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Encyclopedia > Archaeidae
?Pelican spiders

Eriauchenius gracilicollis with prey
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Archaeoidea
Family: Archaeidae
C. L. Koch & Berendt, 1854
Diversity
3 genera, 25 species

Genera

see text Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Orders Acarina Amblypygi Araneae Opiliones Palpigradi Pseudoscorpionida Ricinulei Schizomida Scorpiones Solifugae Uropygi The arachnids, Arachnida, are a class of invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. ... For other uses, see Spider (disambiguation). ... The Araneomorphae, previously called the Labidognatha, are a suborder of spiders. ... Carl Ludwig Koch (September 21, 1778 - August 23, 1857) was a German entomologist, specializing in arachnology. ...

The Archaeidae are a spider family with 25 described species in three genera. Nine new species have been found in Madagascar, but have not yet been described. Suborders Araneomorphae Mesothelae Mygalomorphae See the taxonomy section for families Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals that produce silk, and have two tagma, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts and no wings. ...


Their common name pelican spider stems from their specialised anatomy: They evolved elongated jaws and neck for catching other spiders.


Some of these species belong to the assassin spiders. They are up to 5mm in size.

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Distribution

Archaeidae occur in South Africa, Madagascar and Australia. The Archaea are a Gondwana group. Pangaea was formed by the merging of two continents, Laurasia and Gondwana East African and Kuungan Orogens 550 Ma reconstruction showing final stages of assembly The southern supercontinent Gondwana (originally Gondwanaland) included most of the landmasses which make up todays continents of the southern hemisphere, including Antarctica, South America...


Species

Afrarchaea Forster & Platnick, 1984

  • Afrarchaea bergae Lotz, 1996 (South Africa)
  • Afrarchaea entabeniensis Lotz, 2003 (South Africa)
  • Afrarchaea fernkloofensis Lotz, 1996 (South Africa)
  • Afrarchaea fisheri Lotz, 2003 (Madagascar)
  • Afrarchaea godfreyi (Hewitt, 1919) (South Africa, Madagascar)
  • Afrarchaea harveyi Lotz, 2003 (South Africa)
  • Afrarchaea kranskopensis Lotz, 1996 (South Africa)
  • Afrarchaea lawrencei Lotz, 1996 (South Africa)
  • Afrarchaea mahariraensis Lotz, 2003 (Madagascar)
  • Afrarchaea ngomensis Lotz, 1996 (South Africa)

Austrarchaea Forster & Platnick, 1984

  • Austrarchaea daviesae Forster & Platnick, 1984 (Queensland)
  • Austrarchaea hickmani (Butler, 1929) (Victoria)
  • Austrarchaea mainae Platnick, 1991 (Western Australia)
  • Austrarchaea nodosa (Forster, 1956) (Queensland)
  • Austrarchaea robinsi Harvey, 2002 (Western Australia)

Eriauchenius O. P.-Cambridge, 1881

  • Eriauchenius bourgini (Millot, 1948) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius cornutus (Lotz, 2003) (South Africa)
  • Eriauchenius gracilicollis (Millot, 1948) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius jeanneli (Millot, 1948) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius legendrei (Platnick, 1991) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius pauliani (Legendre, 1970) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius ratsirarsoni (Lotz, 2003) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius tsingyensis (Lotz, 2003) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius vadoni (Millot, 1948) (Madagascar)
  • Eriauchenius workmani O. P-Cambridge, 1881 (Madagascar)

Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge ( November 3, 1828 - March 9, 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. ...

See also

Diversity 111 families Families see table The Araneae are an order of the arthropod class Arachnida with about 40,000 described species, although there are probably many species that have escaped the human eye to this day, and lots of specimen stored in collections waiting to be described and classified. ...

References

  • Penney D. (2003) Afrarchaea grimaldii, a new species of Archaeidae (Araneae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber. Journal of Arachnology 31, 122-130. PDF



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