Stiphidiidae

Taxobox
name = Stiphidiidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
superfamilia = Lycosoidea
familia = Stiphidiidae
familia_authority = Dalmas, 1917
diversity_link = List of Stiphidiidae species
diversity = 13 genera, 94 species
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The Stiphidiidae are a spider family with 94 described species in 13 genera. They are generally of medium size ("Stiphidium facetum" is about 8 mm long) and build a horizontal tent-like web under rocks. Most species are speckled brown with long legs.

Distribution

Almost all members of this family occur in New Zealand and Australia. The only exception are two species of "Ischaela", "I. incerta" from Madagascar, and "I. longiceps" from Mauritius.

Genera

* "Baiami" Lehtinen, 1967 (Australia)
* "Barahna" Davies, 2003 (Australia)
* "Borrala" Gray & Smith, 2004 (Australia)
* "Cambridgea" L. Koch, 1872 (New Zealand)
* "Corasoides" Butler, 1929 (Australia)
* "Ischalea" L. Koch, 1872 (Madagascar, Mauritius, New Zealand)
* "Nanocambridgea" Forster & Wilton, 1973 (New Zealand)
* "Pillara" Gray & Smith, 2004 (Australia)
* "Procambridgea" Forster & Wilton, 1973 (Australia)
* "Stiphidion" Simon, 1902 (Australia, New Zealand)
* "Tartarus" Gray, 1973 (Australia)
* "Therlinya" Gray & Smith, 2002 (Australia)
* "Tjurunga" Lehtinen, 1967 (Tasmania)

ee also

* List of Stiphidiidae species
* Spider families

References

* Blest, A. D. & P. W. Taylor (1995). "Cambridgea quadromaculata" n. sp. (Araneae, Stiphidiidae): a large New Zealand spider from wet, shaded habitats. New Zeal. J. Zool. 22: 351-356. [http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjz/1995/81.pdf PDF]
* Gray, M. R. & H. M. Smith (2002). "Therlinya", a new genus of spiders from eastern Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea). Rec. austral. Mus. 54: 293-312. [http://www.amonline.net.au/pdf/publications/1368.pdf PDF]

External links

* [http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/araneae.php Picture of "Cambridgea foliata"]
* [http://www.usq.edu.au/spider/find/spiders/515.htm Pictures of "Stiphidium facetum" and its web]