Species list, Checklist of Subfamily Nephilinae (Golden orb weavers) for Scandinavia (North Europe)

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Checklist for Subfamily Nephilinae Simon, 1894 (Golden orb weavers)
and region Scandinavia (North Europe)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	376 1798 5753	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	329 1644 5507	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	84 776 2214	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	82 773 2211	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 True Spiders	65 724 2101	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Araneomorphi Smith, 1902	64 722 2099	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Araneoidea Latreille, 1806	12 324 1023	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider	12 45	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Nephilinae Simon, 1894 Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Scandinavia
2 Genera with 4 Species

Nephila Leach, 1793	Banana spiders	3	Species	Taxom
Phonognatha Simon, 1865		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Scandinavia
4 Species

Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)	⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Nephila edulis Labillardière, 1799	Australian Golden Orb Weaver
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793	Giant golden orb weaver
Phonognatha graeffei Eugen von Ke..., 1865	Leaf curling spider

Links, sources and further information

Nephilinae at biodiversity.org.au