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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Whitsunday Islands (Whitsunday, Australia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
5
9
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
3
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
3
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
3
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
3
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
3
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
2
5
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Whitsunday Islands
2 Families width 7 Species
Araneidae (Simon, 1895)Golden orb web spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Whitsunday Islands
5 Genera with 7 Species
Argiope Audouin, 1842Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1775Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1804Banana spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Phonognatha Simon, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1857Four-jawed spider1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Whitsunday Islands
7 Species
Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
Gasteracantha fornicata (Johan Christ..., 1775)⇒ Gasteracantha sauteri Maria Dahl, 1914
Nephila edulis Labillardière, 1799Australian Golden Orb Weaver
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793Giant golden orb weaver
Nephila plumipes Latreille, 1804Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider
Phonognatha graeffei Eugen von Ke..., 1865Leaf curling spider
Tetragnatha rubriventris Doleschall, 1857

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Whitsunday Islands
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
2
2
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
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org