Periegopidae
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Periegopidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
Superfamily: | Scytodoidea |
Family: | Periegopidae Simon, 1893 |
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Diversity | |
1 genus, 3 species | |
The spider family Periegopidae consists of only one genus Periegops, with three described species. Periegops had been long considered to be members of Sicariidae or Segestriidae until Raymond Forster evelated them to the family level in 1995.[1]
Periegops has only six eyes, unlike most spiders, which have eight. Adult P. suteri are about 8 mm long.
Species
Periegops Simon, 1893
- Periegops australia Forster, 1995 — Australia (Queensland)
- Periegops keani Vink, Dupérré & Malumbres-Olarte, 2013 — New Zealand (North Island)[2]
- Periegops suteri (Urquhart, 1892) — New Zealand (South Island)
References
- ↑
- ↑ Vink, C.J.; Dupérré, N.; Malumbres-Olarte, J. 2013: Periegopidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Fauna of New Zealand, (70) extract and pdf
External links
Wikispecies has information related to: Periegopidae |
- Periegops suteri (PDF, p16, with picture)
- Platnick, Norman I. (2014): The world spider catalog, version 14.5. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001
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