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Taxon: Superfamily Araneoidea Clerck, 1757 (spider)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Arachnida - (Order) Araneida

Current position

Entelegynae ([unranked]) Simon, 1893 Ref: J. Wunderlich, 2020: 27; Dunlop et al., 2023: 162; Kulkarni et al., 2023: fig. 4b.

Alternative positions

Labidognatha (Suborder) Ref: H.W. Levi, 1982: 86.
Orbiculariae ([unranked]) Walckenaer, 1802 Ref: J.A. Coddington et al., 2004: fig. 18.3.

Historical positions

Entelegynae ([unranked]) Simon, 1893 Ref: S. Kulkarni et al., 2023: fig. 4b.
Entelegynae ([unranked]) Simon, 1893 Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2023: 162.
Entelegynae ([unranked]) Simon, 1893 Ref: J. Wunderlich, 2020: 27; fig. A (p. 48).
Dipneumonomorpha ([unranked]) Ref: J. Wunderlich, 2019: 4, 10 (footnote 11), 24. [rough position]
Orbiculariae ([unranked]) Walckenaer, 1802 Ref: J.A. Coddington et al., 2004: 304, fig. 18.3.
Labidognatha (Suborder) Ref: H.W. Levi, 1982: 86.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 18f;1192g;4579s;292ss; †10f;148g;5s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 3 Feb 2025 [18f;1192g; †10f;148g]
2023 S. Kulkarni et al.: fig. 4b [17f]
2023 J.A. Dunlop et al.: 184 [17f; †8f;147g]
2019 J. Wunderlich: 25 ~15f
2004 J.A. Coddington et al.: 304 12f;980g
2004 J.A. Coddington et al.: 304 12f;980g
1982 H.W. Levi: 86 13f
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