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Checklist for Subfamily Gasteracanthinae Elgar & al., 1990
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
270
1110
2490
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
232
968
2182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
75
552
1385
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
69
537
1352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
57
489
1210
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
56
488
1208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
9
133
455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
47
218
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
3
35
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
3 Genera with 35 Species
Austracantha Dahl, 1914
Christmas spider0SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1864Spiny Backed Orb Weaver42SpeciesTaxom
Thelacantha Hasselt, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
35 Species and 8 Subspecies
Gasteracantha aciculata Mary Agard P..., 1899
Gasteracantha analispina Strand, 1911
Gasteracantha beccarii (Tord Tamerla..., 1877)⇒ Macracantha arcuata Fabricius, 1793
Gasteracantha bradleyi (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Aranea fornicata Fabricius, 1775
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gasteracantha clavigera Christoph Go..., 1863
Gasteracantha crucigera Bradley, 1877
Gasteracantha curvispina (Félix Édouar..., 1837)⇒ Aranoethra cambridgei Butler, 1873
Gasteracantha diardi Hippolyte Lucas, 1835
Gasteracantha fornicata (Johan Christ..., 1775)⇒ Gasteracantha sauteri Maria Dahl, 1914
Gasteracantha gambeyi Eugène Simon, 1877
Gasteracantha hasselti Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Hasselt's Spiny Spider
Gasteracantha irradiata Charles Atha..., 1842
Gasteracantha lepelletieri Félix Édouar..., 1825
Gasteracantha lunata Félix Édouar..., 1838
Gasteracantha mahurica Strand, 1913
Gasteracantha mammeata (Thorell, 1859)⇒ Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857
Gasteracantha mediofusca Carl Ludwig ..., 1859
Gasteracantha metallica Mary Agard P..., 1898
Gasteracantha notata Wladislaus K..., 1910
Gasteracantha pentagona Charles Atha..., 1842
Gasteracantha pentagona anirica Strand, 1915
Gasteracantha quadrispinosa Octavius Pic..., 1879
Gasteracantha regalis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gasteracantha rubrospinis Félix Édouar..., 1838
Gasteracantha sacerdotalis Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844Jawla paste shrimp
Gasteracantha sauteri Maria Dahl, 1914
Gasteracantha scintillans Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Gasteracantha signifera Mary Agard P..., 1898
Gasteracantha signifera bistrigella Strand, 1915
Gasteracantha signifera heterospina Strand, 1915
Gasteracantha signifera pustulinota Strand, 1915
Gasteracantha subaequispina Maria Dahl, 1914
Gasteracantha taeniata Charles Atha..., 1842
Gasteracantha taeniata anirensis Strand, 1911
Gasteracantha taeniata lugubris Simon, 1898
Gasteracantha taeniata novahannoveriana Dahl, 1914
Gasteracantha taeniata obsoletopicta Strand, 1915
Gasteracantha theisi Félix Édouar..., 1838
Gasteracantha vittata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Koch, 1844
Gasteracantha westringi Eugen von Ke..., 1864
Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857

Subnodes of Gasteracanthinae with occurrences in Melanesia
TribeCaerostrini
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeGasteracanthini
Elgar & al., 1990
2
34
Genera
Species

Taxom