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Printable version; In other projects ... Atypus piceus is a mygalomorph spider of the family Atypidae. ... [1] Habits Adults live in up to 30 centimetres (12 in) deep ...
Printable version; In other projects ... This page lists all described species of the spider family Atypidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of December 2020 ...
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. [1]
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]
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 Hexurellidae Hedin & Bond, 2019 Megahexuridae Hedin & Bond,2019
Sphodros abboti also known as purseweb spider, [1] is a species of spiders from a family of Atypidae. It was described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1835 and is endemic to Florida, United States. [2]
Autumn is the mating season, when the male spiders seek out a female spider and enter her burrow, where they live together until the male dies soon after mating. The female lays her egg sac inside the tube and the spiderlings hatch out the following summer, remaining with their mother for nearly another year after that.
Atypus karschi is a mygalomorph spider found in Korea, China, Taiwan, and Japan. It has been introduced into the United States. 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 .