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Checklist for Suborder Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 (True Spiders)
and region Cayman Islands (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
24
35
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
17
24
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
13
20
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
12
19
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
12
19
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cayman Islands
12 Families width 18 Species and 1 Subspecies
Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931Dwarf orb-weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae Simon, 1895Golden orb web spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Gnaphosidae Pocock, 1898Flat-bellied ground spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Oonopidae Simon, 1890Dwarf Cell Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Salticidae Blackwall, 1842Jumping Spider3SpeciesTaxom
Sparassidae (Bertkau, 1872)Giant crab spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnathidae (Menge, 1866)Elongated Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Lycosidae Lehtinen & H..., 1979Ground Spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Selenopidae Simon, 1897Flatties2SpeciesTaxom
Corinnidae Karsch, 1880Ant-like Sac Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Uloboridae Thorell, 1869Cribellate orb weavers0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cayman Islands
19 Genera with 18 Species
Anapistula Gertsch, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1879Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Camillina Berland, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1850Three-lobed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Escaphiella Platnick & D..., 18931SpeciesTaxom
Eustala Simon, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1758Spiny Backed Orb Weaver1SpeciesTaxom
Habronattus F. O. P.-Cam..., 1987Paradise Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805
Black widow spider0SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1767Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Pardosa C. L. Koch, 1847
Thin-legged Wolf Spider0SpeciesTaxom
Plexippus C. L. Koch, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Selenops Latreille, 1940Selenopid Crab Spider2SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1876Tangle-Web Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Trachelas L. Koch, 1872
Running Spider0SpeciesTaxom
Uloborus Latreille, 1806
Cribellate Orb Weaver0SpeciesTaxom
Xeropigo O. P.-Cambridge, 19162SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cayman Islands
18 Species and 1 Subspecies
Anapistula secreta Gertsch, 1941Minute litter spiders
Araneus stella Karsch, 1879
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Camillina cayman Norman I. Pl..., 1982
Cyclosa caroli Hentz, 1850Orb weavers
Escaphiella itys Eugène Simon, 1893
Eustala vellardi Cândido Firm..., 1924
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Habronattus ciboneyanus Griswold, 1987
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Plexippus paykulli (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Plexippus petersi Karsch, 1878
Plexippus petersi Karsch, 1878Jumping spider
Selenops simius Martin Hammo..., 1953Australian brook lamprey
Selenops submaculosus Elizabeth Ba..., 1940
Theridion melanostictum Octavius Pic..., 1876Cobweb weaver
Xeropigo tridentiger Octavius Pic..., 1869
Xeropigo tridentiger reichardti Strand, 1916

Subnodes of Araneomorphae with occurrences in Cayman Islands
InfraorderAraneomorphi
Smith, 1902
12
19
18
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Araneomorphae at artfakta.se
Araneomorphae at biodiversity.org.au
Araneomorphae at dyntaxa.se