Tube-dwelling spider
| Tube-dwelling spiders Temporal range:
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| Segestria florentina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Segestriidae Simon, 1893 |
| Diversity | |
| 4 genera, 160 species | |
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Tube-dwelling spiders (Segestriidae) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.[1] It consists of four genera, two large and widespread, Segestria and Ariadna, and two smaller genera, Citharoceps and Gippsicola.[2] They are haplogyne spiders, related to the Dysderidae and placed in clade or superfamily Dysderoidea.
Members of this family are easily recognized because their first three pairs of legs are arranged forward instead of two and they have six eyes instead of eight, arranged in a semicircle.[1] The leg structure appears to be an adaptation for living in silken tubes. Unlike those of the atypical tarantulas, these tubes may branch and are often built in tree bark fissures, as well as under stones.
Both Segestria and Ariadna live in North America, South America, Eurasia, Africa and New Zealand, though Ariadna also lives in Australia.[2]
Genera
As of April 2019[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[2]
- Ariadna Audouin, 1826 — South America, Europe, North America, Oceania, Africa, Asia, Central America, Dominican Republic
- Citharoceps Chamberlin, 1924 — United States, Mexico
- Gippsicola Hogg, 1900 — Australia
- Segestria Latreille, 1804 — Asia, North America, Europe, South America, Africa, New Zealand
See also
References
- ^ a b Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ a b c "Family: Segestriidae Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
