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Revision as of 21:54, 13 June 2019
Ray spiders Temporal range:
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Wendilgarda, female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881[1] |
Diversity | |
19 genera, 131 species | |
The ray spiders (Theridiosomatidae) is a family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1881.[2] They are most recognizable for their construction of cone-shaped webs.[3]
Genera
As of April 2019[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[1]
- Andasta Simon, 1895 – Seychelles, Malaysia, Sri Lanka
- Baalzebub Coddington, 1986 – Central America, Brazil, Australia, China
- Chthonopes Wunderlich, 2011 – Laos
- Chthonos Coddington, 1986 – Ecuador, Brazil, Peru
- Coddingtonia Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – Malaysia, Laos
- Cuacuba Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2018
- Epeirotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 – Mexico, Costa Rica
- Epilineutes Coddington, 1986 – Mexico, Brazil
- Karstia Chen, 2010 – China
- Menglunia Zhao & Li, 2012 – China
- Naatlo Coddington, 1986 – Central America, South America, Trinidad and Tobago
- Ogulnius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 – South America, Caribbean, Panama, Asia
- Parogulnius Archer, 1953 – United States
- Plato Coddington, 1986 – South America, Trinidad
- Sinoalaria Zhao & Li, 2014 – China
- Tagalogonia Labarque & Griswold, 2014 – Philippines
- Theridiosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 – South America, Africa, Oceania, North America, Asia, Central America, Jamaica
- Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886 – Asia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Central America, Brazil, Mexico, Caribbean
- Zoma Saaristo, 1996 – China, Seychelles
See also
References
- ^ a b "Family: Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ Simon, E. (1881). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, première partie.
- ^ Kaston, B.J. (1972). How to Know the Spiders. Pictured key nature series (3rd ed.). Dubuque, IA: Wm C. Brown Company Publishers. OCLC 668250654.
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Theridiosomatidae.
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