Araneidae

species of arachnid

Phonognatha is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. It was originally placed with the long-jawed orb weavers, and was moved to Araneidae in 2008.

Zealaranea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.

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Genus of African spiders

Anepsion is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Embrik Strand in 1929.

Pycnacantha is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by John Blackwall in 1865.

Parawixia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1904. Most species are found in the Neotropics, but one species, Parawixia dehaani, is found in Australasia and tropical Asia as far west as India.

Amazonepeira is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1989.

Coelossia is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. it contains only two species.

Hypognatha is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. E. Guérin-Méneville in 1839.

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Spilasma is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. it contains only three species.

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species of arachnid

Lipocrea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1878.

Pararaneus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1940.

Molinaranea is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940. thumb ==Species== it contains seven species: Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina Molinaranea fernandez Levi, 2001 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.) Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) – Chile, Argentina, Juan Fernandez Is., Falkland Is. Molinaranea mammifera (Tullgren, 1902) – Chile Molinaranea phaethontis (Simon, 1896) – Chile, Argentina Molinaranea surculorum (Simon, 1896) – Chile Molinaranea vildav Levi, 2001 – Chile

species of arachnid

Scoloderus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887. They primarily feed on nocturnal moths using a ladder-type nest, featuring vertical extensions of sticky orbs above and below the circumference of the primary orb. When a moth strikes the web, it slides down the ladder, leaving behind scales on the sticky silk until it is completely ensnared.

Metepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1903. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μετά and the obsolete genus name Epeira, denoting a genus similar to Epeira.

Testudinaria is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Władysław Taczanowski in 1879.

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Paraplectanoides is a genus of Australian orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886. it contains only two species.

Neogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1983. it contains only three species.

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Thorellina is a genus of southeast Asian orb-weaver spiders first described by C. Berg in 1899. it contains only two species from Myanmar and Papua New Guinea.

species of spider

Pasilobus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.

Ideocaira is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1903. It contains only two species, both found in South Africa.

Prasonicella is a genus of East African orb-weaver spiders first described by M. Grasshoff in 1971. it contains only two species.

Nemosinga is a genus of East African orb-weaver spiders first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1947. it contains only three species, all found in Tanzania.

Verrucosa is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Henry McCook in 1888. It contains almost fifty described species, most of which live in South America. The only species in the United States is the arrowhead spider.

Pseudartonis is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.

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species of arachnid

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

Gastroxya is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Belgian arachnologist Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1962.

Ocrepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by George Marx in 1883.

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genus of arachnids

Micrepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by E. Schenkel in 1953.

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Ordgarius is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886. Adult females of the genus are bolas spiders, capturing their prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in a web. Males and juvenile females capture their prey directly with their legs.

Cryptaranea is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.

Pronous is a genus of South American and African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881.

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Lewisepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1993.

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