Oecobiidae
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The spider family Oecobiidae (also called Disc web spiders) consists of about 100 species.
They are rather small (about 2 mm); some of them build tiny webs close to the ceiling in people's homes. The first two pairs of legs point forward then curve backwards.
The species Oecobium navus occurs around the world.
While the genus Oecobius is cribellate, the genus Uroctea is ecribellate.
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- Oecobius Lucas, 1846 (Cosmopolitan)
- Paroecobius Lamoral, 1981 (Africa)
- Platoecobius Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 (USA)
- Uroctea Dufour, 1820 (Mediterranean, Africa, Asia)
- Urocteana Roewer, 1961 (Senegal)
- Uroecobius Kullmann & Zimmermann, 1976 (South Africa)
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[edit] References
- Huber, B.A. (1994): Spermophore morphology reveals a new synapomorphy of Oecobius and Uroctea (Araneae, Oecobiidae). Journal of Arachnology 22: 73-74. PDF
