Biology:Phrurolithidae

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Short description: Family of spiders

Phrurolithidae
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Phrurolithus.lynx.female.1.-.tanikawa.jpg
Otacilia lynx
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phrurolithidae
Banks, 1892
Diversity
24 genera, 360 species

Phrurolithidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, known as guardstone spiders. The family was first described by Nathan Banks in 1892.[1] First included in the Corinnidae as the subfamily Phrurolithinae, later phylogenetic studies justified a separate family.[2]

Genera

Main page: Biology:List of Phrurolithidae species

(As of January 2023), the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[3]


See also

References

  1. Banks, N. (1892). "A classification of North American spiders". The Canadian Entomologist 24 (4): 88–97. doi:10.4039/Ent2488-4. https://zenodo.org/record/2460991. 
  2. Ramírez, Martín J. (2014). "The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 390: 342–343. doi:10.1206/821.1. 
  3. "Family: Phrurolithidae Banks, 1892". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/115. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17292614 entry