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Checklist for Suborder Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 (True Spiders)
and region Leicester (Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA)


Class
 		Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids		11
15
16		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
8
11
12		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

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

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

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


List of families for Leicester (Worcester County Massachusetts)
7 Families width 10 Species
Amaurobiidae Thorell, 1870Amaurobiids1SpeciesTaxom
Araneidae (Simon, 1895)Golden orb web spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Pholcidae (C. L. Koch, 1851)Carpenter spider1SpeciesTaxom
Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833Cobweb And Widow Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Salticidae (Blackwall, 1842)Jumping Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Scytodidae Blackwall, 1864Glue spitter1SpeciesTaxom
Philodromidae (Thorell, 1870)False crab spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Leicester (Worcester County Massachusetts)
9 Genera with 10 Species
Amaurobius Koch, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1847Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Pholcus Walckenaer, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Salticus Latreille, 1757Zebra Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Scytodes Latreille, 1802Spitting Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Tibellus Simon, 1802Slender Crab Spider1SpeciesTaxom
Zygiella F. O. P.-Cam..., 17571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Leicester (Worcester County Massachusetts)
10 Species
Amaurobius ferox Walckenaer, 1830Black lace-weaver
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)⇒ Araneus meropes Keyserling, 1865
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)⇒ Smeringopus pallidus Blackwall, 1858
Platnickina tincta Walckenaer, 1802
Salticus scenicus (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Salticus cingulatus Panzer, 1797
Scytodes thoracica Latreille, 1802Common spitting spider
Tibellus oblongus (Walckenaer, 1802)⇒ Tibellus maritimus Menge, 1875
Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984

Subnodes of Araneomorphae with occurrences in Leicester (Worcester County Massachusetts)
InfraorderAraneomorphi
Smith, 1902
7
9
10		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



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