Ray spider
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Ray spider
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| female Wendilgarda | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Superfamily: | Araneoidea |
| Family: | Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881 |
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| Diversity | |
| 12 genera, 75 species | |
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The ray spiders (family Theridiosomatidae) are spiders most recognizable for their construction of cone-shaped webs. As of 2008, the family consists of 75 species in 12 genera.
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Genera
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.
- Eperiotypinae
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- Epeirotypus O. P-Cambridge, 1894 — Mexico to Costa Rica
- Naatlo Coddington, 1986 — Central and South America
- Ogulninae
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- Ogulnius O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 — Central and South America, South Asia
- Platoninae
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- Chthonos Coddington, 1986 — South Africa
- Plato Coddington, 1986 — South America
- Theridiosomatinae
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- Andasta Simon, 1895 — South Asia
- Baalzebub Coddington, 1986 — Central and South Africa, Australia
- Epilineutes Coddington, 1986 — Mexico to Brazil
- Theridiosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 1879 — worldwide
- Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886 — Central to South America, Asia
- Zoma Saaristo, 1996 — Seychelles
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- Parogulnius Archer, 1953 — USA
See also
References
- B.J. Kaston (1972). How to Know the Spiders. Wm C. Brown Company Publishers.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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