Lampshade spider

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Lampshade spiders
feeding Hypochilus thorelli
feeding Hypochilus thorelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Hypochiloidea
Family: Hypochilidae
Marx, 1888
Diversity
2 genera, 11 species

Genera

Ectatosticta
Hypochilus
Hypochilus web
Hypochilus web

The Lampshade spiders of the family Hypochilidae are among the most primitive of araneomorph spiders. There are two genera and eleven species currently recognized. Like mygalomorphs, hypochilids have two pairs of book lungs, but like araneomorphs they have intersecting fangs. These long-legged spiders build typical "lampshade" style webs under overhangs and in caves. In the United States the fauna is primarily associated with the Appalachian, Rocky and California Mountains. Ten of the known species are found in these ranges, all in the genus Hypochilus. The monotypic genus Ectatosticta is found in China.

The Hypochilidae are a sister clade to the Neocribellatae, which contain all other spider species in the Araneomorphae (Coddington & Levi, 1991, p576).


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[edit] Species

Ectatosticta Simon, 1892 — China

  • Ectatosticta davidi (Simon, 1889)

Hypochilus Marx, 1888 — USA

  • Hypochilus bernardino Catley, 1994
  • Hypochilus bonneti Gertsch, 1964
  • Hypochilus coylei Platnick, 1987
  • Hypochilus gertschi Hoffman, 1963
  • Hypochilus jemez Catley, 1994
  • Hypochilus kastoni Platnick, 1987
  • Hypochilus petrunkevitchi Gertsch, 1958
  • Hypochilus pococki Platnick, 1987
  • Hypochilus sheari Platnick, 1987
  • Hypochilus thorelli Marx, 1888

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Coddington, J.A. & Levi, H.W. (1991). Systematics and Evolution of Spiders (Araneae). Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 22:565-592.
  • How to Know the Spiders by B. J. Kaston. Dubuque, 1953.

[edit] Further reading

  • Forster, R.R., Platnick, N.I. and Gray, M.R. (1987). A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the AMNH 185(1):1-116 Abstract - PDF (50Mb)
  • Shear, W.A. (1969). Observations on the predatory behavior of the spider Hypochilus gertschi Hoffman (Hypochilidae). Psyche 76:407-417 PDF

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