Selenopidae

Selenops sp.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Selenopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Sectio: Dionycha Superfamilia: Selenopoidea

Familia: Selenopidae
Genera (10): Amamanganops – Anyphops – Garcorops – Godumops – Hovops – Karaops – Makdiops – Pakawops – Selenops – Siamspinops

[source: Crews & Harvey (2011)]

Name

• Selenopidae Simon, 1897

References

• Bosselaers, J. 2004: A new Garcorops species from Madagascar copal (Araneae: Selenopidae). Zootaxa, 445: 1–7. Abstract & excerpt PDF
• Crews, S.C.; Harvey, M.S. 2011: The spider family Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Australasia and the Oriental Region. ZooKeys, 99: 1–103. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.99.723
• Dankittipakul, P.; Corronca, J.A. 2009: Siamspinops, a new selenopid spider genus from Southeast Asia (Arachnida, Araneae). Organisms, diversity & evolution, 9: 69.e1-69.e12. DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2008.10.006

Links

• Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Vernacular names

English: Wall crab spider, flattie, wall spider.
日本語: アワセグモ科
한국어: 겹거미과
中文: 拟扁蛛科

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