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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.
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
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 ...
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]
Atypidae: Genus: Atypus: Species: A. piceus. ... Atypus piceus is a mygalomorph spider of the family Atypidae. ... [1] Habits Adults live in up to 30 centimetres (12 ...
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 ...
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 .
Sphodros is a genus of North American purseweb spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1835. [2] It was considered a synonym of Atypus until 1980. [ 3 ] [ 1 ]