Overview
Taxonomy
The Superfamily Gnaphosoidea is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (7): Ammoxenidae · Cithaeronidae · Gallieniellidae · Gnaphosidae · Lamponidae · Prodidomidae · Trochanteriidae
Families
Ammoxenidae
The Ammoxenidae are a small spider family with 18 species in four genera. [more]
Cithaeronidae
The Cithaeronidae are a small spider family with only six species in two genera. [more]
Gallieniellidae
The Gallieniellidae are a spider family with 48 species in ten genera. [more]
Gnaphosidae
The ground spiders (family Gnaphosidae) include nearly 2,000 described species in over 100 genera worldwide. This makes the family the 7th largest known. New species are still being discovered. They are closely related to the Clubionidae. [more]
Lamponidae
The Lamponidae are a spider family with about 200 described species in 23 genera. [more]
Prodidomidae
The Prodidomidae are a spider family with about 300 species in 31 genera. They are sometimes called Long-Spinneret Ground Spiders. [more]
Trochanteriidae
The Trochanteriidae are a spider family with 149 species in 18 genera. [more]
At least 151 species and subspecies belong to the Family Trochanteriidae.
More info about the Family Trochanteriidae may be found here.
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