- Psechridae
Taxobox
name = Psechridae
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo = Araneae
subordo =Araneomorphae
infraordo =Entelegynae
superfamilia =Lycosoidea
familia = Psechridae
familia_authority = Simon, 1890
diversity_link = List of Psechridae species
diversity = 2 genera, 24 species
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subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = see textThe Psechridae are a family of
spider s with about two dozen species in two orders.They construct
cribellate webs and are related to theLycosidae . With body lengths of up to 2 cm and funnel webs more than 1 m in diameter, they are the biggest cribellate spiders. "Psechrus" species have been found in altitudes up to 2300 m in Taiwan. Female "Psechrus" carry their egg-sac in thechelicerae , similar to the ecribellatePisauridae , with which they are closely related. They feature several characteristics normally found in ecribellate spiders, for example brood care behavior, and acolulus with no apparent function (Fang "et al." 2000).Habits
These cave dwelling spiders construct horizontal webs on the cave's ceiling and move below it. They have greatly elongated legs, with the last element being very flexible.
Distribution
They occur around the
Pacific , for example inChina ,Myanmar , thePhilippines andThailand .Genera
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Eomatachia " Petrunkevitch, 1942 † (fossil,oligocene ):* "Eomatachia latifrons " Petrunkevitch, 1942 † (baltic amber)* "
Fecenia " Simon, 1887:* "Fecenia cylindrata " Thorell, 1895 — China, Myanmar:* "Fecenia macilenta " (Simon, 1885) — Malaysia:* "Fecenia nicobarensis " (Tikader, 1977) — Nicobar Islands:* "Fecenia ochracea " (Doleschall, 1859) — Philippines to Queensland:* "Fecenia travancoria " Pocock, 1899 — India to Sumatra* "
Psechrus " Thorell, 1878:* "Psechrus argentatus " (Doleschall, 1859) — Malaysia to Queensland:* "Psechrus borneo " Levi, 1982 — Borneo:* "Psechrus cebu " Murphy, 1986 — Philippines:* "Psechrus ghecuanus " Thorell, 1897 — India, Myanmar, Thailand, China:* "Psechrus himalayanus " Simon, 1906 — India, Nepal:* "Psechrus jinggangensis " Wang & Yin, 2001 — China:* "Psechrus khammouan " Jäger, 2007 — Laos:* "Psechrus kinabalu " Levi, 1982 — Borneo:* "Psechrus kunmingensis " Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1985 — China:* "Psechrus luangprabang " Jäger, 2007 — Laos:* "Psechrus marsyandi " Levi, 1982 — Nepal:* "Psechrus mulu " Levi, 1982 — Borneo:* "Psechrus rani " Wang & Yin, 2001 — China:* "Psechrus senoculatus " Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1985 — China:* "Psechrus sinensis " Berland & Berland, 1914 — China:* "Psechrus singaporensis " Thorell, 1894 — China, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra:* "Psechrus taiwanensis " Wang & Yin, 2001 — Taiwan:* "Psechrus tingpingensis " Yin, Wang & Zhang, 1985 — China, Vietnam:* "Psechrus torvus " (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — Sri Lanka, India, China, Taiwan:* "Psechrus triangulus " Yang et al., 2003 — China:* "Psechrus xinping " Chen et al., 2002 — Chinaee also
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List of Psechridae species
*Spider families References
* Fang, K., Yang, C.-C., Lue, B.-W., Chen, S.H., Lue, K.-Y. (2000) Phylogenetic Corroboration of Superfamily Lycosoidae Spiders (Araneae) as Inferred from Partial Mitochondrial 12S and 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequences. "Zoological Studies 39(2): 107-113. [http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/39.2/107-113.pdf PDF]
* Wang, X.P. & Yin, C.M. (2001). A review of the Chinese Psechridae (Araneae). "J. Arachnol." 29: 330-344. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v29_n3/arac_29_03_330.pdf PDF]
*Willis J. Gertsch: "American Spiders, 2nd edition.", Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York 1979. ISBN 0-442-22649-7
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".Further reading
* Levi, H.W. (1982). The spider genera "Psechrus" and "Fecenia" (Araneae, Psechridae). "Pacific Insects" 24: 114-138. - revision of the family
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