Tuberculotae
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| Tuberculotae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Infraorder: | Tuberculotae |
| Families | |
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See text. | |
| Diversity | |
| 8 families, 1800 species | |
The Tuberculotae are an infraorder of mygalomorph spiders, consisting of eight families with ca. 250 genera and 1,800 species.
- Mecicobothrioidea (Mecicobothriidae and Microstigmatidae)
- Hexathelidae
- Dipluridae
- Nemesiidae
- Theraphosoidea (Theraphosidae and Paratropididae)
- Barychelidae
They are opposed to the Fornicephalae, which make up the rest of the Mygalomorphae.
However, according to (Goloboff, 1993), neither group appears to be monophyletic.
References
- Coddington, J.A. & Levi, H.W. (1991). Systematics and Evolution of Spiders (Araneae). Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 22:565:592. doi:10.1146/annurev.es.22.110191.003025
- Goloboff, P.A. (1993). A Reanalysis of Mygalomorph Spider Families (Araneae). American Museum Novitates 3056. PDF
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