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Atypidae, also known as atypical tarantulas or purseweb spiders, is a spider family containing only three genera. They are accomplished ambush predators that spend most of their time in a sock-like, silken retreat on the ground from where they kill their prey.
This page lists all described species of the spider family Atypidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of December 2020: [1] Atypus. Atypus. Atypus affinis ...
Atypus, also called purseweb spiders, is a genus of atypical tarantulas first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. [3] It occurs in Eurasia , with one species ( A. affinis ) reaching into North Africa . [ 1 ]
Atypus piceus is a mygalomorph spider of the family Atypidae. It occurs in Europe to Moldavia and in Iran, and is the type species of the genus Atypus. Description
Atypoidea is a clade of mygalomorph spiders, one of the two main groups into which the mygalomorphs are divided (the other being Avicularioidea). It has been treated at the rank of superfamily. It contains five families of spiders: [1] [2] [3] Atypidae Thorell, 1870 Antrodiaetidae Gertsch, 1940 Mecicobothriidae Holmberg, 1882
These spiders are black or brownish and not particularly large; the males are about 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in), while the females are larger at 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in). They look much like Atypus piceus , but spiderlings are often very lightly colored, and the three-part posterior spinnerets do not have a light blot.
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Sphodros rufipes, sometimes called the red legged purseweb spider, is a mygalomorph spider from the southern and eastern United States, though it has been photographed as far north as Minnesota. It has confirmed sightings in Indiana , Missouri , New Jersey , West Virginia , Tennessee , Delaware , Louisiana , and Tuckernuck Island in Massachusetts .