Diguetia

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Diguetia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Diguetidae
Genus: Diguetia
Simon, 1895
Type species
Segestria canities
McCook, 1889
Species

See text.

Diversity
9 species

Diguetia is a genus of six-eyed spiders. They occur in the USA and Mexico, with the exception of one Argentinian species.[1]

Diguetia, which is common throughout the southwestern USA, builds an unusual tent-like web, often between cacti, somewhat resembling the webs of Linyphiidae. They build a tubular retreat at the tip, which they camouflage with leaf litter or similar substances. The thin egg sacs are positioned inside this retreat.[2]

The most common species in the United States are Diguetia canities and the smaller D. albolineata.[2]

Species

  • Diguetia albolineata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1895) — USA, Mexico
  • Diguetia andersoni Gertsch, 1958 — USA
  • Diguetia canities (McCook, 1889) — USA, Mexico
    • Diguetia canities dialectica Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico
    • Diguetia canities mulaiki Gertsch, 1958 — USA
  • Diguetia catamarquensis (Mello-Leitão, 1941) — Argentina
  • Diguetia imperiosa Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 — USA, Mexico
  • Diguetia mojavea Gertsch, 1958 — USA
  • Diguetia propinqua (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896) — Mexico
  • Diguetia signata Gertsch, 1958 — USA
  • Diguetia stridulans Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico

Footnotes

  1. Platnick 2008
  2. 2.0 2.1 SpiderPharm: Diguetia canities venom

References

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