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Araneidae  Clerck, 1757
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82737

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Nephilidae Simon, 1894
  
  Common Name(s): orbweavers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2020   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumChelicerata  – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme  
                   ClassEuchelicerata   
                      SubclassArachnida  – araignées, aracnídeo, arachnids, arácnidos  
                         OrderAraneae  – spiders, aranhas, araignées, arañas  
                            FamilyAraneidae Clerck, 1757 – orbweavers  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAcacesia Simon, 1895  
                               GenusAcantharachne Tullgren, 1910  
                               GenusAcanthepeira Marx, 1883  
                               GenusAcroaspis Karsch, 1878  
                               GenusAcrosomoides Simon, 1887  
                               GenusActinacantha Simon, 1864  
                               GenusActinosoma Holmberg, 1883  
                               GenusAculepeira Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942  
                               GenusAcusilas Simon, 1895  
                               GenusAethriscus Pocock, 1902  
                               GenusAethrodiscus Strand, 1913  
                               GenusAetrocantha Karsch, 1879  
                               GenusAfracantha Dahl, 1914  
                               GenusAgalenatea Archer, 1951  
                               GenusAlenatea Song & Zhu, 1999  
                               GenusAllocyclosa Levi, 1999  
                               GenusAlpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889  
                               GenusAmazonepeira Levi, 1989  
                               GenusAnepsion Strand, 1929  
                               GenusArachnura Vinson, 1863  
                               GenusAraneus Clerck, 1757 – roundshouldered orbweavers, angulate orbweavers 
                               GenusAraniella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942  
                               GenusAranoethra Butler, 1873  
                               GenusArgiope Audouin, 1826 – garden orbweavers 
                               GenusArtifex Kallal & Hormiga, 2018  
                               GenusArtonis Simon, 1895  
                               GenusAspidolasius Simon, 1887  
                               GenusAugusta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877  
                               GenusAustracantha Dahl, 1914  
                               GenusBackobourkia Framenau, Dupérré, Blackledge & Vink, 2010  
                               GenusBertrana Keyserling, 1884  
                               GenusCaerostris Thorell, 1868  
                               GenusCarepalxis L. Koch, 1872  
                               GenusCelaenia Thorell, 1868  
                               GenusCercidia Thorell, 1869  
                               GenusChorizopes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871  
                               GenusChorizopesoides Mi & Wang, 2018  
                               GenusCladomelea Simon, 1895  
                               GenusClitaetra Simon, 1889  
                               GenusCnodalia Thorell, 1890  
                               GenusCoelossia Simon, 1895  
                               GenusColaranea Court & Forster, 1988  
                               GenusCollina Urquhart, 1891  
                               GenusColphepeira Archer, 1941  
                               GenusCryptaranea Court & Forster, 1988  
                               GenusCyclosa Menge, 1866 – trashline orbweavers 
                               GenusCyphalonotus Simon, 1895  
                               GenusCyrtarachne Thorell, 1868  
                               GenusCyrtobill Framenau & Scharff, 2009  
                               GenusCyrtophora Simon, 1864 – tentweb weavers 
                               GenusDeione Thorell, 1898  
                               GenusDeliochus Simon, 1894  
                               GenusDolophones Walckenaer, 1837  
                               GenusDubiepeira Levi, 1991  
                               GenusEdricus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890  
                               GenusEnacrosoma Mello-Leitão, 1932  
                               GenusEncyosaccus Simon, 1895  
                               GenusEpeiroides Keyserling, 1885  
                               GenusEriophora Simon, 1864  
                               GenusEriovixia Archer, 1951  
                               GenusEustacesia Caporiacco, 1954  
                               GenusEustala Simon, 1895  
                               GenusExechocentrus Simon, 1889  
                               GenusFaradja Grasshoff, 1970  
                               GenusFriula O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897  
                               GenusGalaporella Levi, 2009  
                               GenusGasteracantha Sundevall, 1833  
                               GenusGastroxya Benoit, 1962  
                               GenusGea C. L. Koch, 1843  
                               GenusGibbaranea Archer, 1951  
                               GenusGlyptogona Simon, 1884  
                               GenusGnolus Simon, 1879  
                               GenusHerennia Thorell, 1877  
                               GenusHeterognatha Nicolet, 1849  
                               GenusHeurodes Keyserling, 1886  
                               GenusHingstepeira Levi, 1995  
                               GenusHypognatha Guérin-Méneville, 1839  
                               GenusHypsacantha Dahl, 1914  
                               GenusHypsosinga Ausserer, 1871  
                               GenusIdeocaira Simon, 1903  
                               GenusIndoetra Kuntner, 2006  
                               GenusIsoxya Simon, 1885  
                               GenusKaira O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889  
                               GenusKapogea Levi, 1997  
                               GenusKilima Grasshoff, 1970  
                               GenusLarinia Simon, 1874  
                               GenusLariniaria Grasshoff, 1970  
                               GenusLarinioides Caporiacco, 1934  
                               GenusLariniophora Framenau, 2011  
                               GenusLeviellus Wunderlich, 2004  
                               GenusLewisepeira Levi, 1993  
                               GenusLipocrea Thorell, 1878  
                               GenusMacracantha Simon, 1864  
                               GenusMadacantha Emerit, 1970  
                               GenusMahembea Grasshoff, 1970  
                               GenusMangora O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889  
                               GenusManogea Levi, 1997  
                               GenusMastophora Holmberg, 1876 – bolas spiders 
                               GenusMecynogea Simon, 1903  
                               GenusMegaraneus Lawrence, 1968  
                               GenusMelychiopharis Simon, 1895  
                               GenusMetazygia F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904  
                               GenusMetepeira F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903  
                               GenusMicrathena Sundevall, 1833  
                               GenusMicrepeira Schenkel, 1953  
                               GenusMicropoltys Kulczynski, 1911  
                               GenusMilonia Thorell, 1890  
                               GenusMolinaranea Mello-Leitão, 1940  
                               GenusNemoscolus Simon, 1895  
                               GenusNemosinga Caporiacco, 1947  
                               GenusNemospiza Simon, 1903  
                               GenusNeogea Levi, 1983  
                               GenusNeoscona Simon, 1864 – spotted orbweavers 
                               GenusNephila Leach, 1815  
                               GenusNephilengys L. Koch, 1872  
                               GenusNephilingis Kuntner, 2013  
                               GenusNicolepeira Levi, 2001  
                               GenusNovakiella Court & Forster, 1993  
                               GenusNovaranea Court & Forster, 1988  
                               GenusNuctenea Simon, 1864  
                               GenusOarces Simon, 1879  
                               GenusOcrepeira Marx, 1883  
                               GenusOrdgarius Keyserling, 1886  
                               GenusParalarinia Grasshoff, 1970  
                               GenusParaplectana Brito Capello, 1867  
                               GenusParaplectanoides Keyserling, 1886  
                               GenusPararaneus Caporiacco, 1940  
                               GenusParawixia F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904  
                               GenusParmatergus Emerit, 1994  
                               GenusPasilobus Simon, 1895  
                               GenusPerilla Thorell, 1895  
                               GenusPherenice Thorell, 1899  
                               GenusPhonognatha Simon, 1894  
                               GenusPitharatus Simon, 1895  
                               GenusPlebs Joseph & Framenau, 2012  
                               GenusPoecilarcys Simon, 1895  
                               GenusPoecilopachys Simon, 1895  
                               GenusPoltys C. L. Koch, 1843  
                               GenusPorcataraneus Mi & Peng, 2011  
                               GenusPozonia Schenkel, 1953  
                               GenusPrasonica Simon, 1895  
                               GenusPrasonicella Grasshoff, 1971  
                               GenusPronoides Schenkel, 1936  
                               GenusPronous Keyserling, 1881  
                               GenusPseudartonis Simon, 1903  
                               GenusPseudopsyllo Strand, 1916  
                               GenusPsyllo Thorell, 1899  
                               GenusPycnacantha Blackwall, 1865  
                               GenusRubrepeira Levi, 1992  
                               GenusScoloderus Simon, 1887  
                               GenusSedasta Simon, 1894  
                               GenusSinga C. L. Koch, 1836 – striped orbweavers 
                               GenusSingafrotypa Benoit, 1962  
                               GenusSiwa Grasshoff, 1970  
                               GenusSpilasma Simon, 1897  
                               GenusSpinepeira Levi, 1995  
                               GenusSpintharidius Simon, 1893  
                               GenusTaczanowskia Keyserling, 1879  
                               GenusTalthybia Thorell, 1898  
                               GenusTatepeira Levi, 1995  
                               GenusTelaprocera Harmer & Framenau, 2008  
                               GenusTestudinaria Taczanowski, 1879  
                               GenusThelacantha Hasselt, 1882  
                               GenusThorellina Berg, 1899  
                               GenusTogacantha Dahl, 1914  
                               GenusTrichonephila Dahl, 1911  
                               GenusUmbonata Grasshoff, 1971  
                               GenusUrsa Simon, 1895  
                               GenusVerrucosa McCook, 1888  
                               GenusWagneriana F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904  
                               GenusWitica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895  
                               GenusWixia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882  
                               GenusXylethrus Simon, 1895  
                               GenusYaginumia Archer, 1960  
                               GenusZealaranea Court & Forster, 1988  
                               GenusZilla C. L. Koch, 1834  
                               GenusZygiella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Araneidae   
       
  Source: World Spider Catalog, Version 21.0, website (version 21.0)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: World Spider Catalog (2020). Version 21.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, accessed on 24 Jan 2020. doi: 10.24436/2   
  Reference for: Araneidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Breene, R. G., D. Allen Dean, G. B. Edwards, Blain Hebert, Herbert W. Levi, Gail Manning, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Arachnids, Fifth Edition   
  Page(s): 42   
  Publisher: American Tarantula Society   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1-929427-11-5   
  Notes: The American Arachnological Society Committee on Common Names of Arachnids. Available online at http://atshq.org/downloads.php   
  Reference for: Araneidae, orbweavers [English]   
       

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