Ray spider

Ray spiders
female Wendilgarda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Opisthothelae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881
Genera

See text.

Diversity[1]
18 genera, 106 species

The ray spiders (family Theridiosomatidae) are spiders most recognizable for their construction of cone-shaped webs. As of October 2015, the family consisted of 106 species in 18 genera.[1]

Genera

As of October 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepts 18 genera:[2]

  • Andasta Simon, 1895
  • Baalzebub Coddington, 1986
  • Chthonopes Wunderlich, 2011
  • Chthonos Coddington, 1986
  • Coddingtonia Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009
  • Epeirotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894
  • Epilineutes Coddington, 1986
  • Karstia Chen, 2010
  • Luangnam Wunderlich, 2011
  • Menglunia Zhao & Li, 2012
  • Naatlo Coddington, 1986
  • Ogulnius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882
  • Parogulnius Archer, 1953
  • Plato Coddington, 1986
  • Sinoalaria Zhao & Li, 2014
  • Theridiosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879
  • Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886
  • Zoma Saaristo, 1996

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Currently valid spider genera and species", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), retrieved 2015-10-12
  2. "Family Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), retrieved 2015-10-12

External links

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