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List Of Spiders Of Socotra
{{Short description, none This is a list of spider species that occur on Socotra. Unless otherwise noted, they are endemic (they occur only there). Agelenidae * '' Agelenella pusilla'' ( Pocock, 1903) Araneidae * ''Araneus cardioceros'' Pocock, 1899 * ''Gasteracantha sanguinolenta'' C. L. Koch, 1844 — also in Africa and São Tomé * ''Nephila sumptuosa'' Gerstäcker, 1873 — also in East Africa Oxyopidae * '' Oxyopes rutilus'' Simon, 1890 — also in Yemen * ''Peucetia viridis'' Blackwall, 1858, 1844 — also in Yemen Barychelidae * '' Atrophothele socotrana'' Pocock, 1903 Cheiracanthiidae * ''Cheiracanthium socotrense'' Pocock, 1903 Gnaphosidae * '' Zimiris diffusa'' Platnick & Penney, 2004 — also in St. Helena and India Hersiliidae * ''Hersilia wraniki'' Rheims, Brescovit & van Harten, 2004 — also in Yemen Migidae * ''Moggridgea socotra'' Griswold, 1987 Oonopidae * '' Gamasomorpha deksam'' Saaristo & van Harten, 2002 * ''Orchestina bedu'' Saaristo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms. Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except for Antarctica, and have become established in nearly every land habitat. , 50,356 spider species in 132 families have been recorded by taxonomists. However, there has been debate among scientists about how families should be classified, with over 20 different classifications proposed since 1900. Anatomically, spiders (as with all arachnids) differ from other arthropods in that the usual body segments are fused into two tagmata, the cephalothorax or prosoma, and the opisthosoma, or abdomen, and joined by a small, cylindrical pedicel, however, as there is currently neither paleontological nor embryological evidence that spiders ever had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
