Cyatholipidae Temporal range:
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Tekelloides flavonotatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: |
Cyatholipidae Simon, 1894 |
Diversity | |
23 genera, 59 species | |
Cyatholipidae is a family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1894. [1] Most live in moist montane forest, though several species, including Scharffia rossi, live in dry savannah regions. They occur in Africa, including Madagascar, [2] New Zealand and Australia, and one species ( Pokennips dentipes) in Jamaica. [3] Most members of this family hang beneath sheet webs. Fossil species occur in the Eocene aged Bitterfield and Baltic Ambers, suggesting a wider geographic distribution in the past.
As of April 2019 [update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: [3]
In addition, 5 fossil genera are known. [4] [5]
Cyatholipidae Temporal range:
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Tekelloides flavonotatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: |
Cyatholipidae Simon, 1894 |
Diversity | |
23 genera, 59 species | |
Cyatholipidae is a family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1894. [1] Most live in moist montane forest, though several species, including Scharffia rossi, live in dry savannah regions. They occur in Africa, including Madagascar, [2] New Zealand and Australia, and one species ( Pokennips dentipes) in Jamaica. [3] Most members of this family hang beneath sheet webs. Fossil species occur in the Eocene aged Bitterfield and Baltic Ambers, suggesting a wider geographic distribution in the past.
As of April 2019 [update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: [3]
In addition, 5 fossil genera are known. [4] [5]