''Homalonychus selenopoides'' is a species of true spider in the family Homalonychidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico, specifically in the

Sonoran Desert The Sonoran Desert ( es, Desierto de Sonora) is a desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States (in Arizona ...

. During courtship, males spin threads with sand grains embedded in them, then approach the female. During mating itself, the male drums on the ground using its first two pairs of legs. Females also incorporate sand in the spinning of their egg-sac.

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Homalonychidae Articles created by Qbugbot Spiders described in 1891 Fauna of the Sonoran Desert Spiders of the United States Spiders of Mexico {{araneomorphae-stub