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Gnaphosoidea

(Superfamily)

Overview

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The Gnaphosoidea are a superfamily of araneomorph, mostly eight-eyed spiders, with seven families:

The Prodidomidae, Lamponidae and Gnaphosidae are considered "higher gnaphosoids", sharing anterior lateral spinnerets consisting of only a single article; the lower gnaphosoids (Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae and Trochanteriidae) retain a separate, complete distal article that is represented by an entire, subdistal ring of sclerotized cuticle.1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Platnick & Baehr 2006
he Gnaphosoidea are a superfamily of araneomorph, mostly eight-eyed spiders, with seven families:

The Prodidomidae, Lamponidae and Gnaphosidae are considered "higher gnaphosoids", sharing anterior lateral spinnerets consisting of only a single article; the lower gnaphosoids (Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae and Trochanteriidae) retain a separate, complete distal article that is represented by an entire, subdistal ring of sclerotized cuticle.1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Platnick & Baehr 2006

References

Taxonomy

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The Superfamily Gnaphosoidea is further organized into finer groupings including:

Families

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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

Ground spiders (family Gnaphosidae) include nearly 2,000 described species in over 100 genera, distributed worldwide. This makes the family the seventh largest known. New species are still being discovered. They are closely related to 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 155 species and subspecies belong to the Family Trochanteriidae.

More info about the Family Trochanteriidae may be found here.

References

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Sources

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 17:28:37