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This page lists all described species of the spider family Deinopidae accepted by the World Spider ... A. aruensis (Roewer, 1938) — Indonesia (Aru Is.) A ...
Deinopidae, also known as net casting spiders, is a family of cribellate [1] spiders first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850. [2] It consists of stick-like elongated spiders that catch prey by stretching a web across their front legs before propelling themselves forward.
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Asianopis anchietae (Brito Capello, 1867) – West Africa, Angola, South Africa; Asianopis aruensis (Roewer, 1938) – Indonesia (Aru Is.); Asianopis aspectans (Pocock, 1900) – Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo, South Africa
As usually circumscribed, the group contains two families: Deinopidae and Uloboridae. [1] Some studies have produced cladograms in which the Deinopoidea are paraphyletic. [3] A review in 2014 concluded that "at this time the monophyly of Deinopoidea remains dubious". [4]
Deinopis longipes is a species of net-casting spider (family Deinopidae). It is found throughout Central America. This spider has a very slim, elongated body around 16 mm in length. As with other members of the family, it hunts at night, constructing a silken net which it uses to snare passing prey.
Menneus capensis, also known as Cape camel-back spider, is a species of net-casting spider in the family Deinopidae. It is endemic to the Western Cape in South Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 15
Deinopis, also known as net-casting spiders, gladiator spiders and ogre-faced spiders, [2] is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by W. S. MacLeay in 1839. [3]