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Pararaneus perforatus Tord Tamerla..., 1899 | | | Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841 | American house false widow spider | | Pelecopsis janus Rudy Jocqué, 1984 | | | Pityohyphantes alticeps Ralph Vary C..., 1943 | Maricopa harvester ant | | Pityohyphantes cristatus Ralph Vary C..., 1942 | | | Praestigia kulczynskii Eskov, 1979 | | | Prinerigone vagans Jean Victor ..., 1826 | Dwarf weaver | | Pycnacantha tribulus Johan Christ..., 1781 | | | Steatoda borealis Nicholas Mar..., 1850 | Boreal Combfoot | | Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990 | Black cobweb | | Steatoda connexa Octavius Pic..., 1904 | | | Steatoda erigoniformis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872 | Cobweb spiders | | Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838 | Brown house spider | | Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802 | Triangulate bud spider | | Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898 | Longjawed orb weavers | | Tetragnatha jaculator Tullgren, 1910 | | | Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826) | ⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898 | | Tetragnatha trichodes trichodes Thorell, 1878 | | | Tetragnatha vermiformis Emerton, 1884 | | | Theridion circuitum Gao & Li, 2014 | | | Theridion proximum George Newbo..., 1964 | | | Theridion purcelli Octavius Pic..., 1904 | | | Ubacisi capensis Charles E. G..., 1987 | Heart urchins | | Ulwembua outeniqua Charles E. G..., 1987 | | | Vermontia thoracica James Henry ..., 1913 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Western Cape | Family | Anapidae ♰
Simon, 1895
Anapid spiders, Tiny Orbweavers | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | 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 | 26
45 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cyatholipidae ♰
Simon, 1894
Cyatholipid spiders, Cyatholipids | 4
5 | 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 | 24
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mysmenidae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
Dwarf cobweb spiders, Dwarf cobweb weavers, Minute Litter Spiders, spurred orb-weaver, Spurred orb-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 | 6
14 | 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 | 18
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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