| Orb weaver spider |
Eriophora transmarina from Australia | | Scientific classification | | | | Diversity | | 166 genera, 2840 species |
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Arachnura
Araneus
Araniella
Argiope (St Andrew's Cross spider)
Austracantha
Bertrana
Celaenia
Chorizopes
Cladomelea
Cyclosa
Cyrtophora
Dicrostichus
Eriophora
Gasteracantha (Spiny orb-weavers)
Kaira
Larinia
Larinioides
Lewisepeira
Mangora
Mastophora
Melychiopharis
Metepiera
Micrathena
Neoscona
Nuctenea
Ordgarius
Perilla
Zygiella
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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. ...
Diversity 14 families, 11155 species Families see text. ...
Eugène Simon (April 30, 1848 - November 17, 1924) was a French arachnologist. ...
Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
This page lists all described species of the spider family Araneidae as of May 31, 2006. ...
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Wikispecies has information related to: Aculepeira Aculepeira is a spider genus in the Araneidae family. ...
Diversity 13 species Species See text. ...
Araneus is a genus of orb-weaving spiders including the common garden spider and the barn spider. ...
Araniella is a spider genus from the Araneidae family. ...
Diversity 78 species Species A. aetherea A. appensa A. aurantia A. bruennichi A. keyserlingi A. mascordi A. picta many more The genus Argiope includes rather large and spectacular spiders that have often a strikingly coloured abdomen. ...
Species A. aurantia A. bruennichi The St Andrews Cross spiders are large and spectacular spiders of the genus Argiope, also commonly called black and yellow argiopes due to the markings on their abdomens. ...
Diversity 1 species, 4 subspecies Binomial name Austracantha minax (Thorell, 1859) Wikispecies has information related to: Austracantha_minax Austracantha minax (with common names including Australian jewel spider, Christmas spider and spiny spider) is a distinctive Australian spider. ...
Diversity 12 species Species See text. ...
Diversity 11 species Species See text. ...
Diversity 165 species Species C. conica many more Cyclosa is a spider genus in the family Araneidae. ...
Diversity 38 species Species See text. ...
Binomial name Eriophora transmarina Keyserling, 1865 Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Australian garden orb weaver spider The Australian garden orb weaver spider (Eriophora transmarina) is a very common species of spider with many close variants in size, shape and colour within Australia. ...
Species The spiny orb-weavers (genus Gasteracantha) are a type of spider. ...
Diversity 16 species Type species Kaira gibberosa O. P-Cambridge, 1890 Species See text. ...
Diversity 7 species Species See text. ...
Mangora can refer to: Mingora in Swat, Pakistan Mangora, a genus of the family Araneidae, or Orb-weaver spiders Category: ...
Diversity 1 species Binomial name Simon, 1895 Species See text. ...
Diversity 105 species Species M. gracilis many more The spider genus Micrathena contains more than hundred species, most of them Neotropical woodland orb-weavers. ...
Diversity 81 species Species many more Neoscona is a spider genus with a mostly pantropical distribution. ...
Diversity 3 species The spider genus Nuctenea belongs to the Araneidae family. ...
Diversity 11 species Species See text. ...
Perilla is a genus in the spider family Araneidae. ...
Diversity 12 species Species See text. ...
| The orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) are the builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields and forests. The family is a large one, including over 2800 species in over 160 genera worldwide, making it the third largest family of spiders known (behind Salticidae and Linyphiidae). The oldest known orb-weaving spider is Mesozygiella dunlopi, with specimens in amber dating from the Early Cretaceous. For other uses, see Species (disambiguation). ...
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Genera Bagheera Corythalia Eris Freya Ghelna Habronattus Hentzia Lyssomanes Maevia Marpissa Messua Metacyrba Naphrys Paramarpissa Paraphidippus Phidippus Portia Salticus Sarinda Sassacus Sitticus Synemosyna Thiodina Zygoballus and many others The jumping spiders (Salticidae) are a family of spiders containing more than 4,000 species. ...
Genera many, see text The bowl and doily and dwarf spiders, also known as money spiders (family Linyphiidae) include nearly 4250 species in over 550 genera worldwide. ...
Binomial name Mesozygiella dunlopi Mesozygiella dunlopi is an extinct species of orb-weaving spider, dating from the Lower Cretaceous, making it the earliest orb-weaver yet discovered. ...
For other uses, see Amber (disambiguation). ...
The Early Cretaceous (timestratigraphic name) or the Lower Cretaceous (logstratigraphic name), is the earlier of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous period. ...
Generally, orb-weaving spiders are three-clawed builders of flat webs with sticky spiral capture silk. The building of a web is an engineering feat, begun when the spider floats a line on the wind to another surface. The spider secures the line and then drops another line from the center, making a "Y". The rest of the scaffolding follows with many radii of non-sticky silk being constructed before a final spiral of sticky capture silk. The third claw is used to walk on the non-sticky part of the web. Characteristically, the prey insect that blunders into the sticky lines is stunned by a quick bite and then wrapped in silk. If the prey is a venomous insect, such as a wasp, wrapping may precede biting. Spiders web redirects here. ...
Spider silk is a fibre secreted by spiders. ...
Orders Subclass Apterygota Archaeognatha (bristletails) Thysanura (silverfish) Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic) Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Superorder Exopterygota Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera (angel insects) Dermaptera (earwigs) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Psocoptera...
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 Marbled Orb Weaver Araneus marmoreus. Some "orb-weavers" do not build webs at all. Members of the genera Mastophora in the Americas, Cladomelea in Africa and Ordgarius in Australia produce sticky globules, which contain a pheromone analog. The globule is hung from a silken thread dangled by the spider from its front legs. The pheromone analog attracts male moths of only a few species. These get stuck on the globule and are reeled in to be eaten. Interestingly, both types of bolas spiders are highly camouflaged and difficult to locate. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x760, 226 KB) Description: jpeg image, marbled orb weaver spider Araneus marmorus Source: Own work http://www. ...
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Fanning honeybee exposes Nasonov gland (white-at tip of abdomen) releasing pheromone to entice swarm into an empty hive A pheromone is a chemical that triggers an innate behavioural response in another member of the same species. ...
Diversity 66 species Genera Cladomelea Mastophora Ordgarius Bolas Spiders are unusual orb-weaver spiders that have given up spinning the typical web. ...
The spiny orb-weaving spiders in the genera Gasteracantha and Micrathena look like plant seeds or thorns hanging in their orb-webs. Some species of Gasteracantha have very long horn-like spines protruding from their abdomens.
One feature of the webs of some orb-weavers is the stabilimentum, a crisscross band of silk through the center of the web. It is found in a number of genera, but Argiope, which includes the common garden spider of Europe as well as the yellow and banded garden spiders of North America, is a prime example. The band has been hypothesized to be a lure for prey, a marker to warn birds away from the web and a camouflage for the spider when it sits in the center of the web. Argiope trifasciata Web decorations, sometimes termed stabilimenta, are conspicuous silk structures included in their webs by many species of orb-web spider. ...
Diversity 78 species Species A. aetherea A. appensa A. aurantia A. bruennichi A. keyserlingi A. mascordi A. picta many more The genus Argiope includes rather large and spectacular spiders that have often a strikingly coloured abdomen. ...
This article is about protective camouflage used to disguise people, animals, or military targets. ...
Most arachnid webs are vertical and the spiders usually hang with their head downward. A few webs, such as those of orb-weaver in the genus Metepiera have the orb hidden within a tangled space of web. Some Metepiera are semi-social and live in communal webs. In Mexico such communal webs have been cut out of trees or bushes and used for living fly paper. [citation needed]
Natural history The oldest known true orb-weaver is Mesozygiella dunlopi, from the Lower Cretaceous. Several fossils provide direct evidence that the three major orb weaving families, namely Araneidae, Tetragnathidae and Uloboridae, had evolved by this time, about 140 million years ago. They probably originated during the Jurassic (200-140 million years ago). All three families very likely have a common origin.[1] Binomial name Mesozygiella dunlopi Mesozygiella dunlopi is an extinct species of orb-weaving spider, dating from the Lower Cretaceous, making it the earliest orb-weaver yet discovered. ...
The Cretaceous period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic period (about 135 mya) to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch of the Tertiary period (65 mya). ...
Systematics -
The categorization into subfamilies and tribes follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. This is a list of genera of the spider family Araneidae. ...
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic classification in between family and genus. ...
The Nephilidae have been elevated to family status in 2006. Some researchers also consider the genera Leviellus, Parazygiella, Stroemiellus and Zygiella to reside in the family Zygiellidae. Diversity 4 genera, 75 species Genera see text The Nephilidae are a spider family with 75 described species in four genera. ...
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- Anepsiini
- Arachnurini
- Araneini
- Arkycini
- Bertranini
- Celaenini
- Cyclosini
- Dolophonini
- Exechocentrini
- Heterognathini
- Hypognathini
- Mangorini
- Poltyini
- Pseudartonini
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- Ursini
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- Glyptogona Simon, 1884
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- Artonis Simon, 1895
- Colphepeira Archer, 1941
- Enacrosoma Mello-Leitão, 1932
- Encyosaccus Simon, 1895
- Melychiopharis Simon, 1895
- Micrepeira Schenkel, 1953
- Parmatergus Emerit, 1994
- Pronous Keyserling, 1881
- Sedasta Simon, 1894
- Singafrotypa Benoit, 1962
- Tethneus Scudder, 1890 † (fossil, oligocene)
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- Tethneus guyoti (Scudder, 1890) †
- Tethneus henzii (Scudder) †
- Tethneus robustus (Petrunkevitch) †
Incertae sedis—of uncertain position (seat)—is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. ...
Diversity 1 species Binomial name Simon, 1895 Species See text. ...
The Oligocene epoch is a geologic period of time that extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present. ...
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| Orb weaver spider web at night Image File history File links Size of this preview: 523 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1395 × 1600 pixel, file size: 363 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Orb weaver spider, approx 30mm. ...
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See also This page lists all described species of the spider family Araneidae as of May 31, 2006. ...
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. ...
Footnotes - ^ Penney & Ortuño 2006
References - The Life of the Spider by John Crompton. Mentor, 1950.
- How to Know the Spiders by B. J. Kaston. Dubuque, 1953.
- Spiders by Barbara York Main. Sidney, 1976.
- Biology of Spiders, by Rainer F. Foelix, second edition, 1996
- Levi, H.W. (1993): The new orb-weaver genus Lewisepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche 100: 127-136. PDF
- Penney, David & Ortuño, Vicente M. (2006): Oldest true orb-weaving spider (Araneae: Araneidae). Biology Letters 2: 447-450. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0506 - PDF
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Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders,scorpions, etc. ...
For other uses, see Arachnid (disambiguation). ...
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. ...
The Liphistiidae are the most primitive living spiders, placed in their own suborder, called the Mesothelae. ...
The Liphistiidae are the most primitive living spiders, placed in their own suborder, called the Mesothelae. ...
Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae - Antrodiaetidae - Atypidae - Barychelidae - Ctenizidae - Cyrtaucheniidae - Dipluridae - Hexathelidae - Idiopidae - Mecicobothriidae - Microstigmatidae - Migidae - Nemesiidae - Paratropididae - Theraphosidae Families Antrodiaetidae (folding trapdoor spider) Atypidae (atypical tarantula) Ctenizidae (trapdoor spider) Cyrtaucheniidae (wafer trapdoor spider) Dipluridae (funnel-web tarantula) Hexathelidae (venomous funnel-web tarantula) Mecicobothriidae (dwarf tarantulas) Theraphosidae (tarantula) The Mygalomorphae, (also called the Orthognatha), are an infraorder of spiders. ...
Diversity 3 genera, 41 species Genera Actinopus Missulena Plesiolena The spider family Actinopodidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders found in Australia, South America, and Central America. ...
Diversity 3 genera, 32 species Genera see text The folding trapdoor spiders (Antrodiaetidae) are a small spider family with about 30 species in three genera. ...
Families See Taxonomy section Spiders are invertebrate animals that produce silk, have eight legs and no wings. ...
Diversity 44 genera, 300 species Genera see text The Brushed trapdoor spiders (family Barychelidae) are a spider family with about 300 species in 44 genera. ...
Genera Bothriocyrtum Cyclocosmia Ummidia Trapdoor spiders (family Ctenizidae) are medium-sized mygalomorph spiders that construct burrows with a cork-like trapdoor made of soil, vegetation and silk. ...
Genera See text The wafer trapdoor spiders (family Cyrtaucheniidae) are a widespread family of spider that lacks the thorn-like spines on tarsi and metatarsi I and II (the two outermost leg segments) found in true trapdoor spiders (Ctenizidae). ...
Genera See text Funnel-web tarantulas (family Dipluridae) resemble other mygalomorphs in having downward stabbing fangs and two pairs of booklungs. ...
Genera Atrax Hadronyche The venomous funnel-web tarantulas (family Hexathelidae) are notorious for the inclusion of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus). ...
Diversity 22 genera, 273 species Genera see text Members of the spider family Idiopidae (superfamily Idiopoidea) have a large body that often looks rather like a tarantula. ...
Diversity 4 genera, 8 species Genera Hexura (Simon, 1884) Hexurella (Gertsch & Platnick, 1979) Mecicobothrium (Holmberg, 1882) Megahexura (Kaston, 1972) Dwarf tarantulas, also known as sheet funnel-web spiders are a type of spider from the family Mecicobothriidae. ...
Diversity 7 genera, 13 species Genera Envia Micromygale Microstigmata Ministigmata Pseudonemesia Spelocteniza Xenonemesia The Microstigmatidae are a small spider family with about 13 species in 7 genera. ...
Diversity 10 genera, 91 species Genera see text The tree trapdoor spiders (Migidae) are a spider family with about 90 species in 10 genera. ...
Diversity 39 genera, 337 species Genera see text The Nemesiidae are a spider family of the suborder Mygalomorphae, and the only member of the superfamily Nemesioidea. ...
Diversity 4 genera, 8 species Genera see text The Baldlegged spiders (Paratropididae) are a small spider family with eight species. ...
Genera Subfamily Acanthopelminae Acanthopelma Subfamily Aviculariinae Avicularia Subfamily Eumenophorinae Citharischius Phoneyusa Subfamily Harpactirinae Pterinochilus Subfamily Ischnocolinae Subfamily Ornithoctoninae Cyriopagopus Haplopelma Subfamily Poecilotheriinae Poecilotheria Subfamily Selenocosmiinae Chilobrachys Psalmopoeus Subfamily Selenogyrinae Subfamily Stromatopelminae Heteroscodra Subfamily Theraphosinae Acanthoscurria Aphonopelma Brachypelma Chromatopelma Eupalaestrus Grammostola Lasiodora Megaphobema Nhandu Theraphosa Subfamily Thrigmopoeinae Tarantulas are spiders belonging...
Araneomorphae: Agelenidae - Amaurobiidae - Ammoxenidae - Amphinectidae - Anapidae - Anyphaenidae - Araneidae - Archaeidae - Austrochilidae - Caponiidae - Chummidae - Cithaeronidae - Clubionidae - Corinnidae - Cryptothelidae - Ctenidae - Cyatholipidae - Cybaeidae - Cycloctenidae - Deinopidae - Desidae - Dictynidae - Diguetidae - Drymusidae - Dysderidae - Eresidae - Filistatidae - Gallieniellidae - Gnaphosidae - Gradungulidae - Hahniidae - Halidae - Hersiliidae - Holarchaeidae - Homalonychidae - Huttoniidae - Hypochilidae - Lamponidae - Leptonetidae - Linyphiidae - Liocranidae - Lycosidae - Malkaridae - Mecysmaucheniidae - Micropholcommatidae - Mimetidae - Miturgidae - Mysmenidae - Neolanidae - Nephilidae - Nesticidae - Nicodamidae - Ochyroceratidae - Oecobiidae - Oonopidae - Orsolobidae - Oxyopidae - Palpimanidae - Pararchaeidae - Periegopidae - Philodromidae - Pholcidae - Phyxelididae - Pimoidae - Pisauridae - Plectreuridae - Prodidomidae - Psechridae - Salticidae - Scytodidae - Segestriidae - Selenopidae - Senoculidae - Sicariidae - Sparassidae - Stenochilidae - Stiphidiidae - Symphytognathidae - Synaphridae - Synotaxidae - Telemidae - Tengellidae - Tetrablemmidae - Tetragnathidae - Theridiidae - Theridiosomatidae - Thomisidae - Titanoecidae - Trechaleidae - Trochanteriidae - Uloboridae - Zodariidae - Zoridae - Zorocratidae - Zoropsidae The Araneomorphae, previously called the Labidognatha, are a suborder of spiders. ...
Genera Agelena Agelenopsis Hololena Tegenaria The araneomorph funnel-web spiders of the family Agelenidae include the common grass spiders of the genus Agelenopsis, as well as the mildly venomous European hobo spider, Tegenaria agrestis, which has been introduced into the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ...
Amaurobiidae is a family of spider known as tangled nest spiders. Categories: Spiders | Invertebrate stubs ...
Diversity 4 genera, 18 species Genera see text The Ammoxenidae are a small spider family with 18 species in four genera. ...
Diversity 35 genera, 184 species Genera see text The Amphinectidae are a spider family with about 180 described species in 35 genera. ...
Diversity 34 genera, 144 species Genera see text The Anapidae are a spider family with 144 described species in 34 genera. ...
Diversity 56 genera, 508 species Genera Anyphaena Aysha Hibana many more The anyphaenid sac spiders (family Anyphaenidae) are distinguished from the sac spiders and other spiders by having the abdominal spiracle placed one third to one half of the way anterior to the spinnerets toward the epigastric furrow on the...
Genera many, see text The orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) are the familiar builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields and forests. ...
Diversity 3 genera, 25 species Genera see text The Archaeidae are a spider family with 25 described species in three genera. ...
Diversity 3 genera, 9 species Genera see text The Austrochilidae) are a small spider family with 9 species in three genera. ...
Genera Dysdera Orthonops Notnops Taintnops Tisentnops The caponiid spiders (family Caponiidae) include several genera of two eyed spiders, such as the North American genus Orthonops. ...
Diversity 1 genus, 2 species Genera see text The Chummidae are a tiny spider family with only two described species in one genus. ...
Diversity 2 genera, 6 species Genera see text The Cithaeronidae are a small spider family with only five species in two genera. ...
Genera Clubiona Elaver The sac spiders of the family Clubionidae have a very confusing taxonomic history. ...
Genera Castianeira Corinna Mazax Meriola Myrmecium Myrmecotypus Phrurolithus Phrurotimpus Trachelas The corinnid sac spiders (family Corinnidae), like the other clubionoid families, have a very confusing taxonomic history. ...
Diversity 1 genus, 10 species Genera see text The Cryptothelidae are a spider family with ten described species in a single genus. ...
Genera Phoneutria The wandering spiders used to refer to the genus Phoneutria but now usually refers to the entire family Ctenidae. ...
Diversity 23 genera, 58 species Genera see text The Cyatholipidae are a spider family with 58 described species in 23 genera. ...
Diversity 12 genera, 153 species Genera See text. ...
Diversity 5 genera, 36 species Genera see text The Cycloctenidae are a spider family with 36 described species in five genera. ...
Genera Deinopis The Ogre-faced spiders (family Deinopidae) consist of stick-like elongate spiders that build unusual webs that they suspend between the front legs. ...
The intertidal spiders of the family Desidae live in a very unusual location- between the tides. ...
The Dictynid spider is a Family of cribellate (hackled band-producing) spiders. ...
Genera Diguetia The coneweb spiders of the family Diguetidae are six-eyed haplogyne (lacking hardened female genitalia, or epigyne) spiders that live in tangled space webs. ...
Diversity 1 genus, 10 species Genera see text The Drymusidae are a small spider family with ten species in one genus. ...
Genera Cryptoparachtes Dasumia Dysdera Dysderocrates Folkia Harpactea Harpactocrates Holissus Hygrocrates Kaemis Mesostalita Minotauria Parachtes Parastalita Rhode Rhodera Sardostalita Speleoharpactea Stalagtia Stalita Stalitella Stalitochara Tedia The woodlouse hunters, sowbug-eating spiders or cell spiders, family Dysderidae, are araneomorph spiders found primarily in Eurasia, though extending into North Africa Dysderids have six...
Genera Eresus Gandanomeno Stegodyphus The velvet spiders (family Eresidae) are a small group (about 100 species in 10 genera) of almost totally Old World spiders (exception: a few species are known from Brazil). ...
Genera Afrofilistata Andoharano Filistata Filistatinella Filistatoides Kukulcania Lihuelistata Microfilistata Misionella Pikelinia Pritha Sahastata Tricalamus Wandella Yardiella Zaitunia The crevice weaver spiders (family Filistatidae) contain primitive cribellate, haplogyne, weavers of funnel or tube webs. ...
Diversity 10 genera, 48 species Genera see text The Gallieniellidae are a spider family with 48 species in ten genera. ...
Genera Cesonia Drassodes Gnaphosa Micaria Zelotes The ground spiders (family Gnaphosidae) include nearly 2000 species in over 100 genera worldwide. ...
Diversity 7 genera, 16 species Genera see text The Gradungulidae) are a small spider family with 16 species in seven genera. ...
The Dwarf Sheet Spider is a member of the Family Hahniidae, which consists of small spiders (around 2 mm. ...
Diversity 2 genera, 3 species Genera see text The Halidae are a tiny spider family with only three described species in two genera. ...
Diversity 11 genera, 145 species Genera see text The tree trunk spiders are members of the tropical and semi-tropical Family Hersiliidae. ...
Genera see text The Holarchaeidae are a spider family with only two described species in one genus. ...
Diversity 1 genus, 3 species Genera see text The Homalonychidae are a very small spider family with three described species in one genus. ...
Diversity 1 described species Binomial name H. palpimanoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 The Huttoniidae are a family of spiders with just one recent described species, Huttonia palpimanoides. ...
Genera Hypochilus Ectatosticta The Lampshade spiders of the family Hypochilidae are among the most primitive of araneomorph spiders. ...
Diversity 23 genera, 191 species Genera see text The Lamponidae are a spider family with 191 species in 23 genera. ...
Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
Genera many, see text The bowl and doily and dwarf spiders, also known as money spiders (family Linyphiidae) include nearly 4250 species in over 550 genera worldwide. ...
Genera Agroeca Neoanagraphis Liocranid sac spiders consist of about 170 species of wandering spiders in 30 or so genera. ...
Diversity 107 genera, 2320 species Genera Adelocosa Alopecosa Arctosa Geolycosa Hogna Lycosa Pardosa Pirata Sosippus Trochosa many more Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae, so named because their method of hunting is to run down their prey. ...
Diversity 4 genera, 10 species Genera see text The Malkaridae are a small spider family with ten species in four genera. ...
Diversity 7 genera, 25 species Genera see text The Mecysmaucheniidae are a spider family with 25 described species in seven genera. ...
Diversity 8 genera, 33 species Genera see text The Micropholcommatidae are a spider family with 33 described species in eight genera. ...
Genera 12 genera, including: Mimetus Ero The pirate spiders, also known as cannibal spiders (family Mimetidae) are a family of spiders that typically feed on other spiders. ...
Genera many, see text The long-legged sac spiders (family Miturgidae) include nearly 400 species in about 30 genera worldwide. ...
Diversity 22 genera, 91 species Genera see text The Mysmenidae are a spider family with 91 described species in 22 genera. ...
Diversity 1 genus, 3 species Genera see text The Neolanidae are a spider family with three described species in one genus. ...
Diversity 4 genera, 75 species Genera see text The Nephilidae are a spider family with 75 described species in four genera. ...
Genera Nesticus Eidmannella Carpathonesticus The scaffold web spiders of the family Nesticidae, are closely allied with the Theridiidae, or tangle web spiders. ...
Diversity 9 genera, 29 species Genera see text The Nicodamidae are a spider family with 29 species in nine genera. ...
Diversity 13 genera, 146 species Genera see text The Ochyroceratidae are a six-eyed spider family in the Leptonetoidea superfamily, with 146 described species in 13 genera. ...
The Wall spider is a member of the Family Oecobiidae. ...
Diversity 68 genera, 472 species Genera Oonops Gamasomorpha Ischnothyreus Scaphiella Orchestina many others The spider family Oonopidae (Goblin spiders) includes about 450 species in about 65 genera worldwide. ...
Diversity 28 genera, 177 species Genera see text The Orsolobidae are a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in 28 genera. ...
Genera Oxyopes (Common lynx spider) Peucetia (Green lynx spider) The Lynx spiders are hunting spiders somewhat similar to the wolf spiders and the jumping spiders. ...
Diversity 15 genera, 127 species Genera see text The Palp-footed spiders (Palpimanidae) are a spider family with about 130 described species in 15 genera. ...
Diversity 7 genera, 34 species Genera see text The Pararchaeidae are a spider family with 34 described species in seven genera. ...
Diversity 1 genus, 2 species Genera see text The spider family Periegopidae consists of only one genus, with two species. ...
Genera Ebo Philodromus Thanatus Tibellus and about 25 others The Philodromid crab spiders are the family Philodromidae, once considered to belong to a subfamily within the crab spiders, family Thomisidae. ...
Diversity 80 genera, 959 species Genera Holocnemus Modisimus Pholcus Smeringopus Spermophora many others The Pholcidae are a spider family in the suborder Araneomorphae. ...
Diversity 12 genera, 54 species Genera see text The Phyxelididae are a spider family with 54 described species in twelve genera. ...
Diversity 3 genera, 25 species Genera see text The Pimoidae spider family is a rather small group of 25 species in three genera. ...
Nursery web spiders are spiders of the family Pisauridae. ...
Genera Kibramoa Plectreurys Plectreurid spiders (family Plectreuridae) belong to a small family confined to the North American deserts and the island of Cuba. ...
Diversity 30 genera, 299 species Genera see text The Prodidomidae are a spider family with about 300 species in 30 genera. ...
Diversity 2 genera, 24 species Genera see text The Psechridae are a family of spiders with about two dozen species in two orders. ...
Genera Bagheera Corythalia Eris Freya Ghelna Habronattus Hentzia Lyssomanes Maevia Marpissa Messua Metacyrba Naphrys Paramarpissa Paraphidippus Phidippus Portia Salticus Sarinda Sassacus Sitticus Synemosyna Thiodina Zygoballus and many others The jumping spiders (Salticidae) are a family of spiders containing more than 4,000 species. ...
Genera Scytodes Spitting spiders (family Scytodidae) are spiders of the genus Scytodes and their relatives. ...
Genera Ariadna Gippsicola Segestria The tube-dwelling spiders (family Segestriidae) consist of two large and widespread genera (Segestria and Ariadna) and one monotypic genus (Gippsicola from Australia). ...
Genera Anyphops Hovops Selenops The wall crab spiders (family Selenopidae), a member of a group of families collectively called crab spiders because of their laterigrade (forward-facing) legs. ...
Diversity 1 genus, 31 species Genera see text The Senoculidae are a spider family with 31 described species in one genus. ...
Sicariidae are members of a genus of spiders found in arid portions of South America and southern Africa. ...
Genera Delena (Flat huntsman spider) Heteropoda (Brown huntsman spider) Holconia (Banded huntsman spider) Isopeda Isopedella Neosparassus (Shield hunstman spider) Pediana Numerous others, see links Huntsman spiders is a common name given to the family Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae). ...
Diversity 2 genera, 12 species Genera see text The Stenochilidae are a spider family with twelve described species in two genera. ...
Diversity 13 genera, 94 species Genera see text The Stiphidiidae are a spider family with 94 described species in 13 genera. ...
Diversity 6 genera, 44 species Genera see text The Symphytognathidae are a spider family with 44 described species in six genera. ...
Diversity 2 genera, 8 species Genera see text The Synaphridae are a spider family with eight described species in two genera. ...
Diversity 13 genera, 68 species Genera see text The Synotaxidae are a spider family with 68 described species in 13 genera. ...
Diversity 7 genera, 22 species Genera see text The Telemidae are a six-eyed spider family with 22 described species in seven genera. ...
Genera Lauricius The tengellid spiders (family Tengellidae) include only eight genera and a little over 30 species worldwide. ...
Diversity 29 genera, 126 species Genera see text The Tetrablemmidae are a spider family with 126 described species in 29 genera that occur throughout the world tropics. ...
Genera Leucauge Meta Neophila Tetragnatha The Long-jawed orb weavers or Long jawed spiders constitute the Family Tetragnathidae of the Order Araneae. ...
Genera Latrodectus Argyrodes Theridion Steatoda The tangle-web spiders or comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) are a large group (over 2000 species in nearly 80 genera) of haphazard web-builders found throughout the world. ...
Diversity 12 genera, 75 species Genera Andasta Baalzebub Chthonos Epeirotypus Epilineutes Naatlo Ogulnius Parogulnius Plato Theridiosoma Wendilgarda Zoma The ray spiders (family Theridiosomatidae) are spiders most recognizable for their construction of cone-shaped webs. ...
Genera Misumena Misumenops Misumenoides Thomisius Xysticus Tmarus The true crab spiders are a group of spiders constituting the family Thomisidae or thomisids. ...
Genera Titanoeca The titanoecid spiders (family Titanoecidae) include only five genera and a little over 45 species worldwide. ...
Diversity 15 genera, 75 species Genera see text The Trechaleidae are a spider family with 75 described species in 15 genera. ...
Diversity 18 genera, 149 species Genera see text The Trochanteriidae are a spider family with 149 species in 18 genera. ...
Genera Ariston Astavakra Conifaber Daramulunia Hyptiotes Lubinella Miagrammopes Octonoba Orinomana Philoponella Polenecia Purumitra Siratoba Sybota Tangaroa Uloborus Waitkera Zosis The hackled orbweavers (family Uloboridae) have the special distinction of being non-venomous spiders. ...
Genera Akyttara Amphiledorus Antillorena Asceua Aschma Australutica Basasteron Caesetius Capheris Cavasteron Chariobas Lutica Madrela Neostorena Palfuria Storena Zodarion and many others The Zodaraiid ground spiders, family Zodaraiidae, are a family of small to medium-sized spiders. ...
Diversity 13 genera, 73 species Genera see text The Zoridae are a spider family with more than 70 described species in 13 genera. ...
Genera Uduba Zorocrates Zorocratid spiders are uncommon, somewhat wolf spider-like, wandering spiders. ...
Genera Uliodon Zoropsis Zoropsid spiders are uncommon, somewhat wolf spider-like, wandering, cribellate spiders. ...
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