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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.
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 ...
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 .
As of April 2019 it contains seven species in the United States, Canada, and Mexico: [1] [4] Sphodros abboti Walckenaer, 1835 – Southern Georgia, Northern Florida; Sphodros atlanticus Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – Eastern and Central United States; Sphodros coylei Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – South Carolina, Virginia
Males are about 10 mm (0.39 in) long without chelicerae, females up to 15 mm (0.59 in).Males are of a deep black, while spiderlings and females are dark brown with a violet hue.
Sphodros rufipes (red legged purseweb spider) Hexurellidae: 1: 8: Hexurella pinea: Mecicobothriidae: 1: 2: dwarf tarantulas or sheet funnel-web spiders: Mecicobothrium thorelli: Megahexuridae: 1: 1: Megahexura fulva: Avicularioidea: [3] Actinopodidae: 3: 125: Missulena bradleyi (Eastern mouse spider) Anamidae: 10: 143: Aname diversicolor (black ...
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]