Species list, Checklist of Subfamily Nephilinae (Golden orb weavers) for French Guiana (Northern South America)

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Checklist for Subfamily Nephilinae Simon, 1894 (Golden orb weavers)
and region French Guiana (Northern South America)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	86 304 574	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	68 256 477	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	39 211 414	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	36 208 409	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 True Spiders	30 188 379	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Araneomorphi Smith, 1902	30 188 379	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Araneoidea Latreille, 1806	6 54 112	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider	7 11	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Nephilinae Simon, 1894 Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for French Guiana
2 Genera with 3 Species

Nephila Leach, 1772	Banana spiders	3	Species	Taxom
Nephilengys L. Koch, 1942	Hermit spiders	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for French Guiana
3 Species and 1 Subspecies

Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)	⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Nephila clavipes fasciculata De Geer, 1778
Nephila cornuta Pallas, 1772
Nephilengys hirta (Roewer, 1942)	⇒ Eustala fuscovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1864

Links, sources and further information

Nephilinae at biodiversity.org.au