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Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Willacy County (Texas, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
21
33
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
18
30
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
13
24
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
12
23
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
12
23
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
12
23
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
3
11
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Willacy County
3 Families width 12 Species
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Elongated Orb Weavers6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Willacy County
11 Genera with 12 Species
Anelosimus Simon, 1850Social cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1842Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Larinia Simon, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies2SpeciesTaxom
Metepeira F. O. P.-Cam..., 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1864Spotted orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1767Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1884Four-jawed spider2SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1850Tangle-Web Spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Willacy County
12 Species
Anelosimus studiosus (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Anelosimus fraternus Agnarsson, 2006
Araneus miniatus Walckenaer, 1842
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Larinia directa Hentz, 1847Orb weavers
Leucauge argyra Walckenaer, 1842Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Neoscona oaxacensis Keyserling, 1864Orb weavers
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Tetragnatha caudata Emerton, 1884Longjawed Orb Weavers
Tetragnatha straminea Emerton, 1884
Theridion frondeum Nicholas Mar..., 1850Eastern Long-Legged Cobweaver

Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Willacy County
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
5
4
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
6
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
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)
Araneoidea (Latreille 1806)


Links, sources and further information
Araneoidea at irmng.org