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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
Paintings of Araneus angulatus from Svenska Spindlar of 1757, the first major work on spider taxonomy. Spider taxonomy is the part of taxonomy that is concerned with the science of naming, defining and classifying all spiders, members of the Araneae order of the arthropod class Arachnida, which has more than 48,500 described species. [1]
The family Dipluridae, known as curtain-web spiders (or confusingly as funnel-web tarantulas, a name shared with other distantly related families [2]) are a group of spiders in the infraorder Mygalomorphae, that have two pairs of booklungs, and chelicerae (fangs) that move up and down in a stabbing motion.
Nemesiidae is a family of mygalomorph [1] spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889, [2] and raised to family status in 1985. Before becoming its own family, it was considered part of "Dipluridae". [3] The family is sometimes referred to as wishbone spiders due to the shape of their burrows. [4]
This category contains lists of spider species, one for each family. If a family is not listed here, check for the family page at Araneae families . The species are mostly taken from various versions of the World Spider Catalog .
Lycosoidea is a clade or superfamily of araneomorph spiders.The traditional circumscription was based on a feature of the eyes. The tapetum is a reflective layer at the back of the eye, thought to increase sensitivity in low light levels.
These genera of spiders also participate in mate guarding; a mated male will stand guard by his female and chase off other males, thereby increasing the mated male's paternity share. Mated males are castrated in the process of mate plugging, though this may be an advantage in mate guarding, as mated males have been observed to fight more ...
Oonopidae, also known as goblin spiders, is a family of spiders consisting of over 1,600 described species in about 113 genera worldwide, [1] with total species diversity estimated at 2000 to 2500 species. [2] The type genus of the family is Oonops Keyserling, 1835. Goblin spiders are generally tiny, measuring about 1 to 3 millimeters.