Checklist for Superfamily Araneoidea Latreille, 1806
and region Zululand District (Kwazulu-Natal)
List of families for Zululand District
4 Families width 20 Species
Genera for Zululand District
18 Genera with 20 Species Achaearanea Strand, 1929 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Araneus Clerck, 1859 | Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argiope Audouin, 1775 | Garden orbweavers | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1842 | Dewdrop spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caerostris Thorell, 1866 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Cyclosa Menge, 1866 | Three-lobed Spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtophora Simon, 1775 | Tent spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1842 | Spiny Backed Orb Weaver | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Isoxya Simon, 1859 | Box kite spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1841 | Black widow spider | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leucauge White, 1910 | Orchard Spider And Allies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megaraneus Lawrence, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1883 | Platform spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | Nemoscolus Simon, 1895 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Neoscona Simon, 1864 | Spotted orbweavers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nephila Leach, 1842 | Banana spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephilingis Kuntner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pronous Keyserling, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Zululand District
20 Species | Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859 | | | Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 | Banded Argiope | | Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850 | | Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793 | African bark orb-web spider | | Caerostris vicina Blackwall, 1866 | | | Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775 | Global tentweb weaver | | Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873 | | | Gasteracantha versicolor Charles Atha..., 1842 | Kite-spider | | Isoxya tabulata Thorell, 1859 | | | Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865) | ⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | | Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 | Brown black widow | | Leucauge kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910 | | | Megaraneus gabonensis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Microlinyphia sterilis Pavesi, 1883 | | | Neoscona blondeli Eugène Simon, 1886 | | | Neoscona moreli Vinson, 1863 | | | Neoscona triangula Keyserling, 1864 | | | Nephila inaurata Walckenaer, 1842 | Red-legged golden orb-web spider | | Nephilingis cruentata Fabricius, 1775 | African Hermit Spider | | Pronous tetralobus Eugène Simon, 1895 | |
Subnodes of Araneoidea with occurrences in Zululand District | 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 | 11
13 | 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 | 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 | 3
3 | 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 | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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