- Coneweb spider
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Coneweb spiders Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Superfamily: Pholcoidea Family: Diguetidae
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899Genera - Diguetia
- Segestrioides
Diversity 2 genera, 15 species 
The coneweb spiders of the family Diguetidae are six-eyed haplogyne (lacking hardened female genitalia, or epigyne) spiders that live in tangled space webs. They fashion a cone-like central retreat in which they hide and lay eggs. The family is small (three genera and only 15 species) and is confined to the New World, where it is usually found in deserts. Members of the genus Diguetia usually build their webs in shrubs or between cactus pads. Although they have the same eye arrangement as the venomous recluse spiders (family Sicariidae), none of these genera are known to be harmful to humans.
The Diguetidae are sometimes considered a subfamily of the Plectreuridae.
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Genera
Diguetia (Simon, 1895)
- 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
Segestrioides (Keyserling, 1883)
- Segestrioides badia (Simon, 1903) — Brazil
- Segestrioides bicolor Keyserling, 1883 — Peru
- Segestrioides copiapo Platnick, 1989 — Chile
- Segestrioides tofo Platnick, 1989 — Chile
See also
- List of Diguetidae species
- Spider families
References
External links
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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