Periegopidae

Taxobox
name = Periegopidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
superfamilia = Scytodoidea
familia = Periegopidae
familia_authority = Simon, 1893
diversity_link = List of Periegopidae species
diversity = 1 genus, 2 species
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The spider family Periegopidae consists of only one genus, with two species. It was set apart from the Archaeidae in 1995 by R. R. Forster.

As a member of the Haplogynae, "Periegops" has only six eyes, unlike most spiders, which have eight. Adult "P. suteri" are about 8mm long.

pecies

"Periegops" Simon, 1893 [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/PERIEGOPIDAE.html]
* "Periegops australia" Forster, 1995 (Queensland)
* "Periegops suteri" (Urquhart, 1892) (New Zealand)

ee also

* Spider families

External links

* [http://www.conservation.govt.nz/Publications/004~Science-and-Research/Biodiversity-Recovery-Unit/Rare-Bits/092~Rare-Bits-No-49-Jun.-2003.pdf "Periegops suteri"] (PDF, p16, with picture)