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Myrmekiaphila is a genus of North American mygalomorph trapdoor spiders in the family Euctenizidae, and was first described by G. F. Atkinson in 1886. [2] All described species are endemic to the southeastern United States. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the wafer trapdoor spiders in 1985, [3] then to the Euctenizidae in ...
The Mygalomorphae, or mygalomorphs, are an infraorder of spiders, and comprise one of three major groups of living spiders with over 3,000 species, found on all continents except Antarctica. Many members are known as trapdoor spiders due to their creation of trapdoors over their burrows.
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
According to the University of Georgia (UGA), the Joro spider has actually been around since 2013. But, the state has recently seen an overabundance of the colorful arachnids. Sure, their webs are ...
Ctenizidae (/ ˈ t ə n ɪ z ə d iː / tə-NIZZ-ə-dee) [2] is a small family of mygalomorph spiders that construct burrows with a cork-like trapdoor made of soil, vegetation, and silk. . They may be called trapdoor spiders, as are other, similar species, such as those of the families Liphistiidae, Barychelidae, and Cyrtaucheniidae, and some species in the Idiopidae and Nemesiid
Category: Mygalomorphae families. ... Wafer-lid trapdoor spider This page was last edited on 10 September 2018, at 14:28 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Rosamygale is a genus of extinct Triassic spiders, with a single described species, Rosamygale grauvogeli. [1] It is the oldest known member of the Mygalomorphae, one of the three main divisions of spiders, which includes well known forms such as tarantulas and Australian funnel-web spiders. [2]
Atypus karschi is a mygalomorph spider found in Korea, China, Taiwan, and Japan. It has been introduced into the United States. [1] [2] [3] First described in 1887 by Friedrich Karl Wilhelm Dönitz, the specific name honors arachnologist Friedrich Karsch.