Family: OECOBIIDAE Blackwall, 1862

flatmesh weavers

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Family Name Authority

Blackwall, J. 1862. Descriptions of newly-discovered spiders from the island of Madeira. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 9: 370-382.

Diagnosis

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Characters

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Distribution

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Natural History

Feeding Guild:^† (Not recorded or unknown)

(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: 8 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)

Nearctic/Palearctic Genera

#	Genus	Ref.	Common Name
1	Oecobius Lucas, 1846

2	Platoecobius Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935

3	Uroctea Dufour, 1820

Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images

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