Araneinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Araneinae
Tribus: Anepsiini - Arachnurini - Araneini - Bertranini - Celaenini - Cyclosini - Dolophonini - Exechocentrini - Heterognathini - Mangorini - Poltyini - Pseudartonini - Testudinarini - Ursini

Overview of genera

Backobourkia – Lariniophora – Plebs –
Name

Araneinae Simon, 1895 [sensu Scharff & Coddington, 1997]
References

Court, D.J.; Forster, R.R. 1988: Araneidae-Araneinae. Pp. 68-124 in Forster, R.R.; Millidge, A.F.; Court, D.J.: The spiders of New Zealand. Part VI. Cyatholipidae, Linyphiidae, Araneidae. Otago Museum bulletin, (6)
Scharff, N. & J. A. Coddington. 1997. A phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 120: 355–434. PDF