Actinopodidae | |
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male Missulena occatoria | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Suborder: | Mygalomorphae |
Superfamily: | Migoidea |
Family: | Actinopodidae Simon, 1892 |
Genera | |
Diversity | |
3 genera, 42 species | |
The spider family Actinopodidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders found in Australia, South America, and Central America. It includes the Australian genus Missulena, known as the mouse spiders, which are quite venomous.