Ray spider

Taxobox
name = Ray spiders


image_caption = female "Wendilgarda"
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
superfamilia = Araneoidea
familia = Theridiosomatidae
familia_authority = Simon, 1881
diversity_link = List of Theridiosomatidae species
diversity = 12 genera, 75 species
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The ray spiders (family "Theridiosomatidae") are spiders most recognizable for their construction of cone-shaped webs. As of 2008 the family consists of 75 species in 12 genera.

Genera

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Theridiosomatidae.txt Biology Catalog] .

* Eperiotypinae:* "Epeirotypus" O. P-Cambridge, 1894 — Mexico to Costa Rica:* "Naatlo" Coddington, 1986 — Central and South America

* Ogulninae:* "Ogulnius" O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 — Central and South America, South Asia

* Platoninae:* "Chthonos" Coddington, 1986 — South Africa:* "Plato" Coddington, 1986 — South America

* Theridiosomatinae:* "Andasta" Simon, 1895 — South Asia:* "Baalzebub" Coddington, 1986 — Central and South Africa, Australia:* "Epilineutes" Coddington, 1986 — Mexico to Brazil:* "Theridiosoma" O. P.-Cambridge, 1879 — worldwide:* "Wendilgarda" Keyserling, 1886 — Central to South America, Asia:* "Zoma" Saaristo, 1996 — Seychelles

* "incertae sedis":* "Parogulnius" Archer, 1953 — USA

References

*cite book | author = B.J. Kaston | title = How to Know the Spiders | publisher = Wm C. Brown Company Publishers | year = 1972 | id =
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".

ee also

* List of Theridiosomatidae species
* Spider families

External links