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Family: AMAUROBIIDAE Thorell, 1870

hackledmesh weavers

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AGELENIDAE AMPHINECTIDAE TITANOECIDAE

Family Name Authority

Thorell, T. 1870. On European spiders. Nov. Act. reg. Soc. sci. Upsaline (3) 7: 109-242.

Diagnosis

(Not yet recorded or unknown)

Characters

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Distribution

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Natural History

Feeding Guild:† sheet web builders

(General natural history not yet recorded or unknown)

†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.

Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness

Number of Nearctic Species: 107 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)

Slice of AMAUROBIIDAE relative taxonomic/species richness drawn exploded from all other Families each with greater than 50 member species in the Nearctic.
[Legend: Family (#species), Percentages: Relative to total number of Nearctic species]

Nearctic/Palearctic Genera

# Genus Ref. Common Name
1 Amaurobius C. L. Koch, 1837
2 Arctobius Lehtinen, 1967
3 Callobius Chamberlin, 1947
4 Cavernocymbium Ubick, 2005
5 Coelotes Blackwall, 1841
6 Coras Simon, 1898
7 Cybaeopsis Strand, 1907
8 Parazanomys Ubick, 2005
9 Pimus Chamberlin, 1947
10 Wadotes Chamberlin, 1925
11 Zanomys Chamberlin, 1948

Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images

Disclaimer: every attempt is made to ensure these images are accurate. To contest an identification, contact David P. Shorthouse (dshorthouse(at)eol.org).

Additional Taxonomic and Natural History References

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