Gnaphosoidea

Taxobox

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image_caption = "Drassodes lapidosus", Gnaphosidae
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
zoosectio = Entelegynae
superfamilia = Gnaphosoidea
diversity_link = Araneae families
diversity = 7 families, c. 2,700 species
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =See text.

The Gnaphosoidea are a superfamily of araneomorph, mostly eight-eyed spiders, with seven families:

* Ammoxenidae
* Cithaeronidae
* Gallieniellidae
* Gnaphosidae
* Lamponidae
* Prodidomidae
* Trochanteriidae

The Prodidomidae, Lamponidae and Gnaphosidae are considered "higher gnaphosoids", sharing anterior lateral spinnerets consisting of only a single article; the lower gnaphosoids (Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae and Trochanteriidae) retain a separate, complete distal article that is represented by an entire, subdistal ring of sclerotized cuticlePlatnick & Baehr 2006] .

Footnotes

References

* (2006): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). "Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History" 298: 1-287. [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5788/1/B298a01.pdf PDF]