Species list, Checklist of Subfamily Nephilinae (Golden orb weavers) for Seychelles (Indian Ocean islands)

Taxonomy & Distribution
Browser for Arthropods

Region search

Countries

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVYZ

⌕

Checklist for Subfamily Nephilinae Simon, 1894 (Golden orb weavers)
and region Seychelles (Indian Ocean islands)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	99 282 408	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	80 242 355	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	46 199 310	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	42 188 298	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 True Spiders	35 179 284	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Araneomorphi Smith, 1902	35 179 284	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Araneoidea Latreille, 1806	8 66 120	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider	9 18	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Nephilinae Simon, 1894 Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders	3 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Seychelles
3 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Seychelles
5 Species and 1 Subspecies

Nephila inaurata Walckenaer, 1842	Red-legged golden orb-web spider
Nephila inaurata madagascariensis Vinson, 1863	Red-legged golden orb-web spider
Nephilengys borbonica (Vinson, 1863)	⇒ Nephilingis livida Vinson, 1863
Nephilengys livida (Vinson, 1863)	⇒ Nephilingis livida Vinson, 1863
Nephilingis borbonica Vinson, 1863	Reunion Hermit Spider
Nephilingis livida Vinson, 1863	Madagascar Hermit Spider

Links, sources and further information

Nephilinae at biodiversity.org.au