Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)
List of families for Zanzibar Archipelago
3 Families width 13 Species
Genera for Zanzibar Archipelago
14 Genera with 13 Species | Araneus Clerck, 1897 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1863 | Garden orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1842 | Dewdrop spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1873 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gmogala Keyserling, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805 | Black widow spider | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1903 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1837 | Spotted orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | Nephila Leach, 1815 | Banana spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Phoroncidia Westwood, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poltys C. L. Koch, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1942 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thymoites Keyserling, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichonephila Dahl, 2009 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Zanzibar Archipelago
13 Species | Araneus thevenoti Simon, 1895 | | | Araneus volgeri Simon, 1897 | | | Argiope coquereli Vinson, 1863 | | | Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850 | | Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | | Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890 | | | Leucauge linyphia Eugène Simon, 1903 | | | Neoscona subfusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1837 | Common Hairy Field Spider | | Phoroncidia pilula Karsch, 1879 | | | Poltys furcifer Eugène Simon, 1881 | | | Theridion maculiferum Carl Friedri..., 1942 | | | Thymoites subtilis Eugène Simon, 1894 | | | Trichonephila komaci Kuntner & Co..., 2009 | Gaint Golden Orb-Web Spider |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Zanzibar Archipelago | 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 | 6
7 | Genera
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 | 2
1 | 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 | 6
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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