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Filistatidae
Crevice weaver spiders (Filistatidae) comprise cribellate spiders with features that have been regarded as " primitive" for araneomorph spiders. They are weavers of funnel or tube webs. The family contains 18 genera and more than 120 described species worldwide. One of the most abundant members of this family in the Americas is the southern house spider (''Kukulcania hibernalis''). Named after the fierce Meso-American god Kukulkan, the females are large (up to nearly 20 mm) dark-colored spiders and males are light brown, smaller (about 10 mm), but more long-legged and with palps that are held together in front of their carapaces like the horn of a unicorn. The males also have a darker streak on the center of the dorsal carapace that causes them to be often mistaken for brown recluse spiders. The tiny members of the genus ''Filistatinella'' are like miniature versions of ''Kukulcania''. The nominate genus ''Filistata'' is Afro-Eurasian in distribution. In many older boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Filistatidae Species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Filistatidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : A ''Afrofilistata'' '' Afrofilistata'' Benoit, 1968 * '' A. fradei'' (Berland & Millot, 1940) ( type) — West, Central Africa, Sudan ''Andoharano'' '' Andoharano'' Lehtinen, 1967 * '' A. ansieae'' Zonstein & Marusik, 2015 — Namibia * '' A. decaryi'' (Fage, 1945) ( type) — Madagascar * '' A. grandidieri'' (Simon, 1901) — Madagascar * '' A. griswoldi'' Magalhaes & Grismado, 2019 — Madagascar * '' A. lehtineni'' Magalhaes & Grismado, 2019 — Madagascar * '' A. milloti'' Legendre, 1972 — Madagascar * '' A. monodi'' Legendre, 1972 — Madagascar * '' A. ramirezi'' Magalhaes & Grismado, 2019 — Madagascar * '' A. rollardae'' Magalhaes & Grismado, 2019 — Madagascar * '' A. simoni'' Magalhaes & Grismado, 2019 — Madagascar * '' A. woodae'' Magalhaes & Grismado, 2019 — Madagascar * '' A. zonsteini'' Magalhaes & Grismado, 2019 — Madagascar ''Antilloides'' ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kukulcania Hibernalis
The southern house spider is a species of large spider in the family Filistatidae. Currently given the scientific name ''Kukulcania hibernalis'', it was formerly known as ''Filistata hibernalis''. Found in the Americas, it exhibits strong sexual dimorphism. It is occurs in the southern states of the USA, throughout Central America and some of the Caribbean, to southern Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. The males may be mistaken for Brown recluse spider, brown recluses because the two have similar coloration and body structure. However, compared to the brown recluse, male southern house spiders are typically larger in size, lack the distinctive violin shape on their cephalothorax, and have unusually long slender pedipalps. The females are dark brown or black and more compact. Both sexes may grow to be roughly across (legs extended), with the males typically having longer legs, and the females often having larger, bulbous bodies. The abdomen of the southern house spider is covered wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haplogynae
The Haplogynae or haplogynes are one of the two main groups into which araneomorph spiders have traditionally been divided, the other being the Entelegynae. Morphological phylogenetic studies suggested that the Haplogynae formed a clade; more recent molecular phylogenetic studies refute this, although many of the ecribellate haplogynes do appear to form a clade, Synspermiata. Unlike the Entelegynae, haplogynes lack hardened (sclerotized) female genitalia (epigynes). Most of the species within this group have six eyes, as opposed to most other spiders. Spiders in the genus '' Tetrablemma'' (Tetrablemmidae) have only four eyes, as do some members of the family Caponiidae; caponiids may even have only two eyes. However, spiders in the family Plectreuridae have the normal eight eyes. Phylogeny The Haplogynae are one of the two major groups into which araneomorph spiders were traditionally divided, the other being the Entelegynae. In 2005, Coddington summarized the relationships of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern House Spider
The southern house spider is a species of large spider in the family Filistatidae. Currently given the scientific name ''Kukulcania hibernalis'', it was formerly known as ''Filistata hibernalis''. Found in the Americas, it exhibits strong sexual dimorphism. It is occurs in the southern states of the USA, throughout Central America and some of the Caribbean, to southern Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. The males may be mistaken for Brown recluse spider, brown recluses because the two have similar coloration and body structure. However, compared to the brown recluse, male southern house spiders are typically larger in size, lack the distinctive violin shape on their cephalothorax, and have unusually long slender pedipalps. The females are dark brown or black and more compact. Both sexes may grow to be roughly across (legs extended), with the males typically having longer legs, and the females often having larger, bulbous bodies. The abdomen of the southern house spider is covered wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cribellate
Cribellum literally means "little sieve", and in biology the term generally applies to anatomical structures in the form of tiny perforated plates. In certain groups of diatoms it refers to microscopically punctured regions of the frustule, or outer layer. In certain groups of spider species, so-called cribellate spiders, the cribellum is a silk spinning organ. Unlike the usual spinnerets of spiders, the cribellum consists of one or more plates covered in thousands of tiny spigots, tiny holes that hardly project from the surface, in contrast to the elongated spigots that project from spinnerets. These minute spigots produce extremely fine fibers, merely tens of nanometres thick, which are combed out by the spider's calamistrum, producing silk with a woolly texture. The fibers are so small in diameter that they are strongly subject to Van der Waals forces. In addition, the fibres have a surface that absorbs waxes from the epicuticle of insect prey on contact. This creates a pow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their close kin), where they point straight down. Araneomorphs comprise the vast majority of living spiders. Distinguishing characteristics Most spider species are Araneomorphae, which have fangs that face towards each other, increasing the orientations they can employ during prey capture. They have fewer book lungs (when present), and the females typically live one year. The Mygalomorphae have fangs that face towards the ground, and which are parallel to the long axis of the spider's body, thus they have only one orientation they can employ during prey capture. They have four pairs of book lungs, and the females often live many years. Image:Atrax robustus.jpg, This ''Atrax robustus'' shows the orientation of Myglamorphae fangs. Image:Che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antilloides
''Antilloides'' is a genus of spiders in the family Filistatidae Crevice weaver spiders (Filistatidae) comprise cribellate spiders with features that have been regarded as " primitive" for araneomorph spiders. They are weavers of funnel or tube webs. The family contains 18 genera and more than 120 described sp .... It was first described in 2016 by Brescovit, Sánchez-Ruiz & Alayón. , it contains 5 species, all from the Caribbean. References Filistatidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of the Caribbean Arthropods of the Dominican Republic {{Araneomorphae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrofilistata
''Afrofilistata'' is a monotypic genus of African crevice weavers containing the single species, ''Afrofilistata fradei''. It was first described by Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1968, and has been found in west and central Africa and in Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t .... References Filistatidae Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa {{Araneomorphae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cribellum
Cribellum literally means "little sieve", and in biology the term generally applies to anatomical structures in the form of tiny perforated plates. In certain groups of diatoms it refers to microscopically punctured regions of the frustule, or outer layer. In certain groups of spider species, so-called cribellate spiders, the cribellum is a silk spinning organ. Unlike the usual spinnerets of spiders, the cribellum consists of one or more plates covered in thousands of tiny spigots, tiny holes that hardly project from the surface, in contrast to the elongated spigots that project from spinnerets. These minute spigots produce extremely fine fibers, merely tens of nanometres thick, which are combed out by the spider's calamistrum, producing silk with a woolly texture. The fibers are so small in diameter that they are strongly subject to Van der Waals forces. In addition, the fibres have a surface that absorbs waxes from the epicuticle of insect prey on contact. This creates a po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filistatinella
''Filistatinella'' is a genus of North American crevice weavers that was first described by Willis J. Gertsch & Wilton Ivie in 1936. They are long, and have a dark brown abdomen, longer than wide, with a few gray scales. Species it contains ten species: *''Filistatinella chilindrina'' Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 – Mexico *''Filistatinella crassipalpis'' (Gertsch, 1935) ( type) – Southern Texas *''Filistatinella domestica'' Desales-Lara, 2012 – Mexico *''Filistatinella hermosa'' Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 – USA *''Filistatinella howdyall'' Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 – USA *''Filistatinella kahloae'' Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 – Mexico *''Filistatinella palaciosi'' Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2012 – Mexico *''Filistatinella pistrix'' Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 – USA *''Filistatinella spatulata'' Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 – USA, Mexico *''Filistatinella tohono ''Filistatinella'' is a genus of North American crevice weavers that was first described by Willis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filistata
''Filistata'' is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Species it contains 14 species that occur mainly from Eurasia and the Canary Islands, with one species found in Cape Verde: *''Filistata albens'' Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Israel *''Filistata balouchi'' Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – Iran *''Filistata betarif'' (Magalhaes, Aharon, Ganem & Gavish-Regev, 2022) – Israel *''Filistata canariensis'' Schmidt, 1976 – Canary Is. *''Filistata gomerensis'' Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is. *''Filistata hasselti'' Simon, 1906 – Indonesia (Java?) *'' Filistata insidiatrix'' (Forsskål, 1775) ( type) – Cape Verde Is., Mediterranean to Turkmenistan *''Filistata lehtineni'' Marusik & Zonstein, 2014 – Azerbaijan, Iran *''Filistata lubinae'' Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Israel *'' Filistata maguirei'' Marusik & Zamani, 2015 – Iran *''Filistata pseudogomerensis'' Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is. *''Filistata pygmaea'' Zonstein, Marus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andoharano
''Andoharano'' is a genus of African crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. Species it contains twelve species: *'' Andoharano ansieae'' Zonstein & Marusik, 2015 – Namibia *'' Andoharano decaryi'' (Fage, 1945) ( type) – Madagascar *'' Andoharano grandidieri'' (Simon, 1901) – Madagascar *''Andoharano griswoldi ''Andoharano'' is a genus of African Filistatidae, crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. Species it contains twelve species: *''Andoharano ansieae'' Zonstein & Marusik, 2015 – Namibia *''Andoharano decaryi'' ( ...'' Magalhaes & Grismado, 2019 – Madagascar *'' Andoharano lehtineni'' Magalhaes & Grismado, 2019 – Madagascar *'' Andoharano milloti'' Legendre, 1972 – Madagascar *'' Andoharano monodi'' Legendre, 1972 – Madagascar *'' Andoharano ramirezi'' Magalhaes & Grismado, 2019 – Madagascar *'' Andoharano rollardae'' Magalhaes & Grismado, 2019 – Madagascar *'' Andoharano simoni'' Magalha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
