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Paintings of Araneus angulatus from Svenska Spindlar of 1757, the first major work on spider taxonomy. Spider taxonomy is the part of taxonomy that is concerned with the science of naming, defining and classifying all spiders, members of the Araneae order of the arthropod class Arachnida, which has more than 48,500 described species. [1]
Ant-mimicking spiders also modify their behavior to resemble that of the target species of ant; for example, many adopt a zig-zag pattern of movement, ant-mimicking jumping spiders avoid jumping, and spiders of the genus Synemosyna walk on the outer edges of leaves in the same way as Pseudomyrmex. Ant mimicry in many spiders and other ...
Aphonopelma seemanni (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) (type species) – Central America Aphonopelma steindachneri (Ausserer, 1875) – United States Aphonopelma superstitionense Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016 – United States
The arachnid subdivisions are listed below alphabetically; numbers of species are approximate. Extant forms. Acariformes – mites (32,000 species) Amblypygi – "blunt rump" tail-less whip scorpions with front legs modified into whip-like sensory structures as long as 25 cm or more (250 species) Araneae – spiders (51,000 species)
Lists of spider species (1 C, 8 P) Spiders by location (10 C) S. Spider redirects (5 C) Spider subfamilies (25 P) Spider taxa by rank (4 C)
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, [1] making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. [2] Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and ...
Pages in category "Lists of spider species by family" The following 121 pages are in this category, out of 121 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Lists of spider species" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.